Countries by Informal Employment Share
Complete ranking of 144 countries • % employed • Updated 2026
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| Percentile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  Niger | 98.5% | Africa | 100% |
| 2nd |  Burundi | 98.0% | Africa | 99% |
| 3rd |  Chad | 97.6% | Africa | 99% |
| 4th |  Congo, Democratic Republic | 97.3% | Africa | 98% |
| 5th |  Benin | 96.3% | Africa | 97% |
| 6th |  Madagascar | 96.1% | Africa | 97% |
| 7th |  Mozambique | 95.5% | Africa | 96% |
| 8th |  Burkina Faso | 95.1% | Africa | 95% |
| 9th |  Angola | 95.0% | Africa | 94% |
| 10th |  Guinea-Bissau | 94.8% | Africa | 94% |
| 11th |  Uganda | 94.5% | Africa | 93% |
| 12th |  Sierra Leone | 94.5% | Africa | 92% |
| 13th |  Sudan | 94.2% | Africa | 92% |
| 14th |  Nauru | 93.9% | Oceania | 91% |
| 15th |  Nigeria | 93.1% | Africa | 90% |
| 16th |  Mali | 92.8% | Africa | 90% |
| 17th |  Malawi | 92.6% | Africa | 89% |
| 18th |  Togo | 92.3% | Africa | 88% |
| 19th |  Côte d'Ivoire | 92.1% | Africa | 88% |
| 20th |  Haiti | 91.6% | North America | 87% |
| 21st |  Tanzania | 90.8% | Africa | 86% |
| 22nd |  Laos | 90.5% | Asia | 85% |
| 23rd |  Rwanda | 90.1% | Africa | 85% |
| 24th |  Cambodia | 89.4% | Asia | 84% |
| 25th |  Liberia | 89.4% | Africa | 83% |
| 26th |  Mauritania | 89.3% | Africa | 83% |
| 27th |  Senegal | 89.2% | Africa | 82% |
| 28th |  Lesotho | 89.1% | Africa | 81% |
| 29th |  Comoros | 88.8% | Africa | 81% |
| 30th |  Pakistan | 88.7% | Asia | 80% |
| 31st |  India | 87.2% | Asia | 79% |
| 32nd |  Cameroon | 87.1% | Africa | 78% |
| 33rd |  Kenya | 86.5% | Africa | 78% |
| 34th |  Afghanistan | 86.1% | Asia | 77% |
| 35th |  Congo | 85.3% | Africa | 76% |
| 36th |  Zimbabwe | 85.0% | Africa | 76% |
| 37th |  Bangladesh | 84.0% | Asia | 75% |
| 38th |  Gambia | 83.9% | Africa | 74% |
| 39th |  Bolivia | 83.9% | South America | 74% |
| 40th |  Zambia | 82.7% | Africa | 73% |
| 41st |  Honduras | 82.6% | North America | 72% |
| 42nd |  Somalia | 81.9% | Africa | 72% |
| 43rd |  Nicaragua | 81.8% | North America | 71% |
| 44th |  Nepal | 81.5% | Asia | 70% |
| 45th |  Indonesia | 81.0% | Asia | 69% |
| 46th |  Myanmar | 80.7% | Asia | 69% |
| 47th |  Timor-Leste | 80.6% | Asia | 68% |
| 48th |  Ghana | 78.1% | Africa | 67% |
| 49th |  Ethiopia | 77.7% | Africa | 67% |
| 50th |  Yemen | 77.4% | Asia | 66% |
| 51st |  Armenia | 76.1% | Europe | 65% |
| 52nd |  Guatemala | 75.9% | North America | 65% |
| 53rd |  Botswana | 75.6% | Africa | 64% |
| 54th |  Vanuatu | 72.4% | Oceania | 63% |
| 55th |  Peru | 70.5% | South America | 63% |
| 56th |  Egypt | 68.6% | Africa | 62% |
| 57th |  Ecuador | 68.5% | South America | 61% |
| 58th |  Iraq | 67.6% | Asia | 60% |
| 59th |  Vietnam | 67.0% | Asia | 60% |
| 60th |  Sri Lanka | 66.4% | Asia | 59% |
| 61st |  Paraguay | 64.5% | South America | 58% |
| 62nd |  El Salvador | 63.9% | North America | 58% |
| 63rd |  Tajikistan | 63.6% | Asia | 57% |
| 64th |  Thailand | 63.2% | Asia | 56% |
| 65th |  Barbados | 61.8% | North America | 56% |
| 66th |  Kiribati | 61.5% | Oceania | 55% |
| 67th |  Cabo Verde | 60.6% | Africa | 54% |
| 68th |  Tonga | 59.2% | Oceania | 53% |
| 69th |  Panama | 58.7% | North America | 53% |
| 70th |  Venezuela | 58.3% | North America | 52% |
| 71st |  Kyrgyzstan | 57.5% | Asia | 51% |
