Data for 1992

Vulnerable Employment, 1992

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 1992
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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1992, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 1992 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 95.410; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0.221. The middle country reads 36.153. Against 1991, 187 values changed (72 up, 115 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 1992

HighestAfghanistan

95.410

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

0.221

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

187countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
187distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Vulnerable Employment, 1992, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Vulnerable Employment, 1992: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	95.410
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	94.589
3	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	92.000
4	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	91.278
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	90.972
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	90.799
7	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89.473
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	89.443
9	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	86.226
10	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	85.928
11	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	85.749
12	India`IND`Southern Asia	85.692
13	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	85.650
14	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	84.812
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.101
16	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	83.932
17	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.989
18	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	82.362
19	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	82.326
20	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	82.167
21	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	82.038
22	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	81.079
23	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	80.593
24	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	79.634
25	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	79.275
26	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	79.157
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	78.867
28	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	78.381
29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	77.440
30	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.411
31	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	77.399
32	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	77.365
33	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	75.595
34	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	74.959
35	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.898
36	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	74.768
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	74.140
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	73.862
39	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	73.733
40	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	68.294
41	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.919
42	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	67.091
43	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	67.007
44	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.381
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.769
46	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	65.601
47	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.994
48	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63.021
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	62.896
50	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.746
51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	59.702
52	Peru`PER`South America	58.936
53	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.246
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	55.252
55	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	54.751
56	Paraguay`PRY`South America	53.605
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.573
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	53.262
59	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.559
60	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	51.472
61	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	51.466
62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.386
63	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	49.605
64	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	48.057
65	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	47.882
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.470
67	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.382
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	47.129
69	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	46.849
70	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	46.497
71	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	46.027
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	44.485
73	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.377
74	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.196
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.590
76	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	43.239
77	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	42.245
78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	42.052
79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	41.843
80	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	41.122
81	Colombia`COL`South America	40.617
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.544
83	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	40.434
84	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	40.322
85	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.794
86	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.764
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	39.531
88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.241
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.068
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	37.994
91	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	37.619
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	37.069
93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.519
94	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	36.153
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35.319
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	34.112
97	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	34.051
98	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	33.438
99	Guyana`GUY`South America	33.368
100	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	33.302
101	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.177
102	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.093
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	32.244
104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31.051
105	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.829
106	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.813
107	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30.742
108	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	30.347
109	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.139
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.739
111	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	28.596
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	28.581
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	28.161
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	27.811
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	26.553
116	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	23.951
117	Argentina`ARG`South America	23.757
118	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.503
119	Uruguay`URY`South America	23.392
120	Chile`CHL`South America	23.190
121	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	22.758
122	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	22.629
123	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.049
124	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	20.962
125	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	20.799
126	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.533
127	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.258
128	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.190
129	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	19.898
130	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.608
131	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.287
132	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	18.249
133	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	17.499
134	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	17.343
135	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17.289
136	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17.183
137	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	16.875
138	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	16.237
139	Suriname`SUR`South America	16.166
140	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	15.897
141	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.867
142	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	14.922
143	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	14.804
144	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	14.567
145	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	14.517
146	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.474
147	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	14.196
148	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.990
149	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.367
150	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.085
151	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12.757
152	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.688
153	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	12.637
154	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.596
155	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	12.383
156	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12.294
157	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12.244
158	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.907
159	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.092
160	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.862
161	France`FRA`Western Europe	10.002
162	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	9.555
163	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9.310
164	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.178
165	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.808
166	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.779
167	Canada`CAN`Northern America	8.723
168	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.608
169	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.162
170	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	7.819
171	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7.682
172	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.503
173	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.493
174	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	6.926
175	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.920
176	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.187
177	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6.000
178	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.870
179	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5.326
180	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	4.837
181	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.823
182	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.792
183	United States`USA`Northern America	4.664
184	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3.947
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	3.266
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.497
187	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.221

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan95.410
2Chad94.589
3Guinea92.000
4Laos91.278
5Mozambique90.972

Lowest

187United Arab Emirates0.221
186Qatar1.497
185Bahrain3.266
184Russia3.947
183United States4.664

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 36.153. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
72 · 115rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Poland26.656 → 29.139+2.484
Dominican Republic42.323 → 44.485+2.163
Liberia75.526 → 77.411+1.885
Latvia6.966 → 8.608+1.643
Estonia7.979 → 9.310+1.331

Fell most

Costa Rica33.040 → 30.829−2.210
Portugal19.670 → 18.249−1.421
Ghana85.846 → 84.812−1.034
Equatorial Guinea47.739 → 46.849−0.890
Japan17.708 → 16.875−0.833

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1992.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1992). Vulnerable Employment, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/1992

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