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Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1998

1998, as World Bank Group (Prospects Group)’s 2021 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1998 covers 156 countries. Georgia is highest, at 64.986; Switzerland is lowest, at 8.281. The middle country reads 33.827. Against 1997, 156 values changed (44 up, 112 down), the same countries are covered.

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Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate) · Data for 1998

HighestGeorgia

64.986

LowestSwitzerland

8.281

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), 1998, 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), 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group (Prospects Group).
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia64.986
BoliviaBOLSouth America63.576
PanamaPANCentral America62.171
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia61.479
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa60.305
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa58.141
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia56.762
PeruPERSouth America56.022
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia52.887
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa52.775
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean51.724
ChadTCDMiddle Africa50.937
GuatemalaGTMCentral America50.682
BeninBENWestern Africa50.186
HondurasHNDCentral America48.461
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia47.759
UruguayURYSouth America47.676
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia47.622
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia47.015
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa46.904
UgandaUGAEastern Africa46.869
El SalvadorSLVCentral America45.844
GambiaGMBWestern Africa45.720
GabonGABMiddle Africa45.272
MaliMLIWestern Africa45.261

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Georgia64.986
  2. Bolivia63.576
  3. Panama62.171
  4. Myanmar61.479
  5. Zimbabwe60.305

Lowest

  1. Switzerland8.281
  2. United States8.932
  3. Luxembourg9.523
  4. Austria9.863
  5. Japan10.696

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 33.827. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 156values changed, of 156 in both
  • 44 · 112rose · 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 1998.

  • 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) (1998). Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/informal-output/1998

0631 held

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07Questions

Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest size of the informal economy in Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1998?

Georgia, at 64.986, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1998 cover?

156.

Where can I download Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1998?

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), 1998 the newest?

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

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