Reporting economies ranked by absolute change in informal employment; pp, 2014–2024.
11 reporting economies are compared by the largest absolute changes in informal employment rates between 2014 and 2024. Each row retains the all-persons informal-employment rate at both endpoints and the signed change in percentage points. Mauritius records the largest movement, a 31.1-point decline from 54.5% to 23.5%. Ecuador has the largest increase, rising 10.7 points from 57.9% to 68.6%.
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 2014 and 2024 endpoint observations and resulting percentage-point changes for the 11 final reporting economies.
Positive changes mean informal employment was higher at the end of the period; negative changes mean it was lower. ILOSTAT observations can include national estimates or statistical breaks, as indicated by the source.
The comparison pairs 2014 and 2024 informal-employment rates for the same eligible reporting economies, calculates the signed percentage-point change and ranks rows by absolute movement.
Every endpoint uses the same ILOSTAT indicator, all-persons activity definition, percent-of-employment basis and matched reporting entity in 2014 and 2024.
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