Data for 1993

Vulnerable Employment, 1993

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 1993
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

1993, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 1993 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 95.4466; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0.2275. The middle country reads 36.0856. Against 1992, 187 values changed (76 up, 111 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 1993

HighestAfghanistan

95.4466

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

0.2275

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

187countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
187distinct values15 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Vulnerable Employment, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	95.4466
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	94.8033
3	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	91.8869
4	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	90.9538
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	90.8261
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	90.7019
7	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89.6922
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	89.5413
9	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	86.1382
10	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	85.7047
11	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	85.6875
12	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	85.6294
13	India`IND`Southern Asia	85.5094
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.2197
15	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	83.8410
16	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	83.4989
17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	82.6329
18	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	82.6031
19	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	82.5406
20	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.3316
21	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	81.8368
22	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	81.1184
23	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	80.8846
24	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	79.8671
25	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	79.6516
26	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79.1747
27	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	79.1364
28	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.0826
29	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	78.2901
30	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	77.2288
31	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	76.9592
32	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	76.8024
33	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	75.4756
34	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	74.9024
35	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.8194
36	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	74.4941
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	73.9536
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	73.6633
39	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	73.4951
40	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	68.0403
41	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.9511
42	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	67.0702
43	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.9394
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.8211
45	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	65.2882
46	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	64.2913
47	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.9408
48	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	62.8734
49	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.6077
50	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.7840
51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	59.7258
52	Peru`PER`South America	59.0750
53	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.1438
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	55.5803
55	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	55.5276
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.8950
57	Paraguay`PRY`South America	53.5060
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	52.6051
59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	51.3997
60	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	51.3392
61	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	51.2671
62	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.1759
63	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	50.8142
64	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	47.9451
65	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	47.7447
66	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.4631
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.8815
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	46.8515
69	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	46.2011
70	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.9631
71	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	45.7763
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.2285
73	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.0302
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.6047
75	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	43.2333
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.2232
77	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	41.8939
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	41.6599
79	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	41.0562
80	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.5887
81	Colombia`COL`South America	40.5781
82	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	40.5017
83	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.9914
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	39.9804
85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	39.9223
86	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.6316
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	39.4724
88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.1158
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	37.8282
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	37.7313
91	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	37.5393
92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	37.4255
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	36.6236
94	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	36.0856
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	35.3238
96	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	34.0888
97	Panama`PAN`Central America	33.8540
98	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.2921
99	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	33.2032
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.1276
101	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	33.0875
102	Guyana`GUY`South America	33.0761
103	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	31.9403
104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31.0099
105	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.8154
106	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	30.7540
107	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30.5459
108	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	30.5328
109	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	29.8638
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	28.9401
111	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	28.3282
112	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	28.1605
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	27.7196
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	27.5973
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	26.8339
116	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	24.6324
117	Argentina`ARG`South America	23.6393
118	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	23.2727
119	Uruguay`URY`South America	23.2523
120	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	23.0189
121	Chile`CHL`South America	22.9093
122	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	22.8837
123	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.8473
124	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.5438
125	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.5312
126	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	20.4404
127	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	20.3715
128	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.2103
129	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	19.5305
130	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.5086
131	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.1215
132	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	18.4089
133	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17.4746
134	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	17.3747
135	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	17.3628
136	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17.1236
137	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	16.9990
138	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.9866
139	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.9463
140	Suriname`SUR`South America	15.8358
141	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	15.4825
142	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	14.7800
143	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	14.7795
144	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	14.4216
145	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.3997
146	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	14.1880
147	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	14.1122
148	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.9873
149	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.6831
150	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	13.2211
151	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.0047
152	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12.9904
153	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12.8728
154	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	12.5911
155	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.4482
156	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	12.3623
157	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12.1468
158	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.9067
159	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.0176
160	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.9427
161	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	10.6640
162	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.8824
163	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	9.4460
164	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.3652
165	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.2733
166	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.1317
167	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.9551
168	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.9172
169	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.7822
170	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.1297
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	8.1238
172	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	7.6505
173	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.4034
174	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	7.2338
175	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.0822
176	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.5964
177	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.9189
178	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	5.7808
179	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.9647
180	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	4.7968
181	United States`USA`Northern America	4.7841
182	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.6388
183	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	4.6181
184	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.2930
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.9772
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.4715
187	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.2275

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan95.4466
2Chad94.8033
3Guinea91.8869
4Laos90.9538
5Mozambique90.8261

Lowest

187United Arab Emirates0.2275
186Qatar1.4715
185Bahrain2.9772
184Russia4.2930
183Kuwait4.6181

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 36.0856. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
76 · 111rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Liberia77.4106 → 79.1747+1.7641
Estonia9.3099 → 10.6640+1.3540
Latvia8.6083 → 9.8824+1.2741
Georgia49.6050 → 50.8142+1.2092
Armenia50.3862 → 51.3997+1.0135

Fell most

Thailand67.0068 → 64.2913−2.7155
Jamaica42.2454 → 39.9223−2.3231
Dominican Republic44.4851 → 42.2232−2.2619
Hungary15.8974 → 14.1122−1.7852
Ghana84.8117 → 83.4989−1.3129

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

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1993.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1993). Vulnerable Employment, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/1993

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