RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The informal employment rate during the January-March 2022 quarter stood at 27.3%, up 0.6 percentage points compared to the same period of 2021, according to information from Chile’s National Statistics Institute (INE).
Informally employed persons totaled 2,398,884, representing an increase of 10.3% in the same period, i.e., there were 224,353 more people in this situation than in January-March 2021.
The number of informally employed persons increased among both men (10.3%) and women (10.4%) and, by age group, mainly in the 45-54 years (16.9%) and 25-34 years (6.9%) age groups.
By economic sector, the increase in the number of informally employed persons was especially affected by those working in commerce (14.9%) and transportation and storage (28.4%).
By occupational group, the variation was driven by workers in services and commerce (20.3%) and artisans and craft workers (7.1%).
Informal workers work as dependent employees but do not have access to social security (health and AFP) due to their employment relationship. They also work independently in a company, business, or activity in the informal sector. Unpaid family members of the household are also considered informal workers.
Meanwhile, the occupational categories that most influenced the increase in the informally employed population were self-employed workers (11.4%) and private salaried workers (10.3%). Both categories accounted for 85.5% of the total informal employed population, with 1,235,977 and 816,256 persons, respectively.
Finally, the highest informal employment rates were recorded for self-employed workers (69.4%) and domestic service workers (51.3%).
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