Informal employment in agriculture by country

Countries reporting
78
Highest
99.77
Mali
Lowest
1.92
Spain
Median
77.17
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,004

What the numbers show

Informal employment in agriculture is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 99.77 in Mali; the lowest is 1.92 in Spain.

The median across all reporting countries is 77.17, and the mean is 58.06.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 52.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Sweden (up 41.6%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 75.9%).

Informal employment in agriculture: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mali 99.77 2022 up 0.4% flat
2 Angola 99.75 2022 down 0.0% flat
3 Pakistan 99.72 2021 up 0.6% flat
4 Rwanda 99.57 2023 up 1.2% flat
5 Senegal 99.56 2022 up 0.1% flat
6 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 99.54 2023 up 1.8% flat
7 Botswana 99.17 2023 flat
8 Côte d'Ivoire 99.12 2022 up 0.6% flat
9 Uganda 99.03 2021 down 0.6% flat
10 India 98.88 2023 down 0.6% flat
11 Viet Nam 98.68 2023 down 0.5% flat
12 Zimbabwe 98.56 2023 up 0.8% flat
13 Armenia 98.53 2017 up 0.3% flat
14 Zambia 97.96 2023 up 0.8% flat
15 Egypt 97.85 2023 up 2.3% rising
16 Honduras 97.61 2017 up 5.8% flat
17 Jamaica 97.14 2023 up 1.5% flat
18 El Salvador 96.15 2023 down 1.4% flat
19 Guatemala 94.08 2023 down 2.5% flat
20 Indonesia 93.96 2023 down 3.0% flat
21 Jordan 93.64 2023 up 3.0% flat
22 Mongolia 93.01 2023 down 5.8% rising
23 Peru 92.86 2023 down 2.2% falling
24 Ecuador 92.44 2024 up 5.9% falling
25 Panama 91.68 2023 up 3.7% flat
26 Republic of Moldova 91.44 2023 down 0.3% rising
27 Sri Lanka 91.4 2022 up 4.1% flat
28 Palestine, State of 90.99 2022 down 7.7% falling
29 Thailand 90.96 2018 falling
30 Paraguay 90.71 2023 down 6.6% falling
31 Mexico 89.67 2023 down 4.5% falling
32 Dominican Republic 89.03 2023 up 3.7% flat
33 Colombia 87.08 2024 down 1.5% flat
34 Grenada 86.08 2023 up 4.3% flat
35 Namibia 85.89 2018 down 2.2% flat
36 Türkiye 84.52 2023 down 1.7% falling
37 Myanmar 82.74 2020 down 1.8% flat
38 Saint Lucia 81.53 2023 up 0.1% flat
39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 80.48 2023 down 11.5% falling
40 Brazil 73.86 2024 down 14.6% falling
41 Kyrgyzstan 73.05 2022 up 17.0% rising
42 Mauritius 69.12 2023 down 7.0% falling
43 Serbia 67.8 2023 down 3.2% falling
44 Costa Rica 58.73 2024 down 10.7% flat
45 Brunei Darussalam 57.71 2023 down 40.5% falling
46 Argentina 54.16 2023 down 17.5% falling
47 Uruguay 50.16 2023 down 11.0% falling
48 North Macedonia 47.06 2023 down 40.2% falling
49 Russian Federation 44.2 2023 down 14.4% falling
50 Chile 43.93 2024 up 1.0% flat
51 South Africa 35.44 2024 down 1.1% falling
52 Poland 29.57 2023 down 43.0% falling
53 Belgium 15.4 2021 down 19.3% rising
54 Lithuania 13.41 2023 down 45.9% falling
55 Denmark 11.55 2019 down 15.7% volatile
56 Portugal 11.42 2023 down 62.5% falling
57 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8.58 2018 down 69.7% volatile
58 France 8.28 2023 down 41.9% falling
59 Netherlands 8.1 2023 up 2.0% falling
60 Greece 7.78 2023 down 44.9% falling
61 Ireland 7.54 2023 down 7.1% volatile
62 Norway 7.46 2021 down 16.0% rising
63 Italy 7.25 2023 down 6.9% falling
64 Sweden 6.77 2023 up 41.6% rising
65 Latvia 5.63 2023 down 45.0% falling
66 Switzerland 5.51 2022 down 5.2% falling
67 Finland 5.47 2023 down 25.1% rising
68 Luxembourg 5.15 2018 down 71.0% volatile
69 Hungary 4.83 2020 up 13.6% falling
70 Bulgaria 4.77 2023 down 74.7% falling
71 Slovenia 4.35 2023 down 47.3% rising
72 Austria 4.33 2021 down 58.1% falling
73 Czechia 4.21 2023 up 18.9% rising
74 Cyprus 3.85 2017 down 75.9% falling
75 Iceland 3.35 2012 down 27.0% falling
76 Croatia 3.06 2023 down 61.1% falling
77 Estonia 3.01 2023 down 53.2% volatile
78 Spain 1.92 2023 down 64.3% volatile

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Indicator
Informal employment in agriculture
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
78 places, 1,004 data points, 2000–2024
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