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21Unemployment and informal sector work in non-OECD countries
Employment in industry (% of total employment)Excel

HDI Rank Country 1996-2005 1
1 Iceland 23
2 Norway 21
3 Australia 21
4 Canada 22
5 Ireland 28
6 Sweden 22
7 Switzerland 23
8 Japan 28
9 Netherlands 20
10 France 25
11 Finland 26
12 United States 21
13 Spain 30
14 Denmark 24
15 Austria 28
16 United Kingdom 22
17 Belgium 25
18 Luxembourg 21
19 New Zealand 22
20 Italy 31
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 15
22 Germany 30
23 Israel 22
24 Greece 22
25 Singapore 30
26 Korea (Republic of) 27
27 Slovenia 37
28 Cyprus 24
29 Portugal 32
30 Brunei Darussalam 21
31 Barbados 17
32 Czech Republic 40
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta 29
35 Qatar 41
36 Hungary 32
37 Poland 29
38 Argentina 24
39 United Arab Emirates 33
40 Chile 23
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia 39
43 Lithuania 29
44 Estonia 34
45 Latvia 26 2
46 Uruguay 22 2
47 Croatia 29
48 Costa Rica 22
49 Bahamas 18
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba 19
52 Mexico 26
53 Bulgaria 34
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda 19 2
58 Oman 11 2
59 Trinidad and Tobago 28
60 Romania 30
61 Saudi Arabia 21
62 Panama 17
63 Malaysia 30
64 Belarus 35 2
65 Mauritius 32
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation 30
68 Albania 14
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 32
70 Brazil 21
71 Dominica 18
72 Saint Lucia 18
73 Kazakhstan 17
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20
75 Colombia 19
76 Ukraine 24
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand 20
79 Dominican Republic 21
80 Belize 17
81 China 18
82 Grenada 24
83 Armenia 17
84 Turkey 25
85 Suriname 15
86 Jordan 22
87 Peru 24
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador 21
90 Philippines 15
91 Tunisia ..
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 30
95 Paraguay 16
96 Georgia 9
97 Guyana 23
98 Azerbaijan 12 2
99 Sri Lanka 23
100 Maldives 19
101 Jamaica 18
102 Cape Verde ..
103 El Salvador 24
104 Algeria 26
105 Viet Nam 17
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 25
107 Indonesia 18
108 Syrian Arab Republic 27
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Nicaragua 18
111 Moldova 16
112 Egypt 20
113 Uzbekistan 19
114 Mongolia 16
115 Honduras 21
116 Kyrgyzstan 10
117 Bolivia 28 2
118 Guatemala 20
119 Gabon ..
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa 25
122 Tajikistan ..
123 Sao Tome and Principe ..
124 Botswana 22
125 Namibia 12
126 Morocco 20
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India 13 2
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4 2
131 Cambodia 11
132 Myanmar 12
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros ..
135 Ghana 14
136 Pakistan 21
137 Mauritania ..
138 Lesotho 15
139 Congo ..
140 Bangladesh 14
141 Swaziland ..
142 Nepal 6 2
143 Madagascar 7
144 Cameroon 9 2
145 Papua New Guinea 4
146 Haiti 11
147 Sudan ..
148 Kenya 20
149 Djibouti 8 2
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe ..
152 Togo ..
153 Yemen 11
154 Uganda 8
155 Gambia ..
156 Senegal ..
157 Eritrea 19 2
158 Nigeria 22 2
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 3
160 Guinea ..
161 Rwanda 3 2
162 Angola ..
163 Benin ..
164 Malawi ..
165 Zambia 7
166 Côte d'Ivoire ..
167 Burundi ..
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
169 Ethiopia 3 2
170 Chad ..
171 Central African Republic ..
172 Mozambique ..
173 Mali ..
174 Niger ..
175 Guinea-Bissau ..
176 Burkina Faso ..
177 Sierra Leone ..


Notes :
Data are not strictly comparable across countries as they were compiled using different sources. As a result data may differ from the standard definitions of unemployment and the informal sector.
1 - Data refer to the most recent year during the period specified.
2 -


Source :
ILO (International Labour Organization). 2005. Key Indicators of the Labour Market. Fourth edition. CD-ROM. Geneva. [www.ilo.org/kilm]. Accessed July 2007.