Division-wise breakdown: 84% of Bangladesh’s workforce still informally employed

TBS Report
06 October, 2025, 04:50 pm
Last modified: 06 October, 2025, 04:58 pm

According to the Labour Force Survey 2024, the number of informally employed people in Bangladesh stands at 5.80 crore, accounting for 84.0% of the total employed population of 7.17 crore. Of them, 1.32 crore were in urban areas and 4.48 crore in rural areas.

Source: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

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