## Informal Economy Data: Compilation Practices - Informal Economy Reports ## Source details **Canonical URL:** [Informal Economy Data: Compilation Practices - Informal Economy Reports](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports) ## Other formats - [Markdown version](/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/index.md) - [Structured JSON version](/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/index.json) - [Bundle manifest](/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/bundle-manifest.json) --- ### Covered informal activities - Illegal Drug Trafficking - Smuggling of Cigarettes / Tobacco - Illegal Prostitution / Prostitution Services - Cross Border Illegal Drugs - Smuggling of Migrants - Trafficking of Arms - Smuggling of Alcohol / Production of Illegal Alcoholic Beverages - Estimation of Drug Distribution and Production - Net Purchases of Foreign Currency in Cash - Workers' Remittances Through Informal Channels - Informal Trade With Neighboring Countries - White (Light) Oil Reexport - Expenditures for On-Line Purchases From Abroad - Services Travel: Expenditures of Foreign Workers - Compensation of Employees for Foreign/Foreign Employees/Informal Workers - Primary Income: Compensation of Employees for Informal Workers - Estimating Volume of Merchandise Exports and Imports Not Captured in Customs Statistics - Personal Transfers in the U.S. International Accounts ### Country-specific reports and case studies (selected titles) - Austria: Illegal Drug Trafficking, Smuggling of Cigarettes and Illegal Prostitution in National Accounts and Balance... - Belgium: Cross Border Illegal Drugs in the Balance of Payments - Belgium: Prostitution Services in the Balance of Payments - Belgium: Smuggling of Cigarettes in the Balance of Payments - Greece: Smuggling of Illegal Goods - Hungary: Estimation of Drug Distribution and Production in the Hungarian National... - Hungary: Estimation of Prostitution Activity in the Hungarian National Accounts - Hungary: Estimation of Smuggling Activity in the Hungarian National Accounts - Islamic Republic of Iran: Estimations on Smuggling of Goods - Israel: Estimates of Expenditures of Israeli Households for On-Line Purchases From Abroad - Israel: Services Travel: Expenditures of Foreign Workers - Israel: Compensation of Employees- Foreign Employees in Israel (Including Palestinian Authority Residents) - Israel: Flight Tickets Receive as Gift - Kyrgyz Republic: Estimation of White (Light) Oil Reexport - Lithuania: Illegal Activities: Prostitution, Smuggling of Tobacco, Smuggling and Production of Illegal Alcoholic Beverages, and Drugs - Malta: Smuggling of Illegal Drugs - Moldova: Net Purchases of Foreign Currency in Cash - Moldova: Compensation of Employees and Personal Transfers, Inflow of Foreign Cash via Informal Channels - Netherlands: Measuring Illegal Drugs - Nigeria: Informal Trade With Neighboring Countries - Peru: Workers' Remittances of Peruvians Through Informal Channels - Portugal: Tobacco Smuggling and Drug Trafficking - Romania: Goods: Illegal Drugs in the International Accounts/Illegal Drugs; Illicit Cigarette/Tobacco Market; Smuggling of Alcohol; and Services: Prostitution - Russian Federation: The Russian Practices for Encouraging Coordination Between National Accounts and Balance of Payments to Produce Informal Economy Data - Russian Federation: Experience of the Russian Federation in Evaluating Transactions of Individuals, Related to Acquisition of Real Estate Abroad - Russian Federation: Estimating Volume of Merchandise Exports and Imports That Are Not Captured in the Customs Statistics - Rwanda: Primary Income: Compensation of Employees for Informal Workers - Rwanda: Measuring Informal Cross Border Trade Between Rwanda and Her Neighboring Countries - Sweden: Illegal Narcotics in the National Accounts - Uganda: The Informal Cross Border Trade Survey - United Kingdom: Smuggling of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs - United States: Personal Transfers in the U.S. International Accounts ### Regional and institutional studies - COMESA: Cross Border Initiative - ECB: Estimation of Prostitution Services in Europe in the Context of the External Accounts - Eurostat: Smuggling of Migrants - Eurostat: Trafficking of Arms ### Cross-border, trade, and balance of payments focus - Multiple reports address cross-border trade and external account implications, including: - Cross Border Illegal Drugs - Smuggling of Cigarettes / Tobacco and Alcohol - Estimating merchandise exports and imports not captured in customs statistics - Informal cross border trade surveys and initiatives - Net purchases of foreign currency in cash and inflow of foreign cash via informal channels ### Labor, remittances, and household expenditures - Reports examine: - Compensation of Employees (foreign employees, informal workers, including Palestinian Authority residents) - Personal Transfers and Workers' Remittances through informal channels - Expenditures of households for on-line purchases from abroad - Services travel expenditures of foreign workers - Flight tickets received as gifts --- ## References - [Austria: Illegal Drug Trafficking, Smuggling of Cigarettes and Illegal Prostitution in National Accounts and Balance...](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/austria-illegal-drug-trafficking) - [Belgium: Cross Border Illegal Drugs in the Balance of Payments](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/belgium-cross-border-illegal-drugs-in-the-balance-of-payments) - [Belgium: Prostitution Services in the Balance of Payments](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/belgium-prostitution-services-in-the-balance-of-payments) - [Belgium: Smuggling of Cigarettes in the Balance of Payments](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/belgium-smuggling-of-cigarettes-in-the-balance-of-payments) - [COMESA: Cross Border