Data for 1999

Vulnerable Employment, 1999

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 1999
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

1999, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 1999 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 94.896; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0.232. The middle country reads 34.572. Against 1998, 187 values changed (47 up, 140 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 1999

HighestAfghanistan

94.896

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

0.232

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

187countries
1measure
1999the 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	94.896
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	94.506
3	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	91.082
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	90.493
5	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	90.151
6	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	89.339
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	89.207
8	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	88.062
9	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.947
10	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	85.264
11	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	84.520
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.510
13	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	84.211
14	India`IND`Southern Asia	84.000
15	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.553
16	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	82.216
17	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	81.924
18	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	81.892
19	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81.880
20	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	81.869
21	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	81.518
22	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	80.706
23	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	80.165
24	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	80.151
25	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	79.913
26	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.421
27	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	78.144
28	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	77.823
29	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	77.777
30	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	76.559
31	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.292
32	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.508
33	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	74.467
34	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	74.210
35	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	74.184
36	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.177
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	72.044
38	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	72.023
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	71.786
40	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.671
41	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	67.193
42	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	66.495
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.456
44	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	64.360
45	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	64.081
46	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.974
47	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	62.182
48	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.692
49	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	59.417
50	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.316
51	Peru`PER`South America	58.931
52	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	58.765
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	57.451
54	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.108
55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	57.029
56	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	55.209
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.348
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.754
59	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	51.815
60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	51.282
61	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	49.412
62	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	48.615
63	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	47.697
64	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.439
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	46.163
66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	45.436
67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.046
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.851
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.780
70	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	43.652
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	43.291
72	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	43.141
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.773
74	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	42.688
75	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	41.374
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.930
77	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	40.770
78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	40.644
79	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	40.180
80	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	40.153
81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.784
82	Colombia`COL`South America	39.683
83	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	38.912
84	Honduras`HND`Central America	38.804
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.605
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	38.364
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38.157
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	38.038
89	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	37.844
90	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	36.766
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	36.657
92	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.563
93	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	35.085
94	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.572
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.437
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	34.372
97	Panama`PAN`Central America	33.978
98	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	33.511
99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	32.015
100	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	31.786
101	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.714
102	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	31.666
103	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	31.395
104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31.332
105	Mexico`MEX`Central America	30.994
106	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.465
107	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	29.780
108	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	29.776
109	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	28.491
110	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	28.067
111	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	27.634
112	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	26.679
113	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.510
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	26.278
115	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	26.164
116	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	25.868
117	Uruguay`URY`South America	23.210
118	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.216
119	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	22.106
120	Chile`CHL`South America	21.846
121	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	21.477
122	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	21.308
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.583
124	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.411
125	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.784
126	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	19.752
127	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	19.707
128	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	19.470
129	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	19.429
130	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19.085
131	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.694
132	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	18.560
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.539
134	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	17.482
135	Suriname`SUR`South America	17.438
136	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	16.197
137	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15.975
138	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.792
139	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.782
140	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	15.777
141	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	15.384
142	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	15.169
143	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	14.739
144	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	14.694
145	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.445
146	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	14.083
147	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.764
148	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	13.752
149	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.611
150	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	13.598
151	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12.551
152	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.171
153	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.108
154	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.990
155	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.934
156	Canada`CAN`Northern America	11.199
157	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.084
158	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.062
159	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.987
160	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10.922
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	10.866
162	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.588
163	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.053
164	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.517
165	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9.299
166	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9.217
167	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9.017
168	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.794
169	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.705
170	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	7.892
171	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.647
172	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.292
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.186
174	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.158
175	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.353
176	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.206
177	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.015
178	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.358
179	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.102
180	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.897
181	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.757
182	United States`USA`Northern America	4.410
183	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	4.400
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.009
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.166
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.715
187	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.232

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan94.896
2Chad94.506
3Guinea91.082
4Sierra Leone90.493
5Tanzania90.151

Lowest

187United Arab Emirates0.232
186Qatar0.715
185Bahrain2.166
184Kuwait3.009
183United States Virgin Islands4.400

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 34.572. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
47 · 140rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Vietnam71.335 → 74.177+2.842
Romania31.405 → 33.511+2.106
North Macedonia19.276 → 21.308+2.032
Barbados12.137 → 13.752+1.615
Georgia53.972 → 55.209+1.237

Fell most

Equatorial Guinea34.386 → 31.395−2.991
Thailand61.525 → 59.417−2.108
Sri Lanka45.625 → 43.652−1.973
Greece31.496 → 29.780−1.716
Indonesia65.724 → 64.360−1.363

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 1999.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (1999). Vulnerable Employment, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/1999

0635 held

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