Economies by Informal Economy Size

An informal economy (informal sector or shadow economy) is the part of any economy that is neither offically taxed nor monitored. Read more about the World Economic Informal Economy database.

The table below shows the size of each country’s informal economy as a percentage of GDP, ranked by largest to smallest.






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Order		 Informal Economy
(GDP PPP, Billions Int$, 2023)		 Informal Economy
% of GDP		 World Economics
Grade
A-E
Afghanistan 1 0.00 73.3% E
Zimbabwe 2 0.00 64.3% E
Nigeria 3 0.00 57.4% E
Myanmar 4 0.00 52.6% E
Nicaragua 5 0.00 51.2% E
Benin 6 0.00 51.1% E
Bolivia 7 0.00 50.5% E
Georgia 8 0.00 50.0% E
Panama 9 0.00 49.2% E
Cambodia 10 0.00 49.1% E
Haiti 11 0.00 48.5% E
Azerbaijan 12 0.00 47.8% D
Central African Republic 13 0.00 47.6% E
Gabon 14 0.00 47.2% E
Paraguay 15 0.00 47.1% E
Peru 16 0.00 46.7% E
Guatemala 17 0.00 46.5% E
Tanzania 18 0.00 45.1% E
Congo, Rep. 19 0.00 44.7% E
Congo, Dem. Rep 20 0.00 44.4% E
Gambia 21 0.00 43.8% E
Honduras 22 0.00 43.6% E
Ukraine 23 0.00 43.4% E
Thailand 24 0.00 42.7% E
Niger 25 0.00 41.8% D
Armenia 26 0.00 41.4% E
Chad 27 0.00 41.1% D
Uruguay 28 0.00 41.1% C
Angola 29 0.00 41.0% E
Liberia 30 0.00 40.3% E
Zambia 31 0.00 40.3% E
Tajikistan 32 0.00 39.6% D
Madagascar 33 0.00 39.3% D
Comoros 34 0.00 39.2% D
Eswatini 35 0.00 39.1% E
Russia 36 0.00 38.2% D
Sierra Leone 37 0.00 38.1% D
Moldova 38 0.00 37.1% E
Sudan 39 0.00 37.1% D
Senegal 40 0.00 36.8% D
Cote d'Ivoire 41 0.00 36.4% E
Kazakhstan 42 0.00 36.3% C
El Salvador 43 0.00 36.2% E
North Macedonia 44 0.00 36.2% D
Sri Lanka 45 0.00 36.0% C
Ghana 46 0.00 35.9% D
Burundi 47 0.00 35.3% D
Tunisia 48 0.00 34.7% C
Belarus 49 0.00 34.6% D
Turkmenistan 50 0.00 34.4% D
Philippines 51 0.00 34.2% D
Kenya 52 0.00 34.0% C
Brazil 53 0.00 33.3% D
Ecuador 54 0.00 33.3% D
Suriname 55 0.00 33.2% C
Pakistan 56 0.00 32.8% D
Guinea 57 0.00 32.7% E
Guinea-Bissau 58 0.00 32.5% D
Papua New Guinea 59 0.00 32.4% D
Ethiopia 60 0.00 32.3% D
Mozambique 61 0.00 32.3% D
Serbia 62 0.00 32.2% C
Bosnia and Herzegovina 63 0.00 32.1% C
Libya 64 0.00 32.1% D
Malawi 65 0.00 32.1% C
Uganda 66 0.00 32.1% D
Togo 67 0.00 31.4% C
Cabo Verde 68 0.00 30.9% C
Kyrgyzstan 69 0.00 30.9% C
Burkina Faso 70 0.00 30.7% D
Jamaica 71 0.00 30.7% C
Mexico 72 0.00 30.6% C
Mali 73 0.00 30.5% C
Croatia 74 0.00 30.3% C
Lebanon 75 0.00 30.3% C
Brunei 76 0.00 30.2% C
Lesotho 77 0.00 30.1% C
Bulgaria 78 0.00 29.7% B
Argentina 79 0.00 29.6% C
Colombia 80 0.00 29.6% D
Türkiye 81 0.00 29.5% C
Trinidad and Tobago 82 0.00 29.4% C
Algeria 83 0.00 29.2% A
Dominican Republic 84 0.00 29.1% D
Egypt 85 0.00 29.0% D
Cameroon 86 0.00 28.9% C
Rwanda 87 0.00 28.9% C
Malta 88 0.00 28.7% B
Mauritania 89 0.00 28.6% C
Botswana 90 0.00 28.5% B
Nepal 91 0.00 28.5% D
Uzbekistan 92 0.00 28.4% B
Albania 93 0.00 28.1% C
Morocco 94 0.00 27.4% C
Guyana 95 0.00 27.3% C
Bangladesh 96 0.00 27.2% C
Costa Rica 97 0.00 27.2% B
India 98 0.00 27.1% D
Romania 99 0.00 26.8% B
Malaysia 100 0.00 26.7% B
Namibia 101 0.00 26.7% B
Yemen, Rep. 102 0.00 26.7% B
Bahamas, The 103 0.00 26.6% C
South Africa 104 0.00 24.9% C
Cyprus 105 0.00 24.5% B
Hungary 106 0.00 23.9% B
Bhutan 107 0.00 23.7% B
Korea, Rep. 108 0.00 23.3% B
United Arab Emirates 109 0.00 23.2% B
Indonesia 110 0.00 23.0% B
Laos 111 0.00 22.9% B
Estonia 112 0.00 22.8% B
Greece 113 0.00 22.4% B
Slovenia 114 0.00 21.9% B
Poland 115 0.00 21.7% B
Mauritius 116 0.00 21.6% B
Vietnam 117 0.00 21.5% B
Saudi Arabia 118 0.00 21.4% B
Chile 119 0.00 21.2% A
Italy 120 0.00 21.1% B
Lithuania 121 0.00 20.9% B
Latvia 122 0.00 20.7% B
Spain 123 0.00 20.2% B
Taiwan 124 0.00 19.7% B
Belgium 125 0.00 18.8% A
Kuwait 126 0.00 18.6% B
Portugal 127 0.00 17.6% B
Oman 128 0.00 17.4% A
Israel 129 0.00 17.2% B
Mongolia 130 0.00 16.7% A
Bahrain 131 0.00 16.1% A
Qatar 132 0.00 16.1% A
France 133 0.00 15.8% A
Czechia 134 0.00 15.7% A
Jordan 135 0.00 14.9% A
Hong Kong 136 0.00 14.7% A
Slovak Republic 137 0.00 13.7% A
Finland 138 0.00 13.6% A
Norway 139 0.00 12.9% A
Iceland 140 0.00 12.7% A
Sweden 141 0.00 12.6% A
China 142 0.00 12.3% A
Australia 143 0.00 11.9% A
Denmark 144 0.00 11.7% A
Canada 145 0.00 11.5% A
Ireland 146 0.00 11.1% A
United Kingdom 147 0.00 10.8% A
Singapore 148 0.00 10.6% A
Germany 149 0.00 10.4% A
Japan 150 0.00 10.3% A
New Zealand 151 0.00 10.1% A
Netherlands 152 0.00 9.4% A
Luxembourg 153 0.00 9.3% A
Austria 154 0.00 7.4% A
United States 155 0.00 7.3% A
Switzerland 156 0.00 6.9% A


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Category definitions:
         A: Very good
         B: Good
         C: Average
         D: Poor
         E: Very poor






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