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Informal economy

This dataset covers the informal economy and presents data disaggregated by key socio-demographic characteristics of the labour force. It includes indicators on informal employment, the informal sector and the informal economy as a whole, reporting both incidence rates and their composition. <p /> The OECD <i >Key Indicators of Informality based on Individuals and their Households<i /> (KIIbIH) database provides harmonised and comparable indicators on the informal economy for more than 80 developing and developed countries.

oecd-sdmx:DSD_KIIBIH_EMP@DF_EMP

Informal economy

OECD.DEV.LAC

Publisher
OECD.DEV.LAC
Source
OECD Data Explorer (oecd-sdmx)
Status
Active
Formats
SDMX-JSON
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (Data) · open
Standard
SDMX 2.1
Countries
58 countries and areas — see list below
Dataset id
oecd-sdmx:DSD_KIIBIH_EMP@DF_EMP
Last verified
2026-09-27

Geographic coverage

Informal economy carries observations for 58 countries and areas:

America · Argentina · Armenia · Benin · Burkina Faso · Bulgaria · Bolivia · Brazil · Barbados · Chile · China (People’s Republic of) · Colombia · Costa Rica · Czechia · Dominican Republic · Europe · Spain · Ethiopia · Africa · France · Gambia · Greece · Guatemala · Honduras · Italy · Jamaica · Kenya · Cambodia · Liberia · Lithuania · Latvia · Maldives · Mexico · Mali · Myanmar · Mongolia · Malawi · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Norway · Peru · Paraguay · Rwanda · Asia · Senegal · Sierra Leone · El Salvador · Suriname · Sweden · Togo · Thailand · Tanzania · Uganda · Uruguay · Viet Nam · South Africa · Zambia