| 72nd |  Mexico | 56.9% | North America | 51% |
| 73rd |  Colombia | 56.0% | North America | 50% |
| 74th |  Namibia | 55.6% | Africa | 49% |
| 75th |  Lebanon | 55.4% | Asia | 49% |
| 76th |  Moldova | 55.4% | Europe | 48% |
| 77th |  Jamaica | 54.6% | North America | 47% |
| 78th |  Jordan | 54.2% | Asia | 47% |
| 79th |  Dominican Republic | 53.5% | North America | 46% |
| 80th |  Eswatini | 53.3% | Africa | 45% |
| 81st |  Argentina | 51.6% | South America | 44% |
| 82nd |  Samoa | 51.5% | Oceania | 44% |
| 83rd |  Georgia | 51.5% | Europe | 43% |
| 84th |  Guyana | 51.0% | North America | 42% |
| 85th |  Suriname | 50.9% | North America | 42% |
| 86th |  Palestine | 48.8% | Asia | 41% |
| 87th |  Grenada | 48.0% | North America | 40% |
| 88th |  Djibouti | 47.6% | Africa | 40% |
| 89th |  Maldives | 47.3% | Asia | 39% |
| 90th |  Fiji | 45.7% | Oceania | 38% |
| 91st |  Cook Islands | 40.2% | Oceania | 38% |
| 92nd |  Tunisia | 36.9% | Africa | 37% |
| 93rd |  Costa Rica | 36.1% | North America | 36% |
| 94th |  Wallis and Futuna | 36.0% | Oceania | 35% |
| 95th |  Brazil | 35.6% | South America | 35% |
| 96th |  South Africa | 34.8% | Africa | 34% |
| 97th |  Marshall Islands | 32.6% | Oceania | 33% |
| 98th |  Saint Lucia | 29.2% | North America | 33% |
| 99th |  South Korea | 29.1% | Asia | 32% |
| 100th |  Uruguay | 28.5% | South America | 31% |
| 101st |  Turkey | 27.7% | Europe | 31% |
| 102nd |  Mongolia | 27.4% | Asia | 30% |
| 103rd |  Chile | 26.4% | South America | 29% |
| 104th |  Mauritius | 23.5% | Africa | 28% |
| 105th |  Brunei | 21.4% | Asia | 28% |
| 106th |  Tuvalu | 20.1% | Oceania | 27% |
| 107th |  United Kingdom | 19.8% | Europe | 26% |
| 108th |  Russia | 19.2% | Europe | 26% |
| 109th |  Bahamas | 18.3% | North America | 25% |
| 110th |  Serbia | 17.1% | Europe | 24% |
| 111st |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.6% | Europe | 24% |
| 112nd |  Poland | 14.5% | Europe | 23% |
| 113rd |  Seychelles | 14.2% | Africa | 22% |
| 114th |  Antigua and Barbuda | 12.8% | North America | 22% |
| 115th |  North Macedonia | 12.0% | Europe | 21% |
| 116th |  Italy | 10.9% | Europe | 20% |
| 117th |  Hungary | 9.9% | Europe | 19% |
| 118th |  Latvia | 9.7% | Europe | 19% |
| 119th |  Palau | 7.3% | Oceania | 18% |
| 120th |  Denmark | 7.1% | Europe | 17% |
| 121st |  Slovakia | 6.3% | Europe | 17% |
| 122nd |  Estonia | 6.0% | Europe | 16% |
| 123rd |  Luxembourg | 6.0% | Europe | 15% |
| 124th |  Lithuania | 5.6% | Europe | 15% |
| 125th |  Netherlands | 5.4% | Europe | 14% |
| 126th |  Portugal | 5.3% | Europe | 13% |
| 127th |  Croatia | 5.3% | Europe | 13% |
| 128th |  Slovenia | 4.8% | Europe | 12% |
| 129th |  Greece | 4.3% | Europe | 11% |
| 130th |  Bulgaria | 4.1% | Europe | 10% |
| 131st |  Germany | 3.9% | Europe | 10% |
| 132nd |  Ireland | 3.9% | Europe | 9% |
| 133rd |  Spain | 3.8% | Europe | 8% |
| 134th |  Czechia | 3.8% | Europe | 8% |
| 135th |  France | 3.8% | Europe | 7% |
| 136th |  Sweden | 3.7% | Europe | 6% |
| 137th |  Austria | 3.4% | Europe | 6% |
| 138th |  Belgium | 3.3% | Europe | 5% |
| 139th |  Cyprus | 2.6% | Europe | 4% |
| 140th |  Romania | 2.4% | Europe | 3% |
| 141st |  Norway | 2.0% | Europe | 3% |
| 142nd |  Finland | 2.0% | Europe | 2% |
| 143rd |  Iceland | 2.0% | Europe | 1% |
| 144th |  Switzerland | 1.1% | Europe | 1% |