Share in informal employment female by country
Countries reporting
79
Highest
97.42
Mali
Lowest
0.43
Malta
Median
34.59
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,095
What the numbers show
Share in informal employment female is currently reported for 79 countries. The highest value is 97.42 in Mali; the lowest is 0.43 in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.59, and the mean is 38.49.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 227.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 27.4%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 83.1%).
Share in informal employment female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 97.42 | 2022 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | Uganda | 97.39 | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | Senegal | 96.98 | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 4 | Cote d'Ivoire | 95.45 | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 5 | Angola | 95.43 | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 6 | India | 92.09 | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 7 | Pakistan | 91.71 | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 90.93 | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 9 | Rwanda | 88.99 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 10 | Zambia | 88.11 | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 11 | Bolivia | 86.46 | 2023 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 12 | Guatemala | 85.97 | 2023 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 13 | Myanmar | 84.37 | 2020 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 14 | Indonesia | 82.84 | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 15 | Honduras | 80.99 | 2017 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 16 | Peru | 74.3 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 17 | Botswana | 73.23 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 18 | Ecuador | 70.87 | 2024 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 19 | El Salvador | 69.44 | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 20 | Paraguay | 68.46 | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 21 | Thailand | 65.56 | 2018 | — | falling |
| 22 | Vietnam | 64.92 | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 23 | Egypt | 62.48 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 58.96 | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 25 | Namibia | 58.36 | 2018 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 26 | Mexico | 56.35 | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 27 | Colombia | 53.65 | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 53.36 | 2022 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 29 | Moldova | 52.81 | 2023 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 30 | Panama | 52.52 | 2023 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 51.06 | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 32 | Argentina | 50.01 | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 33 | Armenia | 47.29 | 2017 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 34 | Palestine | 45.39 | 2022 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 35 | Jamaica | 44.23 | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 36 | Jordan | 42.66 | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 38.16 | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 38 | Mongolia | 37.2 | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 39 | Grenada | 36.5 | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 41 | Brazil | 34.59 | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 42 | Turkey | 34.42 | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 43 | Uruguay | 30.25 | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 44 | Chile | 29.29 | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 45 | Mauritius | 28.01 | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 46 | Brunei | 27.34 | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.58 | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 48 | Saint Lucia | 21.84 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 49 | Serbia | 19.28 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 50 | Russia | 15.97 | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 51 | Poland | 9.2 | 2023 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 52 | United Kingdom | 7.92 | 2018 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 6.64 | 2023 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 54 | Greece | 5.87 | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 55 | Portugal | 4.73 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 56 | Luxembourg | 4.23 | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 57 | Italy | 4.21 | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 58 | France | 3.48 | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 59 | Slovakia | 3.46 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 60 | Czechia | 3.2 | 2023 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 61 | Cyprus | 3.01 | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 62 | Lithuania | 2.98 | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 63 | Denmark | 2.89 | 2019 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 64 | Netherlands | 2.86 | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 65 | Sweden | 2.84 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 66 | Spain | 2.8 | 2023 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 67 | Latvia | 2.65 | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 68 | Finland | 2.33 | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 69 | Croatia | 2.03 | 2023 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 70 | Estonia | 1.99 | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 1.79 | 2023 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 72 | Hungary | 1.74 | 2020 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 73 | Switzerland | 1.69 | 2022 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 74 | Austria | 1.41 | 2023 | down 51.5% | rising |
| 75 | Ireland | 1.38 | 2023 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Norway | 1.38 | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 77 | Iceland | 1.25 | 2019 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 78 | Slovenia | 1.11 | 2023 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 79 | Belgium | 1.07 | 2023 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 80 | Malta | 0.43 | 2021 | down 83.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 34.65