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Area:
158 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Zimbabwe67.0%
2 Haiti56.4%
3 Georgia53.1%
4 Nigeria52.5%
5 Gabon52.0%
6 Myanmar (Burma)51.0%
7 Central African Republic50.7%
8 Benin48.3%
9 Democratic Republic of Congo47.0%
10 Guatemala46.9%
11 Bolivia46.0%
12 Madagascar45.3%
13 Azerbaijan43.7%
13 Liberia43.7%
15 Gambia43.6%
16 Thailand43.1%
17 Ukraine42.9%
18 El Salvador42.6%
19 Cote dIvoire42.4%
20 Belize42.3%
21 Guinea41.6%
22 Peru41.5%
23 Comoros40.9%
23 Eswatini40.9%
25 Moldova39.7%
26 Nicaragua39.5%
27 Ghana39.4%
28 Tanzania38.9%
29 Bahamas38.6%
30 Libya38.3%
31 Honduras37.7%
31 Tajikistan37.7%
33 Eritrea36.5%
34 Armenia36.0%
35 Burundi35.7%
36 Sri Lanka35.5%
37 Angola35.3%
38 Brazil35.2%
38 Papua New Guinea35.2%
40 Republic of Congo35.1%
41 Guinea-Bissau34.9%
42 Sierra Leone34.2%
43 Niger34.1%
44 Cambodia33.9%
45 Russian Federation33.7%
45 Senegal33.7%
47 Malawi33.6%
47 Venezuela33.6%
49 Kenya33.4%
50 Egypt33.3%
51 Zambia33.0%
52 Kazakhstan32.8%
53 Belarus32.4%
54 Lesotho32.3%
55 Cyprus32.2%
56 Uganda31.9%
57 Paraguay31.7%
58 Pakistan31.6%
59 Togo31.5%
60 Equatorial Guinea31.4%
60 Trinidad and Tobago31.4%
62 Mozambique31.0%
63 Solomon Islands30.9%
63 Tunisia30.9%
65 Kyrgyzstan30.8%
66 Brunei Darussalam30.4%
67 Cape Verde30.2%
67 Ecuador30.2%
67 Nepal30.2%
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina29.9%
71 Burkina Faso29.6%
72 Mali29.5%
73 Malta29.4%
74 Lebanon29.2%
75 Taiwan29.0%
76 Cameroon28.9%
77 Chad28.8%
77 Yemen28.8%
79 Mexico28.1%
79 Rwanda28.1%
81 Dominican Republic28.0%
81 Philippines28.0%
83 Bangladesh27.6%
84 Turkiye27.4%
85 Morocco27.1%
86 Greece26.5%
87 Albania26.2%
88 Guyana26.1%
88 Malaysia26.1%
90 Mauritania25.8%
91 Fiji25.4%
92 Colombia25.3%
93 Ethiopia25.1%
94 Argentina25.0%
94 Jamaica25.0%
94 Laos25.0%
97 United Arab Emirates24.3%
98 Algeria24.0%
98 Botswana24.0%
100 Oman23.9%
101 Suriname23.8%
102 Croatia23.0%
102 Italy23.0%
104 Romania22.9%
105 South Africa22.0%
105 Spain22.0%
107 Indonesia21.8%
107 Namibia21.8%
109 Kuwait21.7%
110 Bulgaria20.8%
111 Maldives20.7%
112 Hungary20.5%
113 Uruguay20.4%
114 Bhutan20.3%
115 Slovenia20.2%
116 Republic of Korea19.8%
117 Syrian Arab Republic19.5%
118 Costa Rica19.2%
118 Israel19.2%
118 Mauritius19.2%
121 Lithuania18.7%
122 Estonia18.5%
123 Iran18.4%
124 India17.9%
125 Belgium17.8%
125 Portugal17.8%
127 Poland16.7%
128 Bahrain16.6%
128 Latvia16.6%
130 Jordan15.2%
131 Norway15.1%
132 Viet Nam14.8%
133 Denmark14.7%
133 Saudi Arabia14.7%
135 Finland13.3%
136 Chile13.2%
136 Mongolia13.2%
138 Qatar13.1%
139 Iceland12.5%
140 Hong Kong, China12.4%
141 China12.1%
142 France11.7%
142 Sweden11.7%
144 Slovakia11.2%
145 Czech Republic10.5%
146 Luxembourg10.4%
147 Ireland9.6%
148 Canada9.4%
149 Singapore9.2%
150 Austria9.0%
150 New Zealand9.0%
152 United Kingdom8.3%
153 Japan 8.2%
154 Australia8.1%
155 Germany7.8%
155 Netherlands7.8%
157 United States7.0%
158 Switzerland6.9%

No data for 80 countries.
Source
Leandro Medina and Friedrich Schneider (2018) 'Shadow Economies Around the World: What Did We Learn Over the Last 20 Years?' IMF Working Paper WP/18/17

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data134
Regression equation
Y = -5.573513 X +7.051
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.586
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.343
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data156
Regression equation
Y = -129605.203872 X +53759.372
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.638
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.407
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data157
Regression equation
Y = -45.179332 X +83.869
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.675
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.456
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data157
Regression equation
Y = 5.357703 X +1.066
Correlation coefficient (r)0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data156
Regression equation
Y = 5.163281 X +8.854
Correlation coefficient (r)0.069
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.005