Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agriculture — Value in Uruguay
Uruguay: Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agriculture — Value was 41.47 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agriculture — Value in Uruguay, 2006–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of informal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value in Uruguay is 41.47 %, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.6% on the previous year and up 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of informal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value in Uruguay peaked at 60.55 % in 2011 and was at its lowest, 25.82 %, in 2021.
That places Uruguay 36th out of 39 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agriculture — Value in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 57.66 % | — |
| 2007 | 58.29 % | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 56.18 % | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 55.3 % | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 53.46 % | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 60.55 % | +13.3% |
| 2012 | 56.14 % | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 55.04 % | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 30.7 % | -44.2% |
| 2015 | 28.62 % | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 29.93 % | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 29.37 % | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 29.91 % | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 28.6 % | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 28.1 % | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 25.82 % | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 29.18 % | +13.0% |
| 2023 | 46.9 % | +60.7% |
| 2024 | 41.47 % | -11.6% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 41.47 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 90.35 %, 46% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agriculture — Value in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +60.7% | 29.18 % | 46.9 % |
| 2014 | -44.2% | 55.04 % | 30.7 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56.86 % | 55.3 % | 58.29 % | 4 |
| 2010s | 40.23 % | 28.6 % | 60.55 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.29 % | 25.82 % | 46.9 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 33 Costa Rica 56.17 % compare
- 34 Mauritius 55.81 % compare
- 35 Kyrgyzstan 50.77 % compare
- 37 North Macedonia 40.61 % compare
- 38 South Africa 35.97 % compare
- 39 Serbia 35.85 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uruguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0638 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,609 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0435 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of informal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value in Uruguay?
- Share of informal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value in Uruguay was 41.47 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of informal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 60.55 % in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of informal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.82 % in 2021.
- How does Uruguay rank for share of informal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value?
- Uruguay ranks 36th out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of informal employment by industry and sex: agriculture — value rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Agriculture — Value — Male — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.