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Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1997

1997, as World Bank Group (Prospects Group)’s 2021 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1997 covers 156 countries. Georgia is highest, at 65.655; Switzerland is lowest, at 8.308. The middle country reads 34.117. Against 1996, 156 values changed (45 up, 111 down), the same countries are covered.

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Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate) · Data for 1997

HighestGeorgia

65.655

LowestSwitzerland

8.308

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1997, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 156 countries · select a heading to sort

Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group (Prospects Group).
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia65.655
BoliviaBOLSouth America64.418
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia63.136
PanamaPANCentral America62.883
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa60.588
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa58.378
PeruPERSouth America56.391
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia56.180
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia52.971
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa52.650
GuatemalaGTMCentral America51.329
ChadTCDMiddle Africa50.819
BeninBENWestern Africa50.293
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean50.015
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa49.673
HondurasHNDCentral America49.117
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia48.234
UruguayURYSouth America47.981
UgandaUGAEastern Africa47.642
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia47.585
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia47.007
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa46.771
MaliMLIWestern Africa46.503
GambiaGMBWestern Africa46.147
El SalvadorSLVCentral America46.103

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Georgia65.655
  2. Bolivia64.418
  3. Myanmar63.136
  4. Panama62.883
  5. Zimbabwe60.588

Lowest

  1. Switzerland8.308
  2. United States8.989
  3. Luxembourg9.501
  4. Austria9.929
  5. Japan10.793

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 34.117. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 156values changed, of 156 in both
  • 45 · 111rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2021 release

    Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group (Prospects Group)’s 2021 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1997.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 156 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (Prospects Group) (1997). Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/informal-output/1997

0631 held

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07Questions

Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest size of the informal economy in Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1997?

Georgia, at 65.655, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1997 cover?

156.

Where can I download Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1997?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1997 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 2020.

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