Youth informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-29) by country
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What the numbers show
Youth informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) (15-29) is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 97.73 in Burkina Faso; the lowest is 8.45 in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 61.09, and the mean is 60.68.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 26.0%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 65.2%).
Youth informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 97.73 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | Angola | 97.39 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 3 | Côte d'Ivoire | 97.38 | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Uganda | 97.1 | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 5 | Senegal | 96.22 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 6 | Mali | 96.15 | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 93.21 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 8 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 92.85 | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 92.68 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 10 | Rwanda | 92.36 | 2025 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 11 | Pakistan | 91.53 | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 12 | Botswana | 91.02 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 13 | Zambia | 90.53 | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 14 | Myanmar | 87.78 | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 15 | Indonesia | 85.84 | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 16 | India | 85.83 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 17 | Egypt | 85.63 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 18 | Honduras | 84.03 | 2017 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 19 | Guatemala | 77.8 | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 20 | Peru | 77.49 | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 21 | Ecuador | 76.23 | 2025 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 22 | Armenia | 75.07 | 2017 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.57 | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 24 | Paraguay | 70.7 | 2025 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 25 | Palestine, State of | 65.63 | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 26 | Namibia | 64.56 | 2018 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 27 | Argentina | 61.6 | 2025 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 28 | El Salvador | 61.16 | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 61.03 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 30 | Mexico | 61 | 2026 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 31 | Viet Nam | 58.89 | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 32 | Thailand | 57.31 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 33 | Panama | 57.24 | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 34 | Jordan | 55.71 | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 35 | Colombia | 55.63 | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 36 | Republic of Moldova | 54.52 | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 49.36 | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 38 | Guyana | 47.87 | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 39 | Grenada | 45.84 | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 40 | Jamaica | 44.48 | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 41 | South Africa | 41.14 | 2024 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 42 | Brazil | 37.94 | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 43 | Georgia | 35.16 | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 44 | Mongolia | 31.94 | 2025 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 30.73 | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 46 | Uruguay | 29.18 | 2025 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 47 | Chile | 28.78 | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 48 | Russian Federation | 23.9 | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 49 | Mauritius | 23.39 | 2024 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 50 | Türkiye | 23.03 | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 51 | Brunei Darussalam | 19.56 | 2024 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 52 | Saint Lucia | 17.59 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 16.38 | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 54 | Serbia | 14.7 | 2025 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.17 | 2025 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 56 | Seychelles | 8.45 | 2025 | down 49.2% | 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. This harmonized series for informal employment is derived using the same set of criteria across countries to improve comparability. The criteria used are based on employment status, institutional sector, destination of production, bookkeeping, registration, social security contribution, places of work and size. For more information, refer to the Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.