Data for 2006

Vulnerable Employment, 2006

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2006
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2006, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2006 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 93.187; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0.260. The middle country reads 34.269. Against 2005, 187 values changed (40 up, 147 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2006

HighestAfghanistan

93.187

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

0.260

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

187countries
1measure
2006the 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	93.187
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	91.537
3	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	90.264
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	89.080
5	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	88.246
6	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	88.238
7	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.149
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	86.695
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.540
10	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	84.304
11	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	84.266
12	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.963
13	India`IND`Southern Asia	82.926
14	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	82.897
15	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	82.702
16	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	82.600
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81.842
18	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	81.626
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.795
20	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	79.996
21	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	79.985
22	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	79.634
23	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79.386
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.342
25	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	78.980
26	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	78.488
27	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	77.322
28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.747
29	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	75.371
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	74.931
31	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.618
32	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	74.371
33	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	73.641
34	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	72.499
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	71.310
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.930
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	69.092
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	67.581
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.993
40	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	66.858
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	65.301
42	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	64.273
43	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.267
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	64.184
45	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.667
46	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	61.014
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.275
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	58.584
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.337
50	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	58.081
51	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	57.806
52	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	57.533
53	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.433
54	Peru`PER`South America	55.552
55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	55.497
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	54.742
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	53.818
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	49.906
59	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	49.136
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	47.915
61	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	47.575
62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	46.994
63	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.491
64	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	45.214
65	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	44.418
66	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	43.672
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	43.528
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43.292
69	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	43.110
70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	42.425
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.210
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	41.908
73	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	41.627
74	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	39.895
75	Colombia`COL`South America	39.577
76	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	39.503
77	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.312
78	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.690
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.393
80	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	38.230
81	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	37.703
82	Honduras`HND`Central America	37.116
83	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	36.866
84	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	36.526
85	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	36.317
86	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.878
87	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	35.531
88	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	35.490
89	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	35.449
90	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	35.324
91	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	35.002
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	34.733
93	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	34.389
94	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	34.269
95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	34.067
96	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.790
97	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	33.590
98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	32.754
99	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.558
100	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30.850
101	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	30.057
102	Belize`BLZ`Central America	29.011
103	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28.925
104	Brazil`BRA`South America	28.657
105	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	28.388
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	27.639
107	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	26.750
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.523
109	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	25.633
110	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.838
111	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	24.743
112	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	24.620
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	23.676
114	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	23.607
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	23.450
116	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	23.436
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	22.863
118	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.537
119	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.420
120	Chile`CHL`South America	20.656
121	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.605
122	Argentina`ARG`South America	20.257
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.041
124	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	18.746
125	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.200
126	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.011
127	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.808
128	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.086
129	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	16.842
130	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	16.755
131	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	16.262
132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	16.187
133	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	15.849
134	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	15.738
135	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	15.149
136	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	15.083
137	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.545
138	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	14.428
139	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.389
140	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.074
141	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.045
142	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12.926
143	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	12.760
144	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.710
145	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.457
146	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	12.083
147	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.943
148	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	11.897
149	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11.568
150	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	11.565
151	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.483
152	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.405
153	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.397
154	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	10.935
155	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.932
156	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.916
157	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.716
158	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.649
159	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.288
160	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	10.169
161	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	10.157
162	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.153
163	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10.012
164	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.972
165	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9.481
166	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8.515
167	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.395
168	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.142
169	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.816
170	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.534
171	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.965
172	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.899
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.716
174	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.496
175	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6.230
176	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.640
177	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	5.545
178	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.016
179	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.572
180	United States`USA`Northern America	4.322
181	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.104
182	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	4.057
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.036
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.168
185	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.659
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.514
187	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.260

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan93.187
2Chad91.537
3Ethiopia90.264
4Sierra Leone89.080
5Tanzania88.246

Lowest

187United Arab Emirates0.260
186Qatar0.514
185Kuwait1.659
184Bahrain2.168
183Saudi Arabia4.036

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 34.269. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
40 · 147rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Sri Lanka40.760 → 44.418+3.658
Moldova44.154 → 47.575+3.421
Colombia37.819 → 39.577+1.758
Fiji37.299 → 38.690+1.391
Bolivia68.133 → 69.092+0.958

Fell most

Türkiye36.595 → 34.067−2.528
El Salvador38.731 → 36.526−2.205
Syria36.655 → 35.002−1.654
Lebanon24.363 → 22.863−1.499
Romania25.130 → 23.676−1.455

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 2006.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2006). Vulnerable Employment, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2006

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