Survey participants were of working age. The source also takes over 100 interviews with experts on the future or work and/or financial services and proprietary data into account.
The survey took place in Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Experts were from over 25 different countries.
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Share of informal employment as percentage of total employment worldwide 2018
In 2018, **** percent of the total employment in Africa was informal employment. This is in contrast to North America, where **** percent of total employment was informal. In the same year, **** percent of worldwide total employment was considered to be informal employment.
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