Highest Informal Employment Rates in Agriculture, 2024

Nations ranked by informal employment in agriculture; percent of agricultural employment, 2024.

What the Data Shows

11 nations are ranked from highest to lowest by informal employment rate in agriculture in 2024. The rate is informal agricultural employment as a share of total agricultural employment. Lesotho ranks first at 99.73%, 0.11 percentage points above Angola at 99.62%. Malawi is 11th at 98.28%, leaving a spread of 1.44 percentage points.

Data table

Unit: percent of employment · Period: 2024

RankEntryValuePeriod
1Lesotho99.73%2024
2Angola99.62%2024
3Nigeria99.57%2024
4Bolivia99.44%2024
5Botswana99.08%2024
6Rwanda98.99%2024
7Tanzania98.95%2024
8India98.74%2024
9Vietnam98.67%2024
10Georgia98.54%2024
11Malawi98.28%2024

Sources

Source 1: Informal employment in total employment by sex and economic activity

Publisher: International Labour Organization

Dataset/table: Informal employment in total employment by sex and economic activity

Units: percent of employment

Date checked: 2026-07-15

Evidence: Supports the 11 ranked informal employment rate in agriculture observations for 2024.

Data notes & caveats

The rate is informal agricultural employment as a share of total agricultural employment. ILOSTAT observations can include national estimates or statistical breaks, as indicated by the source.

Methodology

The ranking filters the ILOSTAT series to people employed in agriculture, the completed 2024 period and sovereign-nation observations, then orders the rates from highest to lowest.

Source consistency notes

Every row uses the same ILOSTAT informal-employment indicator, agriculture classification, sex basis, percent-of-employment unit and 2024 period.

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