Share of tourism sector employment outside the formal sector (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) by country
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have...
What the numbers show
Share of tourism sector employment outside the formal sector (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 86.69 in Bolivia; the lowest is 6.96 in Brunei.
The median across all reporting countries is 53.78, and the mean is 51.84.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Namibia (up 25.3%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 57.5%).
Share of tourism sector employment outside the formal sector: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia | 86.69 | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 2 | Pakistan | 82.92 | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 3 | Senegal | 73.8 | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 4 | Egypt | 72.53 | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 68.33 | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 6 | Peru | 68.25 | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 7 | El Salvador | 63.35 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 8 | Vietnam | 63.27 | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 9 | Argentina | 62.85 | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 10 | Namibia | 61.04 | 2018 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 11 | Myanmar | 60.92 | 2020 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 12 | Ecuador | 54.82 | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 13 | Thailand | 52.74 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 52.68 | 2025 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 15 | Guyana | 49.23 | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 16 | Brazil | 45.64 | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 17 | Zambia | 41.99 | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 18 | Angola | 41.87 | 2025 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 19 | Dominican Republic | 41.84 | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 20 | Grenada | 31.79 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 21 | Botswana | 29.56 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 22 | Mongolia | 17.16 | 2025 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 23 | Georgia | 13.89 | 2025 | — | rising |
| 24 | Brunei | 6.96 | 2024 | up 24.1% | falling |
About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.