Statistics

A Guide to Obtaining Data on Types of Informal Workers in Official Statistics

This brief provides a practical guide to collecting and compiling statistics on specific categories of informal workers – home based workers,...

The Informal Sector and Informal Employment in Bangladesh

This report contains the findings of the 2010 labour force survey and the related suvey of informal sector enterprises. The surveys were...

Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture, 2nd Edition

This ILO-WIEGO publication is a significant step forward from the Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture (2002

Home-Based Workers in the United States: 2010

Statistics on Street Vendors and Market Traders in Metropolitan Lima and Urban Peru

Based on this survey, the brief reviews trends in street vending and market trade in Lima and in urban Peru between 2004 and 2015. It also...

Informal Sector, Poverty and Gender: A Review of Empirical Evidence

Informal Economy Employment Data In South Africa: A Critical Analysis

Measuring the Trade Sector in the National Accounts of India

Statistics on Informal Employment in Kenya

This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in Kenya.

Measuring Informal Employment in OECD Countries

Paper for the WIEGO meeting on “Measuring Informal Employment in Developed Countries” 31 October-1 November 2008, Harvard University