Informal employment (% of total non-agricultural employment)

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EconomyYearInformal employment, female (% of total non-agricultural employment)
Afghanistan2019N/A
Albania201921.2%
Algeria2019N/A
American Samoa2019N/A
Andorra2019N/A
Angola2019N/A
Antigua and Barbuda2019N/A
Argentina201949.3%
Armenia201821%
Aruba2019N/A
Australia2019N/A
Austria2019N/A
Azerbaijan2019N/A
Bahamas, The2019N/A
Bahrain2019N/A
Bangladesh201791.9%
Barbados2019N/A
Belarus2019N/A
Belgium2019N/A
Belize2019N/A
Benin2019N/A
Bermuda2019N/A
Bhutan2019N/A
Bolivia201982.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina20197.8%
Botswana2019N/A
Brazil201536.9%
British Virgin Islands2019N/A
Brunei Darussalam201928.9%
Bulgaria2019N/A
Burkina Faso201897.1%
Burundi2019N/A
Cabo Verde201559.6%
Cambodia2019N/A
Cameroon2019N/A
Canada2019N/A
Cayman Islands2019N/A
Central African Republic2019N/A
Chad201896.7%
Channel Islands2019N/A
Chile201929.7%
China2019N/A
Colombia201959.7%
Comoros2019N/A
Congo, Dem. Rep.2019N/A
Congo, Rep.2019N/A
Costa Rica201942.7%
Cote d'Ivoire201790%
Croatia2019N/A
Cuba2019N/A
Curacao2019N/A
Cyprus2019N/A
Czechia2019N/A
Denmark2019N/A
Djibouti2019N/A
Dominica2019N/A
Dominican Republic201949.9%
Ecuador201967.3%
Egypt, Arab Rep.201841.1%
El Salvador201971.4%
Equatorial Guinea2019N/A
Eritrea2019N/A
Estonia2019N/A
Eswatini201656.9%
Ethiopia2019N/A
Faroe Islands2019N/A
Fiji201636.9%
Finland2019N/A
France2019N/A
French Polynesia2019N/A
Gabon2019N/A
Gambia, The201879.2%
Georgia201916.9%
Germany2019N/A
Ghana201588.3%
Gibraltar2019N/A
Greece2019N/A
Greenland2019N/A
Grenada2019N/A
Guam2019N/A
Guatemala201778.3%
Guinea2019N/A
Guinea-Bissau2019N/A
Guyana201847.5%
Haiti2019N/A
Honduras201779.3%
Hong Kong SAR, China2019N/A
Hungary2019N/A
Iceland2019N/A
India201876%
Indonesia201975.9%
Iran, Islamic Rep.2019N/A
Iraq2019N/A
Ireland2019N/A
Isle of Man2019N/A
Israel2019N/A
Italy2019N/A
Jamaica2019N/A
Japan2019N/A
Jordan2019N/A
Kazakhstan2019N/A
Kenya2019N/A
Kiribati2019N/A
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.2019N/A
Korea, Rep.2019N/A
Kosovo2019N/A
Kuwait2019N/A
Kyrgyz Republic201855.7%
Lao PDR201779.6%
Latvia2019N/A
Lebanon2019N/A
Lesotho2019N/A
Liberia2019N/A
Libya2019N/A
Liechtenstein2019N/A
Lithuania2019N/A
Luxembourg2019N/A
Macao SAR, China2019N/A
Madagascar201588.6%
Malawi2019N/A
Malaysia2019N/A
Maldives201650.2%
Mali201895.4%
Malta2019N/A
Marshall Islands2019N/A
Mauritania201790.8%
Mauritius201849.1%
Mexico2019N/A
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.2019N/A
Moldova20187%
Monaco2019N/A
Mongolia201929.7%
Montenegro2019N/A
Morocco2019N/A
Mozambique201592.3%
Myanmar201981.3%
Namibia201850.4%
Nauru2019N/A
Nepal201782.4%
Netherlands2019N/A
New Caledonia2019N/A
New Zealand2019N/A
Nicaragua2019N/A
Niger201784.4%
Nigeria2019N/A
North Macedonia2019N/A
Northern Mariana Islands2019N/A
Norway2019N/A
Oman2019N/A
Pakistan201872.6%
Palau2019N/A
Panama201946.8%
Papua New Guinea2019N/A
Paraguay201965.8%
Peru201967%
Philippines2019N/A
Poland2019N/A
Portugal2019N/A
Puerto Rico2019N/A
Qatar2019N/A
Romania2019N/A
Russian Federation2019N/A
Rwanda201969.8%
Samoa201720.6%
San Marino2019N/A
Sao Tome and Principe2019N/A
Saudi Arabia2019N/A
Senegal201593.5%
Serbia201911.3%
Seychelles20198.7%
Sierra Leone2019N/A
Singapore2019N/A
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)2019N/A
Slovak Republic2019N/A
Slovenia2019N/A
Solomon Islands2019N/A
Somalia2019N/A
South Africa201936.8%
South Sudan2019N/A
Spain2019N/A
Sri Lanka201851.3%
St. Kitts and Nevis2019N/A
St. Lucia201922.5%
St. Martin (French part)2019N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines2019N/A
Sudan2019N/A
Suriname2019N/A
Sweden2019N/A
Switzerland2019N/A
Syrian Arab Republic2019N/A
Tajikistan2019N/A
Tanzania2019N/A
Thailand201852.5%
Timor-Leste2019N/A
Togo201794.3%
Tonga201875.2%
Trinidad and Tobago2019N/A
Tunisia2019N/A
Turkiye2019N/A
Turkmenistan2019N/A
Turks and Caicos Islands2019N/A
Tuvalu2019N/A
Uganda201787%
Ukraine2019N/A
United Arab Emirates2019N/A
United Kingdom2019N/A
United States2019N/A
Uruguay201923.2%
Uzbekistan2019N/A
Vanuatu2019N/A
Venezuela, RB2019N/A
Vietnam201953.8%
Virgin Islands (U.S.)2019N/A
West Bank and Gaza201939.2%
Yemen, Rep.2019N/A
Zambia201873.8%
Zimbabwe201980.3%

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