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Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2

Name: Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, % of female employment, vulnerable, employment, female, modeled, ilo, estimate, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•186 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

37.1% of female employment

Median: 28.8% of female employment

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Chad

96.2% of female employment

Lowest

Bahrain

0.6% of female employment

Top 5 Countries

1Chad96.2% of female employment

2Niger93.2% of female employment

3Afghanistan92.9% of female employment

4Sierra Leone91.3% of female employment

5Mozambique90.7% of female employment

By Region

Africa52.4% of female employment(9 countries)

Other47.0% of female employment(106 countries)

South America34.1% of female employment(7 countries)

Asia31.5% of female employment(26 countries)

North America22.6% of female employment(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.6% of female employment)High (96.2% of female employment)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 37.1% of female employment)

Africa (9)

Other (106)

South America (7)

Asia (26)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Chad	96.2% of female employment
2	Niger	93.2% of female employment
3	Afghanistan	92.9% of female employment
4	Sierra Leone	91.3% of female employment
5	Mozambique	90.7% of female employment
6	Nepal	90.3% of female employment
7	Burundi	90.0% of female employment
8	Liberia	89.7% of female employment
9	Republic of the Congo	89.6% of female employment
10	United Republic of Tanzania	89.5% of female employment
11	Madagascar	88.1% of female employment
12	Burkina Faso	87.7% of female employment
13	Democratic Republic of the Congo	87.4% of female employment
14	Guinea	86.6% of female employment
15	Ethiopia	86.5% of female employment
16	Guinea-Bissau	85.2% of female employment
17	Central African Republic	85.0% of female employment
18	Togo	84.2% of female employment
19	Uganda	83.7% of female employment
20	Haiti	83.6% of female employment
21	Benin	83.5% of female employment
22	South Sudan	82.8% of female employment
23	Bhutan	82.0% of female employment
24	Angola	81.5% of female employment
25	Mali	81.4% of female employment
26	Lao People's Democratic Republic	81.2% of female employment
27	Republic of The Gambia	80.7% of female employment
28	Cote d'Ivoire	80.1% of female employment
29	Papua New Guinea	79.5% of female employment
30	Solomon Islands	79.1% of female employment
31	Zambia	79.1% of female employment
32	Nigeria	79.1% of female employment
33	India	78.2% of female employment
34	Cameroon	77.1% of female employment
35	Zimbabwe	76.6% of female employment
36	Senegal	75.6% of female employment
37	Pakistan	73.2% of female employment
38	Kenya	73.2% of female employment
39	Mauritania	71.1% of female employment
40	Comoros	68.5% of female employment
41	Bolivia	67.6% of female employment
42	Ghana	66.8% of female employment
43	Malawi	66.4% of female employment
44	Bangladesh	64.6% of female employment
45	Timor-Leste	64.2% of female employment
46	Myanmar	63.9% of female employment
47	Yemen	62.7% of female employment
48	Vanuatu	62.0% of female employment
49	North Korea	61.4% of female employment
50	Somalia	60.2% of female employment
51	Moldova, Republic of	59.4% of female employment
52	Ecuador	59.2% of female employment
53	Indonesia	58.5% of female employment
54	Azerbaijan	58.5% of female employment
55	Cambodia	58.1% of female employment
56	Vietnam	57.1% of female employment
57	Eritrea	56.1% of female employment
58	Sudan	55.5% of female employment
59	Peru	52.5% of female employment
60	Guatemala	51.4% of female employment
61	Djibouti	48.2% of female employment
62	Thailand	48.1% of female employment
63	Honduras	47.0% of female employment
64	Nicaragua	46.3% of female employment
65	Albania	46.0% of female employment
66	Cape Verde	44.7% of female employment
67	Rwanda	43.1% of female employment
68	Colombia	40.8% of female employment
69	Georgia	40.4% of female employment
70	Sri Lanka	39.4% of female employment
71	Philippines	39.3% of female employment
72	El Salvador	39.0% of female employment
73	Paraguay	38.2% of female employment
74	Gabon	37.0% of female employment
75	Namibia	36.6% of female employment
76	Mongolia	36.5% of female employment
77	Iraq	36.1% of female employment
78	Samoa	35.8% of female employment
79	Sao Tome and Principe	35.8% of female employment
80	Venezuela	35.6% of female employment
