Nations ranked by absolute male–female gap in informal services employment; pp, 2024.
Eleven nations are compared by the widest absolute informal services employment gender gap in 2024. Each row retains male and female informal-employment rates within services and the signed male-minus-female difference. Tanzania has the widest gap at 19.7 percentage points, with women at 82.9% and men at 63.2%. El Salvador ranks second with a 17.8-point gap, with women at 64.6% and men at 46.8%.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanzania | 19.7 pp | 2024 |
| 2 | El Salvador | 17.8 pp | 2024 |
| 3 | Zambia | 16.7 pp | 2024 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 16 pp | 2024 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 14.4 pp | 2024 |
| 6 | Mali | 13.8 pp | 2024 |
| 7 | Guatemala | 13.7 pp | 2024 |
| 8 | Egypt | 13.2 pp | 2024 |
| 9 | Seychelles | 13.2 pp | 2024 |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 12.1 pp | 2024 |
| 11 | Mexico | 10.6 pp | 2024 |
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 both component rates and the resulting percentage-point gaps for the 11 final rows in 2024.
A positive signed gap means the men’s rate is higher; a negative gap means the women’s rate is higher. ILOSTAT observations can include national estimates or statistical breaks, as indicated by the source.
Men’s and women’s informal-employment rates within services employment are paired for each nation. Rows are ranked by the absolute gap, while the signed difference is men minus women.
Every component uses the same ILOSTAT indicator family, 2024 period, economic-activity definition and percent-of-employment basis, with each gap based on matched values within one reporting entity.
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