Global share of informal employment as a percentage of total employment by region 2018

In 2018, 85.8 percent of the total employment in Africa was informal employment. This is in contrast to North America, where 18.1 percent of total employment was informal. In the same year, 61.2 percent of worldwide total employment was considered to be informal employment.

Share of informal employment as a percentage of total employment worldwide in 2018, by region

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Release date

January 2019

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2018

Number of respondents

8,000 respondents

Age group

14 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

Survey participants were of working age. The source also takes over 100 interviews with experts on the future or work and/or financial services and proprietary data into account.
The survey took place in Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Experts were from over 25 different countries.

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