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Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1999

1999, as World Bank Group (Prospects Group)’s 2021 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1999 covers 156 countries. Georgia is highest, at 65.174; Switzerland is lowest, at 8.242. The middle country reads 33.666. Against 1998, 156 values changed (44 up, 112 down), the same countries are covered.

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Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate) · Data for 1999

HighestGeorgia

65.174

LowestSwitzerland

8.242

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), 1999, 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), 1999: every country, as published by World Bank Group (Prospects Group).
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia65.174
BoliviaBOLSouth America63.169
PanamaPANCentral America61.333
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa60.333
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia59.767
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa58.005
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia57.148
PeruPERSouth America55.755
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa52.976
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia52.357
ChadTCDMiddle Africa50.967
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean50.759
BeninBENWestern Africa50.117
GuatemalaGTMCentral America50.067
HondurasHNDCentral America48.296
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia47.827
UruguayURYSouth America47.152
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia47.073
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia46.971
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa46.738
UgandaUGAEastern Africa46.161
GabonGABMiddle Africa45.938
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa45.541
El SalvadorSLVCentral America45.425
GambiaGMBWestern Africa45.319

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Georgia65.174
  2. Bolivia63.169
  3. Panama61.333
  4. Zimbabwe60.333
  5. Myanmar59.767

Lowest

  1. Switzerland8.242
  2. United States8.871
  3. Luxembourg9.516
  4. Austria9.813
  5. Japan10.603

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 33.666. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 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 1999.

  • 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) (1999). Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/informal-output/1999

0631 held

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07Questions

Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest size of the informal economy in Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1999?

Georgia, at 65.174, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1999 cover?

156.

Where can I download Informal Output (DGE Model Estimate), 1999?

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), 1999 the newest?

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

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