![]() 8.3.1 Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sexMetadataPeriod: AnnualYear: 2025 |
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Definition and methodology |
Data source type and data collection method |
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ID of global indicator |
Metadata update |
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Indicator | |
8.3.1 Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex | |
Global indicator name | |
8.3.1 Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex | |
Target | |
8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services | |
Goal | |
Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all |
Definition and methodology | Top |
Definition | |
This indicator represents the share of informal employment in total employment, and by sector. In this case, the sector implies the division into agricultural and non-agricultural activities. | |
Methodological explanations | |
Until 2020. under agricultural activities the entire sector of activity Agriculture, forestry and fishing, as well as the part of the sector Activity of households as an employer related to jobs in agriculture, i.e. households that produce goods and services for their own us, were included.
From 2021, there was a change in the methodology, and persons who produce goods and services for their own use are no longer consider as employed, and the term agricultural activity refers only the Sector of Agriculture, forestry and fishing. | |
Method of calculation | |
Proportion of informal employment = (Total Informal employment ) / (Total employment) x 100
Proportion of informal employment in non‑agricultural employment = (Informal employment in non-agricultural activities) / (Total employment in non-agricultural activities) x 100
Proportion of informal employment in agricultural employment = (Informal employment in agricultural activities) / (Total employment in agricultural activities) x 100 | |
Unit of measure | |
% | |
Available disaggregation | |
Gender, Sector | |
Territorial level | |
Republic of Serbia |
Data source type and data collection method | Top |
Data source | |
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia | |
Periodicity of data collection | |
Annual |
Notes | Top |
Break in data series in 2021 because of methodological changes due to harmonization with the latest Eurostat regulation. |
ID of global indicator | Top |
C080301 |
Metadata update | Top |
12/6/2025 |
Global metadata | Top |
https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-08-03-01.pdf |