Number of persons employed in the informal sector by, 2023 edition
In 2022, there were 13385 thousand people in the informal sector, with 797 thousand of them categorized as employed. The indicator is broken down by economic activity, from agriculture and forestry to mining. The rows in the table reflect specific economic sectors, showing the distribution of people across fields of labor. The data covers only the year 2022 and is presented as a single snapshot without time series
Distribution of employed in the informal sector by activity in 2022, thousand people
Set in numbers
The table is a snapshot — 19 series shown across 5 breakdowns. 92 values in total.
The largest value belongs to “Total” — 797; the smallest is “Other types of economic activity” at 0.2. The gap between them is 3,985-fold.
All table numbers are series: 19
How to read this table
Differences between the table rows allow for comparison of the volume of informal employment across different sectors, such as comparing agriculture with mining. Columns show total numbers and detailed categories, such as the share of employed within the total. This helps to understand the structure of the informal labor market depending on the specifics of the activity. Comparing rows provides insight into which economic sectors have more frequent informal arrangements
What is visible in these numbers
The table is 97% filled: Rosstat does not publish every cell, and the gaps are left as they are rather than interpolated.
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Period and application
The 2022 data is relevant for analyzing the labor market structure and assessing the scale of shadow employment in Russia. The statistics are useful for economists, sociologists, and labor specialists studying population working conditions. The information is published in the labor and employment section and does not require monthly updates
1) Данные за предыдущие годы опубликованы на официальном сайте Росстата (https://rosstat.gov.ru) в статистическом сборнике «Рабочая сила, занятость и безработица в России» таб. 3.12 «Численность занятых в неформальном секторе по типу занятости и видам экономической деятельности».
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