Counting the World’s Informal Workers: A Global Snapshot

By WIEGO on January 01, 2019

The first-ever global estimates on the size of informal employment, published by the ILO in 2018, show 61% of all workers are informally employed. This pamphlet offers a snapshot of that global workforce by

sex, status in employment,branch of industry and age.

Download the pamphlet in English, French and Spanish.

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