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

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

34.9% of total employment

Median: 28.7% of total employment

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Chad

90.2% of total employment

Lowest

Qatar

0.5% of total employment

Top 5 Countries

1Chad90.2% of total employment

2Sierra Leone86.0% of total employment

3Madagascar84.4% of total employment

4Ethiopia84.1% of total employment

5Niger83.7% of total employment

By Region

Africa48.6% of total employment(9 countries)

Other43.6% of total employment(106 countries)

South America33.5% of total employment(7 countries)

Asia29.3% of total employment(26 countries)

North America18.7% of total employment(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.5% of total employment)High (90.2% of total employment)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 34.9% of total 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	90.2% of total employment
2	Sierra Leone	86.0% of total employment
3	Madagascar	84.4% of total employment
4	Ethiopia	84.1% of total employment
5	Niger	83.7% of total employment
6	Mozambique	83.7% of total employment
7	Burundi	83.7% of total employment
8	United Republic of Tanzania	83.7% of total employment
9	Afghanistan	81.8% of total employment
10	Democratic Republic of the Congo	81.5% of total employment
11	Burkina Faso	80.6% of total employment
12	South Sudan	80.3% of total employment
13	Central African Republic	79.4% of total employment
14	Guinea	79.2% of total employment
15	Benin	78.5% of total employment
16	Nepal	77.0% of total employment
17	Liberia	76.9% of total employment
18	Lao People's Democratic Republic	76.4% of total employment
19	Haiti	76.0% of total employment
20	Republic of the Congo	75.9% of total employment
21	Mali	75.8% of total employment
22	Togo	75.0% of total employment
23	Guinea-Bissau	74.9% of total employment
24	Uganda	74.4% of total employment
25	India	71.6% of total employment
26	Papua New Guinea	71.2% of total employment
27	Zambia	70.2% of total employment
28	Cote d'Ivoire	69.4% of total employment
29	Bhutan	69.0% of total employment
30	Solomon Islands	68.7% of total employment
31	Zimbabwe	68.2% of total employment
32	Cameroon	67.6% of total employment
33	Nigeria	66.5% of total employment
34	Angola	66.3% of total employment
35	Kenya	63.8% of total employment
36	Republic of The Gambia	63.5% of total employment
37	Senegal	63.0% of total employment
38	Myanmar	62.9% of total employment
39	Bolivia	62.7% of total employment
40	Ghana	60.0% of total employment
41	Malawi	59.9% of total employment
42	Timor-Leste	58.6% of total employment
43	Moldova, Republic of	58.6% of total employment
44	Vanuatu	58.0% of total employment
45	Bangladesh	57.3% of total employment
46	Comoros	56.8% of total employment
47	North Korea	56.8% of total employment
48	Pakistan	55.5% of total employment
49	Azerbaijan	53.8% of total employment
50	Mauritania	53.3% of total employment
51	Cambodia	52.3% of total employment
52	Vietnam	51.4% of total employment
53	Ecuador	50.1% of total employment
54	Indonesia	50.0% of total employment
55	Thailand	48.0% of total employment
56	Eritrea	47.9% of total employment
57	Peru	47.5% of total employment
58	Albania	46.0% of total employment
59	Somalia	46.0% of total employment
60	Yemen	45.6% of total employment
61	Colombia	43.0% of total employment
62	Georgia	42.4% of total employment
63	Samoa	41.6% of total employment
64	Sudan	39.7% of total employment
65	Islamic Republic of Iran	39.5% of total employment
66	Rwanda	39.4% of total employment
67	Sri Lanka	39.2% of total employment
68	Nicaragua	38.9% of total employment
69	Syrian Arab Republic	38.9% of total employment
70	Mongolia	38.4% of total employment
71	Dominican Republic	38.0% of total employment
72	Panama	37.9% of total employment
73	Venezuela	37.3% of total employment
74	Guatemala	36.2% of total employment
75	Paraguay	36.1% of total employment
76	Morocco	35.5% of total employment
77	Sao Tome and Principe	35.0% of total employment
78	Cape Verde	34.3% of total employment
79	Honduras	33.9% of total employment
80	Tonga	33.7% of total employment
81	Philippines	33.6% of total employment
82	People's Republic of China	33.4% of total employment
83	Uzbekistan	33.3% of total employment
84	Armenia	32.8% of total employment
