Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
55.7% informality affected workers in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 (OECD, 2024).
59.4% informality was recorded in the region in 2010 (OECD, 2024).
83.7%, 79.6%, 74.4%, 68.5% and 67.9% were the highest rates of informality in Bolivia, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador and Paraguay (OECD, 2024).
59.2% of the population lived in fully formal households in Chile (OECD, 2024).
64.2% of people lived in totally informal households in Nicaragua (OECD, 2024).
60.6% of people lived in totally informal households in Peru (OECD, 2024).
65.4% of the population lived in fully formal households in Uruguay (OECD, 2024).
62.0% of the population lived in fully formal households in the Bahamas (OECD, 2024).
Formal workers earned on average twice the hourly wage compared to informal workers in Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD, 2024).
Formal workers earned 1.7, 1.3 and 1.6 times more in Barbados, Chile, Brazil and Colombia (OECD, 2024).
