SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Poland
Poland: SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total was 14.35 in 2025. ▼ Falling
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Poland, 2007–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Poland stood at 14.35.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Poland peaked at 19.69 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 10.22, in 2019.
Poland ranks 55th of 83 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Poland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 19.69 | — |
| 2008 | 16.98 | -13.8% |
| 2009 | 17.32 | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 16.46 | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 15.65 | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 15.64 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 15.04 | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 15.23 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 14.77 | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 14.31 | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 11.82 | -17.4% |
| 2018 | 12.03 | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 10.22 | -15.1% |
| 2020 | 10.48 | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 15.5 | +47.9% |
| 2022 | 14.19 | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 14.46 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 14.55 | +0.6% |
| 2025 | 14.35 | -1.4% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 14.35 is above the median for high income countries, which is 4.46, 3.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Poland's 14.35 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4.49, 3.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Poland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +47.9% | 10.48 | 15.5 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18 | 16.98 | 19.69 | 3 |
| 2010s | 14.12 | 10.22 | 16.46 | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.92 | 10.48 | 15.5 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 52 Russia 19.23 compare
- 53 Serbia 17.14 compare
- 54 Croatia 14.82 compare
- 56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.1 compare
- 57 North Macedonia 11.96 compare
- 58 Seychelles 8.91 compare
More work & labour data for Poland
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.04 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.28 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.0452 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 22,799 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 9,591 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 9,786 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 9,544 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 19,330 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Poland?
- Sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Poland was 14.35 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 19.69 in 2007.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.22 in 2019.
- How does Poland rank for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total?
- Poland ranks 55th out of 83 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. This indicator conveys the share of informal employment in total employment. Employment comprises all persons of working age who, during a specified brief period, were either in paid employment (whether at work or with a job but not at work) or in self-employment (whether at work or with an enterprise but not at work). Informal employment comprises persons who in their main or secondary jobs were (a) own-account workers, employers and members of producers' cooperatives employed in their own informal sector enterprises; (b) own-account workers engaged in the production of goods exclusively for own final use by their household (e.g. subsistence farming); (c) contributing family workers, regardless of whether they work in formal or informal sector enterprises; or (d) employees holding informal jobs, whether employed by formal sector enterprises, informal sector enterprises, or as paid domestic workers by households. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. For more information, refer to the Labour Market-related SDG Indicators (ILOSDG) database description.