85	Fiji	32.8% of total employment
86	Lesotho	32.6% of total employment
87	Jamaica	31.6% of total employment
88	El Salvador	30.8% of total employment
89	Djibouti	30.3% of total employment
90	Namibia	29.9% of total employment
91	Belize	29.8% of total employment
92	Gabon	29.8% of total employment
93	Kyrgyzstan	29.0% of total employment
94	Eswatini	28.4% of total employment
95	Turkmenistan	28.3% of total employment
96	Tajikistan	28.0% of total employment
97	Iraq	27.1% of total employment
98	Brazil	26.1% of total employment
99	Botswana	25.6% of total employment
100	Algeria	25.6% of total employment
101	Guyana	25.3% of total employment
102	Mexico	25.3% of total employment
103	Kazakhstan	24.8% of total employment
104	Uruguay	24.4% of total employment
105	Egypt	23.9% of total employment
106	Türkiye	23.9% of total employment
107	Serbia	23.9% of total employment
108	Costa Rica	23.4% of total employment
109	Equatorial Guinea	23.1% of total employment
110	Greece	23.1% of total employment
111	Argentina	22.3% of total employment
112	Saint Lucia	22.0% of total employment
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22.0% of total employment
114	Malaysia	21.9% of total employment
115	Libya	21.6% of total employment
116	Trinidad and Tobago	21.2% of total employment
117	Chile	20.9% of total employment
118	Lebanon	19.4% of total employment
119	Cuba	19.3% of total employment
120	Ukraine	19.0% of total employment
121	Barbados	18.8% of total employment
122	State of Palestine	18.4% of total employment
123	Suriname	18.4% of total employment
124	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.1% of total employment
125	Tunisia	17.9% of total employment
126	South Korea	17.7% of total employment
127	Maldives	16.9% of total employment
128	Bahamas	15.9% of total employment
129	Poland	15.0% of total employment
130	Mauritius	14.9% of total employment
131	French Polynesia	14.8% of total employment
132	Italy	14.3% of total employment
133	Montenegro	14.3% of total employment
134	New Caledonia	14.2% of total employment
135	Czech Republic	13.5% of total employment
136	Netherlands	13.4% of total employment
137	Romania	13.0% of total employment
138	New Zealand	12.6% of total employment
139	The Republic of North Macedonia	12.3% of total employment
140	Slovakia	11.8% of total employment
141	Guam	11.8% of total employment
142	South Africa	11.7% of total employment
143	United Kingdom	11.5% of total employment
144	Belgium	11.0% of total employment
145	Slovenia	10.6% of total employment
146	Lithuania	10.4% of total employment
147	Puerto Rico	10.3% of total employment
148	Spain	10.1% of total employment
149	Malta	10.1% of total employment
150	Portugal	9.7% of total employment
151	Ireland	9.6% of total employment
152	Switzerland	9.6% of total employment
153	Canada	9.6% of total employment
154	Finland	9.5% of total employment
155	Singapore	9.3% of total employment
156	Australia	9.1% of total employment
157	Latvia	8.6% of total employment
158	France	8.5% of total employment
159	Iceland	8.4% of total employment
160	Cyprus	8.4% of total employment
161	Jordan	7.9% of total employment
162	Austria	7.9% of total employment
163	Hungary	7.8% of total employment
164	Israel	7.7% of total employment
165	Japan	7.5% of total employment
166	Estonia	7.1% of total employment
167	Luxembourg	6.9% of total employment
168	Bulgaria	6.9% of total employment
169	Sweden	6.9% of total employment
170	Croatia	6.3% of total employment
171	Belarus	6.3% of total employment
172	Hong Kong	5.8% of total employment
173	Virgin Islands, U.S.	5.5% of total employment
174	Denmark	5.4% of total employment
175	Russian Federation	4.9% of total employment
176	Brunei Darussalam	4.5% of total employment
177	Germany	4.3% of total employment
178	Norway	4.2% of total employment
179	Oman	3.8% of total employment
180	United States of America	3.8% of total employment
181	Macao	3.3% of total employment
182	Kuwait	2.4% of total employment
183	Saudi Arabia	1.7% of total employment
184	United Arab Emirates	1.5% of total employment
185	Bahrain	0.7% of total employment
186	Qatar	0.5% of total employment

Showing 186 of 186 countries

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Data Source

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

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