economic2024

Share of female workers in informal employment

Name: Share of female workers in informal employment
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: economic, %, share, female, workers, informal, employment

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•144 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

51.9%

Median: 53.5%

Countries Covered

144

with available data

Highest

Burundi

99.1%

Lowest

Malta

0.4%

Top 5 Countries

1Burundi99.1%

2Niger99.0%

3Chad99.0%

4Mozambique98.4%

5Benin98.2%

By Region

Africa77.9%(7 countries)

North America71.2%(2 countries)

Asia69.8%(13 countries)

Other64.6%(84 countries)

South America49.0%(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.4%)High (99.1%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 51.9%)

Africa (7)

North America (2)

Asia (13)

Other (84)

South America (7)

Europe (31)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Burundi	99.1%
2	Niger	99.0%
3	Chad	99.0%
4	Mozambique	98.4%
5	Benin	98.2%
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo	97.8%
7	Burkina Faso	97.5%
8	Mali	97.4%
9	Guinea-Bissau	97.4%
10	Uganda	97.4%
11	Afghanistan	97.3%
12	Senegal	97.0%
13	Bangladesh	96.7%
14	Sierra Leone	96.6%
15	Madagascar	96.6%
16	Nigeria	96.4%
17	United Republic of Tanzania	95.9%
18	Cote d'Ivoire	95.5%
19	Angola	95.4%
20	Haiti	94.7%
21	Togo	93.9%
22	Liberia	93.7%
23	Sudan	92.3%
24	India	92.1%
25	Pakistan	91.7%
26	Mauritania	91.7%
27	Cameroon	91.7%
28	Comoros	91.6%
29	Lao People's Democratic Republic	91.6%
30	Malawi	90.9%
31	Zimbabwe	90.9%
32	Kenya	90.2%
33	Republic of The Gambia	89.5%
34	Rwanda	89.0%
35	Cambodia	89.0%
36	Zambia	88.1%
37	Ethiopia	87.5%
38	Nepal	87.3%
39	Bolivia	86.5%
40	Guatemala	86.0%
41	Somalia	85.5%
42	Myanmar	84.4%
43	Timor-Leste	83.6%
44	Republic of the Congo	82.9%
45	Indonesia	82.8%
46	Nicaragua	82.4%
47	Yemen	82.2%
48	Lesotho	81.1%
49	Honduras	81.0%
50	Ghana	78.8%
51	Peru	74.3%
52	Vanuatu	73.8%
53	Botswana	73.2%
54	Ecuador	70.9%
55	El Salvador	69.4%
56	Paraguay	68.5%
57	Thailand	65.6%
58	Vietnam	64.9%
59	Djibouti	64.9%
60	Cape Verde	63.9%
61	Egypt	62.5%
62	Barbados	60.6%
63	Sri Lanka	59.0%
64	Namibia	58.4%
65	Tonga	56.8%
66	Mexico	56.4%
67	Eswatini	56.3%
68	Lebanon	55.6%
69	Georgia	54.2%
70	Venezuela	54.1%
71	Tajikistan	53.8%
72	Colombia	53.7%
73	Kyrgyzstan	53.4%
74	Moldova, Republic of	52.8%
75	Panama	52.5%
76	Maldives	52.0%
77	Dominican Republic	51.1%
78	Kiribati	50.9%
79	Argentina	50.0%
80	Armenia	47.3%
81	Suriname	45.7%
82	Nauru	45.5%
83	Iraq	45.4%
84	State of Palestine	45.4%
85	Jamaica	44.2%
86	Guyana	43.5%
87	Jordan	42.7%
88	Fiji	41.5%
89	Samoa	41.3%
90	Marshall Islands	39.7%
91	Costa Rica	38.2%
92	Mongolia	37.2%
93	Grenada	36.5%
94	South Africa	34.7%
95	Brazil	34.6%
96	Türkiye	34.4%
97	South Korea	31.0%
98	Tunisia	30.3%
99	Uruguay	30.3%
100	Cook Islands	30.2%
101	Chile	29.3%
102	Mauritius	28.0%
103	Brunei Darussalam	27.3%
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24.6%
105	Wallis and Futuna	23.3%
106	Saint Lucia	21.8%
107	Serbia	19.3%
108	Tuvalu	19.3%
109	Bahamas	16.0%
110	Russian Federation	16.0%
111	Antigua and Barbuda	14.9%
112	Poland	9.2%
113	Seychelles	8.4%
114	United Kingdom	7.9%
115	The Republic of North Macedonia	6.6%
116	Greece	5.9%
117	Portugal	4.7%
118	Luxembourg	4.2%
119	Italy	4.2%
120	Romania	3.6%
121	France	3.5%
122	Slovakia	3.5%
123	Czech Republic	3.2%
124	Cyprus	3.0%
125	Lithuania	3.0%
126	Denmark	2.9%
127	Netherlands	2.9%
128	Sweden	2.8%
129	Spain	2.8%
130	Latvia	2.7%
131	Germany	2.4%
132	Finland	2.3%
133	Croatia	2.0%
134	Estonia	2.0%
135	Bulgaria	1.8%
136	Hungary	1.7%
137	Switzerland	1.7%
138	Austria	1.4%
139	Ireland	1.4%
140	Norway	1.4%
141	Iceland	1.3%
142	Slovenia	1.1%
143	Belgium	1.1%
144	Malta	0.4%

Showing 144 of 144 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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