81	Islamic Republic of Iran	35.6% of female employment
82	Panama	35.6% of female employment
83	Tonga	34.5% of female employment
84	Belize	34.2% of female employment
85	Armenia	34.1% of female employment
86	Tajikistan	33.3% of female employment
87	Eswatini	33.0% of female employment
88	People's Republic of China	32.7% of female employment
89	Fiji	30.6% of female employment
90	Maldives	30.5% of female employment
91	Dominican Republic	29.4% of female employment
92	Egypt	29.3% of female employment
93	Lesotho	28.9% of female employment
94	Equatorial Guinea	28.7% of female employment
95	Mexico	27.9% of female employment
96	Turkmenistan	27.5% of female employment
97	Jamaica	27.4% of female employment
98	Botswana	26.7% of female employment
99	Türkiye	25.6% of female employment
100	Kyrgyzstan	25.3% of female employment
101	Guyana	25.2% of female employment
102	Kazakhstan	24.5% of female employment
103	Uruguay	23.4% of female employment
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23.2% of female employment
105	Syrian Arab Republic	22.7% of female employment
106	Morocco	22.6% of female employment
107	Uzbekistan	22.1% of female employment
108	Serbia	21.7% of female employment
109	Brazil	21.7% of female employment
110	Algeria	21.2% of female employment
111	Chile	21.0% of female employment
112	Costa Rica	20.9% of female employment
113	State of Palestine	20.9% of female employment
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20.6% of female employment
115	Argentina	20.5% of female employment
116	Greece	20.3% of female employment
117	Libya	19.2% of female employment
118	Ukraine	18.2% of female employment
119	Suriname	16.7% of female employment
120	South Korea	16.2% of female employment
121	Saint Lucia	16.1% of female employment
122	Cuba	15.8% of female employment
123	Malaysia	15.0% of female employment
124	Trinidad and Tobago	13.9% of female employment
125	Barbados	12.7% of female employment
126	French Polynesia	12.5% of female employment
127	Tunisia	11.9% of female employment
128	Italy	11.8% of female employment
129	South Africa	11.4% of female employment
130	Lebanon	11.3% of female employment
131	Poland	11.1% of female employment
132	Guam	11.1% of female employment
133	New Zealand	10.9% of female employment
134	Netherlands	10.9% of female employment
135	Romania	10.3% of female employment
136	Czech Republic	10.1% of female employment
137	Montenegro	9.9% of female employment
138	Bahamas	9.8% of female employment
139	Switzerland	9.8% of female employment
140	Mauritius	9.6% of female employment
141	New Caledonia	9.4% of female employment
142	The Republic of North Macedonia	9.3% of female employment
143	United Kingdom	9.0% of female employment
144	Belgium	8.9% of female employment
145	Latvia	8.5% of female employment
146	Canada	8.4% of female employment
147	Portugal	8.4% of female employment
148	Malta	8.2% of female employment
149	Spain	8.1% of female employment
150	Slovenia	8.1% of female employment
151	Lithuania	7.9% of female employment
152	France	7.8% of female employment
153	Australia	7.8% of female employment
154	Cyprus	7.3% of female employment
155	Austria	7.2% of female employment
156	Luxembourg	7.1% of female employment
157	Israel	6.9% of female employment
158	Japan	6.9% of female employment
159	Hungary	6.9% of female employment
160	Finland	6.7% of female employment
161	Slovakia	6.7% of female employment
162	Belarus	6.4% of female employment
163	Puerto Rico	6.3% of female employment
164	Iceland	6.2% of female employment
165	Singapore	6.1% of female employment
166	Brunei Darussalam	6.1% of female employment
167	Ireland	5.8% of female employment
168	Bulgaria	5.8% of female employment
169	Oman	5.6% of female employment
170	Estonia	5.4% of female employment
171	Sweden	4.7% of female employment
172	Russian Federation	4.7% of female employment
173	Denmark	4.5% of female employment
174	Croatia	4.3% of female employment
175	Saudi Arabia	4.1% of female employment
176	Virgin Islands, U.S.	4.1% of female employment
177	Germany	3.9% of female employment
178	Hong Kong	3.8% of female employment
179	Norway	3.0% of female employment
180	United States of America	2.6% of female employment
181	United Arab Emirates	2.5% of female employment
182	Macao	2.3% of female employment
183	Jordan	2.1% of female employment
184	Qatar	0.7% of female employment
185	Kuwait	0.7% of female employment
186	Bahrain	0.6% of female employment

Showing 186 of 186 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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