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Table 6 Informal economy in 2005 (percent of GDP).

From: Poverty alleviation strategies under informality: evidence for Latin America

Region

Weighted average

Median

East Asia and the Pacific

17.50

12.70

Europe and Central Asia

36.40

32.60

Latin America and the Caribbean

34.70

33.80

Middle East and Northern Africa

27.30

32.50

High-income Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries

13.40

11.00

Other high-income countries

20.80

19.40

South Asia

25.10

22.20

Sub-Saharan Africa

37.60

33.20

World

17.10

13.20