Globally, when the level of education increases, the level of informality decreases, the report says. The level of education is a key factor affecting the level of informality. Women are more exposed to informal employment in most low- and lower-middle income countries and are more often found in the most vulnerable situations. Out of the two billion workers in informal employment worldwide, just over 740 million are women. Informal employment is a greater source of employment for men (63.0 per cent) than for women (58.1 per cent). The report shows that 93 per cent of the world’s informal employment is in emerging and developing countries. The proportion is 68.2 per cent in Asia and the Pacific, 68.6 per cent in the Arab States, 40.0 per cent in the Americas and 25.1 per cent in Europe and Central Asia. In Africa, 85.8 per cent of employment is informal. When excluding agriculture, half of the employed population are in informal employment, according to the report. Women and men in the informal economy: A statistical picture (Third edition) provides comparable estimates on the size of the informal economy and a statistical profile of informality using criteria from more than 100 countries. © Carsten ten BrinkGENEVA (ILO News) – Two billion people – more than 61 per cent of the world’s employed population – make their living in the informal economy, the ILO said in a report, stressing that a transition to the formal economy is a condition to realize decent work for all.
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