Paraguay: informal employment share 2022

In 2022, the percentage of informal employment in Paraguay stood at almost 68 percent of the total employed population, after an almost continuous downward trend since 2010 until 2019. This means that almost seven every ten workers in the country are considered informally employed. Still, a few other Latin American countries register higher levels of informal employment than Paraguay.

Informal employment as percentage of total employment in Paraguay from 2010 to 2022

Characteristic	Share of total employment
2022	67.9%
2021	69.3%
2019	68.9%
2018	70.3%
2017	71.3%
2016	72.2%
2015	70.7%
2014	70.1%
2013	71.5%
2012	74.2%
2011	73.9%
2010	76.7%

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November 2023

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Region

Paraguay

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Supplementary notes

According to the source's definition: "Employment in the informal sector refers all persons who, during a given reference period, were employed in at least one informal sector enterprise, irrespective of their status in employment and whether it was their main or a secondary job. An informal sector enterprise is (1) an unincorporated enterprise and (2) a market enterprise (i.e., it sells at least some of the goods or services it produces), and (3) meets at least one of the following criteria: (i) the enterprise is not registered, (ii) the employees of the enterprise are not registered, or (iii) the number of persons engaged on a continuous basis is below a threshold determined by the country."

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