Statistical Agencies

Informal employment rate (non-agricultural)

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Share of non-agricultural employment in the informal sector from ILO dataflow DF_EMP_NIFL_SEX_INS_RT. Key dimension INS indexes institutional sector (INS_SECTOR_TOTAL, INS_SECTOR_PRI private, INS_SECTOR_PUB public, INS_SECTOR_FRM formal, INS_SECTOR_INF informal). Coverage is broadest for developing countries.

get/api/v1/ilostat/informal-employment

Request

  • Base URL: https://sugra.ai
  • URL: https://sugra.ai/api/v1/ilostat/informal-employment
  • Auth: API key in header x-api-key

Query parameters

countriesstring

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, alpha-2 code, or country name (developing countries coverage). An unresolvable value answers 422.

countrystring nullable

Alias of countries for a single country - ISO-3, ISO-2, or name. If both country and countries are given and resolve to different countries, 422 names both.

freqstring

Frequency: A or Q (where reported).

sexstring

SEX_T, SEX_M, or SEX_F.

insstring

Institutional sector code.

last_ninteger

Most-recent observations per series.

startstring nullable

startPeriod.

endstring nullable

endPeriod.

Response

Informal employment rate observations by sex and institutional sector.

Example response

{
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
    "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
    "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
    "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
    "data_age_days": 8.532,
    "source": "sugra_crypto",
    "attribution": "Short interest and Reg SHO daily short volume data is owned by and sourced from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).",
    "fallback_chain": [
      "sugra_crypto",
      "sugra_finance"
    ],
    "stale_since": "2026-09-08T12:00:00Z",
    "period": "2026-Q1",
    "notes": "the UKMTO report behind these counts is dated 2026-08-21 and is 11 days old"
  }
}

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