Data for 2000

Vulnerable Employment, 2000

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2000
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2000, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2000 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 94.670; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0.229. The middle country reads 35.667. Against 1999, 187 values changed (45 up, 142 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2000

HighestAfghanistan

94.670

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

0.229

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

187countries
1measure
2000the 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	94.670
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	94.469
3	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	90.876
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	90.408
5	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	89.996
6	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	89.574
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	88.896
8	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	87.535
9	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.053
10	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	85.100
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.568
12	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	84.319
13	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	83.935
14	India`IND`Southern Asia	83.721
15	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.311
16	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	82.300
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	82.053
18	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	81.784
19	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	81.612
20	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	81.584
21	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	80.934
22	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	80.475
23	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	80.059
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	79.949
25	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	79.927
26	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.431
27	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	77.818
28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	77.590
29	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	77.013
30	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	76.335
31	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.393
32	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	74.399
33	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.217
34	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	73.914
35	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	73.781
36	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	73.707
37	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	72.332
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	71.910
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	71.273
40	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.544
41	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	67.060
42	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	66.225
43	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.527
44	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.222
45	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	63.819
46	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.846
47	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	61.770
48	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.321
49	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	59.940
50	Peru`PER`South America	59.778
51	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	59.548
52	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.428
53	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	58.341
54	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.266
55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	57.036
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	56.969
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.312
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.798
59	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	51.665
60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.820
61	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	49.386
62	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	48.018
63	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.631
64	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	47.443
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	46.207
66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	44.954
67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	44.769
68	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	44.539
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.795
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.705
71	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	42.531
72	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	42.381
73	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.264
74	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	42.239
75	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	41.041
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.753
77	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	40.471
78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	40.388
79	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	40.048
80	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	39.878
81	Colombia`COL`South America	39.695
82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.667
83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.292
84	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	38.720
85	Honduras`HND`Central America	38.642
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	38.287
87	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	38.065
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	37.704
89	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	37.471
90	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	36.626
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.464
92	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	36.457
93	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	36.449
94	Venezuela`VEN`South America	35.667
95	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	35.321
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	34.913
97	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.692
98	Panama`PAN`Central America	34.406
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.944
100	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.677
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.625
102	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	31.459
103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	30.773
104	Brazil`BRA`South America	30.205
105	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	29.816
106	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	29.182
107	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	28.735
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	28.723
109	Mexico`MEX`Central America	28.656
110	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	28.222
111	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	27.723
112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	26.291
113	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.205
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	25.952
115	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.859
116	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	25.421
117	Uruguay`URY`South America	23.061
118	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.483
119	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.975
120	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	21.807
121	Chile`CHL`South America	21.760
122	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	21.611
123	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	20.863
124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.559
125	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.491
126	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.658
127	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	19.114
128	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.064
129	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	18.757
130	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	18.575
131	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.415
132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18.277
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.095
134	Suriname`SUR`South America	17.653
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	16.228
136	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.688
137	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	15.662
138	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	15.603
139	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	15.208
140	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.073
141	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.827
142	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.438
143	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	14.340
144	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	13.866
145	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.689
146	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.440
147	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	13.436
148	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.246
149	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12.990
150	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	12.519
151	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12.462
152	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	11.969
153	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.805
154	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.795
155	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	11.772
156	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.169
157	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.854
158	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10.836
159	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.668
160	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	10.636
161	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.582
162	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.122
163	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.791
164	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	9.694
165	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9.436
166	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.835
167	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8.783
168	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.669
169	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.635
170	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	8.401
171	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.136
172	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.138
173	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.034
174	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.005
175	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.419
176	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.074
177	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.703
178	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.103
179	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.861
180	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.840
181	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.615
182	United States`USA`Northern America	4.369
183	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	4.316
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.824
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.808
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.368
187	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.229

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan94.670
2Chad94.469
3Guinea90.876
4Sierra Leone90.408
5Tanzania89.996

Lowest

187United Arab Emirates0.229
186Qatar0.368
185Bahrain1.808
184Kuwait2.824
183United States Virgin Islands4.316

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 35.667. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
45 · 142rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Georgia55.209 → 59.940+4.730
Moldova31.786 → 36.457+4.671
Saint Lucia19.707 → 22.483+2.776
Romania33.511 → 35.321+1.809
Venezuela34.372 → 35.667+1.295

Fell most

Equatorial Guinea31.395 → 28.735−2.660
Mexico30.994 → 28.656−2.338
Latvia15.384 → 13.689−1.695
Slovenia17.482 → 16.228−1.253
Barbados13.752 → 12.519−1.232

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 2000.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2000). Vulnerable Employment, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2000

0635 held

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