Data for 2005

Vulnerable Employment, 2005

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2005
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2005, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2005 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 93.52; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0.25. The middle country reads 34.66. Against 2004, 187 values changed (39 up, 148 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2005

HighestAfghanistan

93.52

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

0.25

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

187countries
1measure
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	93.52
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	92.11
3	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	90.52
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89.36
5	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	88.76
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	88.59
7	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.16
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	87.06
9	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	84.89
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.55
11	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	84.39
12	India`IND`Southern Asia	83.15
13	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	83.00
14	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	82.95
15	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	82.83
16	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.17
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	82.03
18	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	81.63
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	81.05
20	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	80.14
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	80.05
22	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	80.03
23	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79.56
24	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	79.52
25	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.39
26	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	78.78
27	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	77.44
28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	77.06
29	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	75.45
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	75.36
31	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.78
32	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	74.55
33	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	74.15
34	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	72.85
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	71.73
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.35
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	68.21
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.13
39	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	66.96
40	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.94
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	65.83
42	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	65.12
43	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	64.49
44	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.05
45	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.81
46	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	60.97
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.20
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	59.08
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.75
50	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	58.36
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	58.29
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	57.37
53	Peru`PER`South America	56.96
54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.52
55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	56.39
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	55.25
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	53.68
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	50.24
59	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	49.11
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	48.05
61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	47.69
62	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	46.55
63	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	45.54
64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.47
65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	44.15
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	43.82
67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.27
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.25
69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.67
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.33
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	42.18
72	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	41.69
73	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	40.76
74	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	39.88
75	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	39.70
76	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.51
77	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	38.76
78	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	38.73
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.57
80	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	38.08
81	Colombia`COL`South America	37.82
82	Honduras`HND`Central America	37.71
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	37.30
84	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.95
85	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	36.91
86	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	36.80
87	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	36.66
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	36.60
89	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.90
90	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	35.78
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	35.38
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	35.07
93	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	35.00
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	34.66
95	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.43
96	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	34.40
97	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.79
98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	33.21
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	31.60
100	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.55
101	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	30.41
102	Brazil`BRA`South America	29.65
103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	29.13
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28.94
105	Mexico`MEX`Central America	28.70
106	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	28.49
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	26.93
108	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	26.92
109	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.02
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	25.13
111	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	24.93
112	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.49
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	24.36
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.14
115	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	24.02
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	23.88
117	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.69
118	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.59
119	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.57
120	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.28
121	Chile`CHL`South America	20.98
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.58
123	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	19.51
124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.33
125	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.41
126	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.22
127	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.15
128	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.71
129	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.57
130	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	17.10
131	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	16.94
132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	16.24
133	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	16.07
134	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	15.93
135	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	15.83
136	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	15.82
137	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.77
138	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	14.70
139	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.50
140	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.27
141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.26
142	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13.73
143	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.22
144	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.79
145	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	12.30
146	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12.12
147	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.00
148	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	11.97
149	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	11.90
150	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11.80
151	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	11.74
152	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	11.60
153	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.49
154	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.42
155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.34
156	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	11.24
157	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	11.05
158	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.67
159	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.46
160	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.36
161	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	10.27
162	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.23
163	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10.09
164	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.05
165	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.56
166	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9.39
167	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.52
168	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.14
169	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.89
170	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.83
171	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6.96
172	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.89
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.69
174	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.53
175	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.44
176	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.71
177	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.60
178	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.17
179	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.61
180	United States`USA`Northern America	4.38
181	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.27
182	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.17
183	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	4.09
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.21
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.15
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.40
187	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.25

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan93.52
2Chad92.11
3Ethiopia90.52
4Sierra Leone89.36
5Guinea88.76

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 34.66. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
39 · 148rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

North Macedonia18.94 → 22.69+3.74
Dominican Republic39.98 → 42.33+2.35
Philippines40.21 → 42.18+1.97
El Salvador36.82 → 38.73+1.91
Netherlands9.04 → 10.36+1.32

Fell most

Paraguay51.75 → 48.05−3.69
Pakistan61.41 → 58.36−3.05
Türkiye39.11 → 36.60−2.51
Indonesia61.25 → 59.08−2.17
Costa Rica28.16 → 26.02−2.14

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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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 2005.
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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2005). Vulnerable Employment, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2005

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