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21Unemployment and informal sector work in non-OECD countries
Employment in non-agricultural informal sector, male (% of non-agricultural employment)Excel

HDI Rank Country 1990-2004
1 Iceland ..
2 Norway ..
3 Australia ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Sweden ..
7 Switzerland ..
8 Japan ..
9 Netherlands ..
10 France ..
11 Finland ..
12 United States ..
13 Spain ..
14 Denmark ..
15 Austria ..
16 United Kingdom ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand ..
20 Italy ..
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany ..
23 Israel ..
24 Greece ..
25 Singapore ..
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Slovenia ..
28 Cyprus ..
29 Portugal ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados ..
32 Czech Republic ..
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta ..
35 Qatar ..
36 Hungary ..
37 Poland ..
38 Argentina 46 1
39 United Arab Emirates ..
40 Chile 31 1
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia ..
43 Lithuania ..
44 Estonia ..
45 Latvia ..
46 Uruguay 34
47 Croatia ..
48 Costa Rica 22
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba ..
52 Mexico 35
53 Bulgaria ..
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman ..
59 Trinidad and Tobago ..
60 Romania ..
61 Saudi Arabia ..
62 Panama 35
63 Malaysia ..
64 Belarus ..
65 Mauritius 9
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation 12
68 Albania ..
69 Macedonia (TFYR) ..
70 Brazil 42
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia ..
73 Kazakhstan ..
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 47
75 Colombia 55 1
76 Ukraine 4
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand ..
79 Dominican Republic 47 1
80 Belize ..
81 China ..
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia ..
84 Turkey 35
85 Suriname ..
86 Jordan ..
87 Peru 57 1
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador 37 1
90 Philippines 71 1
91 Tunisia 53 1
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ..
95 Paraguay ..
96 Georgia ..
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan ..
99 Sri Lanka ..
100 Maldives ..
101 Jamaica ..
102 Cape Verde ..
103 El Salvador 46 1
104 Algeria 43 1
105 Viet Nam ..
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 78 1
108 Syrian Arab Republic 24
109 Turkmenistan ..
110 Nicaragua 52 1
111 Moldova 11
112 Egypt 42 1
113 Uzbekistan ..
114 Mongolia ..
115 Honduras 74 1
116 Kyrgyzstan 45
117 Bolivia 55 1
118 Guatemala ..
119 Gabon ..
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa 15
122 Tajikistan ..
123 Sao Tome and Principe ..
124 Botswana ..
125 Namibia ..
126 Morocco 44 1
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India 55 1
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic ..
131 Cambodia ..
132 Myanmar ..
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros ..
135 Ghana ..
136 Pakistan 70
137 Mauritania ..
138 Lesotho ..
139 Congo ..
140 Bangladesh ..
141 Swaziland ..
142 Nepal ..
143 Madagascar ..
144 Cameroon ..
145 Papua New Guinea ..
146 Haiti ..
147 Sudan ..
148 Kenya 59 1
149 Djibouti ..
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe ..
152 Togo ..
153 Yemen ..
154 Uganda ..
155 Gambia ..
156 Senegal ..
157 Eritrea ..
158 Nigeria ..
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 46
160 Guinea 66 1
161 Rwanda ..
162 Angola ..
163 Benin 87 1
164 Malawi ..
165 Zambia ..
166 Côte d'Ivoire ..
167 Burundi ..
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
169 Ethiopia 36
170 Chad 60 1
171 Central African Republic 21 1
172 Mozambique ..
173 Mali 63
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.
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Source :
ILO Bureau of Statistics. 2007. Correspondence on informal sector data. June. Geneva. unless otherwise specified.