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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Philippines: 73% 
#2   Denmark: 68% 
#3   Japan: 66% 
#4   Korea, South: 64% 
#5   India: 61% 
#6   Mongolia: 61% 
#7   Indonesia: 60% 
#8   Guatemala: 59% 
#9   Venezuela: 59% 
#10   Nepal: 56% 
#11   Kenya: 56% 
#12   Canada: 53% 
#13   Bangladesh: 52% 
#14   South Africa: 51% 
#15   United Kingdom: 51% 
#16   Finland: 51% 
#17   Hungary: 51% 
#18   Israel: 51% 
#19   Norway: 50% 
#20   United States: 50% 
#21   Austria: 49% 
#22   Colombia: 49% 
#23   Netherlands: 48% 
#24   France: 46% 
#25   Australia: 46% 
#26   New Zealand: 46% 
#27   Latvia: 46% 
#28   Italy: 45% 
#29   Germany: 44% 
Weighted average: 53.9%  


DEFINITION: Classification of market and non-market activities are not strictly based on the 1993 revised UN System of National Accounts, so comparisons between countries and areas must be made with caution.

SOURCE: Harvey, Andrew S. 1995 ?Market and Non-Market Productive Activity in Less Developed and Developing Countries: Lessons from Time Use.? Background Paper for Human Development Report 1995. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, Goldshmidt-Clermont, Luisella, and Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis. 1995. ?Measures of Unrecorded Economic Activities in Fourteen Countries.? Background paper for Human Development Report

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