Employment outside the formal sector (% of total employment; International Labour Organization; hamonized series)

Employment outside the formal sector includes persons who are employed in the informal sector and in households, the latter of which is mainly comprised of persons employed by households as paid domestic workers. 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.