Share of informal employment in Guatemala

In 2022, the percentage of informal employment in Guatemala stood at 79 percent of the total employed population, the lowest rate since 2019. Still, this means that around eight of every ten workers in Guatemala were considered informally employed. The Central American country ranks as one of Latin American countries with highest levels of employment informality.

Informal employment as percentage of total employment in Guatemala from 2010 to 2022

Characteristic	Share of total employment
2022	79.73%
2021	81.94%
2019	78.99%
2018	80.56%
2017	80.11%
2016	79.21%
2015	79.18%
2014	78.06%
2013	80.5%
2012	82.7%
2011	81.2%
2010	80.9%

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June 2024

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Guatemala

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Supplementary notes

According to the source's definition: "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. An informal sector enterprise is (1) an unincorporated enterprise and (2) a market enterprise (i.e., it sells at least some of the goods or services it produces), and (3) meets at least one of the following criteria: (i) the enterprise is not registered, (ii) the employees of the enterprise are not registered, or (iii) the number of persons engaged on a continuous basis is below a threshold determined by the country."

The release date given is the last update date provided by the source.
The source does not provide data for 2020.

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