Share in informal employment male by country
Countries reporting
80
Highest
94.24
Mali
Lowest
0.18
Switzerland
Median
37.41
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,095
What the numbers show
Share in informal employment male is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 94.24 in Mali; the lowest is 0.18 in Switzerland.
The median across all reporting countries is 37.41, and the mean is 38.91.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 524.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 239.0%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 83.5%).
Share in informal employment male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mali | 94.24 | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 2 | Senegal | 93.7 | 2022 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 3 | Uganda | 93.13 | 2021 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 4 | Côte d’Ivoire | 89.24 | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 5 | Angola | 88.82 | 2022 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 6 | India | 87.23 | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 85.33 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 8 | Rwanda | 84.79 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 9 | Honduras | 83.61 | 2017 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia | 82.68 | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 11 | Pakistan | 82.11 | 2021 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 12 | Guatemala | 81.22 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | Zambia | 80.15 | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 14 | Indonesia | 80.12 | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 15 | Botswana | 78.68 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 16 | Myanmar | 78.59 | 2020 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 17 | Egypt | 73.29 | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 71.21 | 2022 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 19 | Viet Nam | 70.19 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 20 | Peru | 69.48 | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 21 | Ecuador | 67.07 | 2024 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 22 | Paraguay | 65.67 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 23 | Thailand | 64.5 | 2018 | — | falling |
| 24 | El Salvador | 64.25 | 2023 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 25 | Jamaica | 63.51 | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 26 | Kyrgyzstan | 62.27 | 2022 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 58.97 | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 28 | Panama | 58.67 | 2023 | up 18.1% | flat |
| 29 | Colombia | 57.9 | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 30 | Jordan | 57.7 | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 31 | Grenada | 57.16 | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 32 | Mexico | 56.32 | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 33 | Palestine | 55.5 | 2022 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 34 | Namibia | 53.15 | 2018 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 35 | Moldova | 51.52 | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 36 | Argentina | 50.79 | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 37 | Armenia | 48.41 | 2017 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 38 | Mongolia | 45.97 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 39 | Mauritius | 37.98 | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 40 | Brazil | 37.95 | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 36.87 | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 42 | Saint Lucia | 36.71 | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 43 | South Africa | 35.11 | 2024 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 44 | Uruguay | 32.99 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 45 | Brunei Darussalam | 29.23 | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 46 | Chile | 26.09 | 2024 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 47 | Türkiye | 23.85 | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 48 | Russia | 18.34 | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 49 | Serbia | 16.62 | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.29 | 2023 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 11.95 | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 52 | Slovak Republic | 6.44 | 2023 | up 171.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Poland | 6.3 | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 54 | United Kingdom | 5.23 | 2018 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 55 | Portugal | 4.32 | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 56 | Lithuania | 3.3 | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 57 | France | 3.22 | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 58 | Sweden | 3.03 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 59 | Italy | 2.96 | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 60 | Greece | 2.82 | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 61 | Luxembourg | 2.78 | 2023 | up 239.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Denmark | 2.75 | 2019 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Ireland | 2.53 | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 64 | Estonia | 2.36 | 2023 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 65 | Latvia | 2.11 | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 66 | Netherlands | 2.04 | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 67 | Finland | 1.98 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 68 | Iceland | 1.53 | 2019 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 69 | Spain | 1.27 | 2023 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 70 | Norway | 1.11 | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 71 | Czechia | 1.05 | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 71 | Belgium | 1.05 | 2023 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 73 | Hungary | 0.94 | 2020 | down 34.3% | rising |
| 73 | Malta | 0.94 | 2021 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 75 | Croatia | 0.93 | 2023 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 76 | Cyprus | 0.75 | 2023 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 0.74 | 2023 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Slovenia | 0.6 | 2023 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 79 | Austria | 0.58 | 2023 | down 62.6% | rising |
| 80 | Switzerland | 0.18 | 2022 | down 47.1% | volatile |