Initiative](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/comesa-cross-border-initiative) - [ECB: Estimation of Prostitution Services in Europe in the Context of the External Accounts](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/ecb-estimation-of-prostitution-services-in-europe-in-the-context-of-the-external-accounts) - [Eurostat: Smuggling of Migrants](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/eurostat-smuggling-of-migrants) - [Eurostat: Trafficking of Arms](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/eurostat-trafficking-of-arms) - [Greece: Smuggling of Illegal Goods](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/greece-smuggling-of-illegal-goods) - [Hungary: Estimation of Drug Distribution and Production in the Hungarian National...](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/hungary-estimation-of-drug-distribution-and-production-in-the-hungarian-national-accounts) - [Hungary: Estimation of Prostitution Activity in the Hungarian National Accounts](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/hungary-estimation-of-prostitution-activity-in-the-hungarian-national-accounts) - [Hungary: Estimation of Smuggling Activity in the Hungarian National Accounts](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/hungary-estimation-of-smuggling-activity-in-the-hungarian-national-accounts) - [Islamic Republic of Iran: Estimations on Smuggling of Goods](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/iran-estimations-on-smuggling-of-goods) - [Israel: Estimates of Expenditures of Israeli Households for On-Line Purchases From Abroad](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/israel-estimates-of-expenditures-of-israeli-households-for-on-line-purchases-from-abroad) - [Israel: Services Travel: Expenditures of Foreign Workers](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/israel-services-travel-expenditures-of-foreign-workers) - [Israel: Compensation of Employees- Foreign Employees in Israel (Including Palestinian Authority Residents)](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/israel-compensation-of-employees-foreign-employees-in-israel) - [Israel: Flight Tickets Receive as Gift](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/israel-flight-tickets-receive-as-gift) - [Kyrgyz Republic: Estimation of White (Light) Oil Reexport](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/kyrgyz-estimation-of-white-light-oil-reexport) - [Lithuania: Illegal Activities: Prostitution, Smuggling of Tobacco, Smuggling and Production of Illegal Alcoholic Beverages, and Drugs](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/lithuania-illegal-activities-prostitution-smuggling-of-tobacco-smuggling) - [Malta: Smuggling of Illegal Drugs](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/malta-smuggling-of-illegal-drugs) - [Moldova: Net Purchases of Foreign Currency in Cash](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/moldova-net-purchases-of-foreign-currency-in-cash) - [Moldova: Compensation of Employees and Personal Transfers, Inflow of Foreign Cash via Informal Channels](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/moldova-compensation-of-employees-and-personal-transfers) - [Netherlands: Measuring Illegal Drugs](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/netherlands-measuring-illegal-drugs) - [Nigeria: Informal Trade With Neighboring Countries](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/nigeria-informal-trade-with-neighboring-countries) - [Peru: Workers' Remittances of Peruvians Through Informal Channels](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/peru-workers-remittances-of-peruvians-through-informal-channels) - [Portugal: Tobacco Smuggling and Drug Trafficking](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/portugal-tobacco-smuggling-and-drug-trafficking) - [Romania: Goods: Illegal Drugs in the International Accounts/Illegal Drugs; Illicit Cigarette/Tobacco Market; Smuggling of Alcohol; and Services: Prostitution](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/romania-goods-and-services) - [Russian Federation: The Russian Practices for Encouraging Coordination Between National Accounts and Balance of Payments to Produce Informal Economy Data](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/russia-the-russian-practices-for-encouraging-coordination) - [Russian Federation: Experience of the Russian Federation in Evaluating Transactions of Individuals, Related to Acquisition of Real Estate Abroad](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/russia-experience-of-the-russian-federation-in-evaluating-transactions-of-individuals) - [Russian Federation: Estimating Volume of Merchandise Exports and Imports That Are Not Captured in the Customs Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/russia-estimating-volume-of-merchandise-exports-and-imports) - [Rwanda: Primary Income: Compensation of Employees for Informal Workers](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/rwanda-primary-income-compensation-of-employees-for-informal-workers) - [Rwanda: Measuring Informal Cross Border Trade Between Rwanda and Her Neighboring Countries](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/rwanda-measuring-informal-cross-border-trade) - [Sweden: Illegal Narcotics in the National Accounts](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/sweden-illegal-narcotics-in-the-national-accounts) - [Uganda: The Informal Cross Border Trade Survey](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/uganda-the-informal-cross-border-trade-survey) - [United Kingdom: Smuggling of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/united-kingdom-smuggling-of-alcohol-tobacco-and-drugs) - [United States: Personal Transfers in the U.S. International Accounts](https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports/united-states-personal-transfers-in-the-us-international-accounts) _Source: https://www.imf.org/en/data/statistics/informal-economy-data/reports_