Data for 2004

Vulnerable Employment, 2004

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2004
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2004, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2004 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 93.856; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0.251. The middle country reads 35.514. Against 2003, 187 values changed (44 up, 143 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2004

HighestAfghanistan

93.856

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

0.251

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

187countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
187distinct values15 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	93.856
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	92.853
3	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	90.351
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89.650
5	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	89.325
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	88.932
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	87.380
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.178
9	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	85.429
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.539
11	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	84.497
12	India`IND`Southern Asia	83.310
13	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	83.192
14	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	83.059
15	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	82.872
16	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	82.197
17	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	81.584
18	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	81.341
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	81.300
20	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	80.400
21	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	80.162
22	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	80.084
23	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	80.058
24	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79.685
25	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.374
26	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	79.032
27	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	77.533
28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.950
29	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	75.741
30	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	75.559
31	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.921
32	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	74.676
33	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.264
34	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	72.978
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	72.231
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.820
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	68.863
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.399
39	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.081
40	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.649
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	66.366
42	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	65.961
43	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	64.891
44	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.801
45	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.865
46	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	61.410
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.254
48	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	60.981
49	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.147
50	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	59.112
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	58.921
52	Peru`PER`South America	57.922
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	56.870
54	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	56.867
55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.661
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	55.460
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	53.583
58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	51.745
59	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	50.588
60	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	49.182
61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.494
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.311
63	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	45.880
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	45.839
65	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	45.236
66	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.566
67	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.333
68	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	42.870
69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.907
70	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	41.829
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	40.751
72	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	40.225
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	40.208
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.977
75	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.764
76	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	39.680
77	Colombia`COL`South America	39.504
78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	39.142
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	39.105
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.699
81	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	38.526
82	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	38.408
83	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	38.189
84	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	38.076
85	Honduras`HND`Central America	37.901
86	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	37.423
87	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	37.028
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	36.825
89	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	36.247
90	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	36.151
91	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.012
92	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	35.803
93	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	35.619
94	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	35.514
95	Panama`PAN`Central America	35.378
96	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.599
97	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.686
98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	33.662
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	31.882
100	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.511
101	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	30.537
102	Brazil`BRA`South America	29.690
103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	29.476
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.012
105	Mexico`MEX`Central America	28.729
106	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	28.671
107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	28.160
108	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	27.951
109	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	26.915
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	26.021
111	Uruguay`URY`South America	25.758
112	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	25.225
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	24.476
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.358
115	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	24.236
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	24.055
117	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.592
118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.730
119	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.603
120	Chile`CHL`South America	21.219
121	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	20.661
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.536
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.699
124	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.439
125	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	18.942
126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.495
127	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.247
128	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.227
129	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	17.954
130	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.905
131	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	17.656
132	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	17.232
133	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	16.820
134	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.656
135	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	16.514
136	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	16.362
137	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.015
138	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.958
139	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	14.890
140	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.364
141	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	14.239
142	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.089
143	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.196
144	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.938
145	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	12.913
146	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	12.840
147	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	12.519
148	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.440
149	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	12.262
150	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	12.108
151	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.040
152	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	11.943
153	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.740
154	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11.501
155	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.264
156	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10.898
157	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.895
158	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.840
159	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.815
160	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.693
161	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.179
162	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.172
163	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10.146
164	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	9.992
165	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.556
166	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.041
167	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.576
168	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8.466
169	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.176
170	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	8.075
171	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.817
172	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.722
173	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.901
174	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.649
175	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.609
176	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.740
177	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.721
178	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.301
179	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.667
180	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.615
181	United States`USA`Northern America	4.454
182	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.249
183	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	4.152
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.503
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.044
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.535
187	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.251

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan93.856
2Chad92.853
3Ethiopia90.351
4Sierra Leone89.650
5Guinea89.325

Lowest

187United Arab Emirates0.251
186Qatar0.535
185Bahrain2.044
184Kuwait2.503
183United States Virgin Islands4.152

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 35.514. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
44 · 143rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ecuador43.553 → 45.839+2.286
Egypt16.545 → 18.495+1.950
Pakistan59.499 → 61.410+1.911
Paraguay50.416 → 51.745+1.329
Costa Rica26.884 → 28.160+1.276

Fell most

Romania29.032 → 24.476−4.555
Türkiye43.066 → 39.105−3.961
Vietnam70.114 → 66.366−3.748
Mauritius21.696 → 18.247−3.448
Thailand56.677 → 53.583−3.094

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 2004.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2004). Vulnerable Employment, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2004

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