Data for 2008

Vulnerable Employment, 2008

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2008
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2008, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2008 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 92.351; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0.318. The middle country reads 31.764. Against 2007, 187 values changed (40 up, 147 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2008

HighestAfghanistan

92.351

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

0.318

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

187countries
1measure
2008the 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	92.351
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	90.835
3	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	89.584
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	88.483
5	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	87.577
6	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.083
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	87.049
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	86.039
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.579
10	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.446
11	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	84.067
12	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	83.454
13	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	82.844
14	India`IND`Southern Asia	82.636
15	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	82.402
16	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	82.084
17	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	81.664
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81.317
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.798
20	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	79.883
21	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	79.605
22	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.218
23	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	79.003
24	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	78.562
25	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	77.831
26	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.612
27	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	77.087
28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.476
29	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	75.180
30	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.489
31	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	74.233
32	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	74.126
33	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	72.214
34	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	71.762
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	70.435
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.020
37	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.968
38	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	66.701
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.358
40	Bolivia`BOL`South America	65.413
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	63.174
42	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	63.165
43	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	62.615
44	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.221
45	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	60.627
46	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.316
47	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	59.546
48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	59.497
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	58.462
50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	58.424
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	57.729
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	57.462
53	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.315
54	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	56.002
55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	55.066
56	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	54.671
57	Peru`PER`South America	53.693
58	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	49.754
59	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	49.554
60	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	49.142
61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	45.556
62	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	44.603
63	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	44.151
64	Colombia`COL`South America	43.576
65	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.478
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.445
67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.822
68	Paraguay`PRY`South America	42.739
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	42.721
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.332
71	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	42.014
72	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.806
73	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	41.576
74	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	41.570
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	40.750
76	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	39.873
77	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.527
78	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	38.274
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	37.899
80	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	37.443
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	37.442
82	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	36.947
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	35.807
84	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	35.031
85	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	34.956
86	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	34.828
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.653
88	Honduras`HND`Central America	33.709
89	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.654
90	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.586
91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	33.270
92	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	32.803
93	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31.937
94	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.764
95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	31.757
96	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.279
97	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	31.036
98	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	31.035
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30.807
100	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	29.254
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.100
102	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	29.027
103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	28.955
104	Panama`PAN`Central America	27.271
105	Mexico`MEX`Central America	27.129
106	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	27.033
107	Brazil`BRA`South America	26.461
108	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.230
109	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.591
110	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.414
111	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	24.012
112	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	23.972
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	23.589
114	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	22.948
115	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.893
116	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.785
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.516
118	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22.321
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	21.165
120	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.663
121	Chile`CHL`South America	20.283
122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.144
123	Argentina`ARG`South America	19.102
124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.697
125	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.971
126	Suriname`SUR`South America	17.859
127	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	17.850
128	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.504
129	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	16.918
130	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	16.453
131	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	16.406
132	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	15.362
133	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.821
134	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	14.409
135	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	14.400
136	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.182
137	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.891
138	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	13.868
139	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	13.733
140	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.289
141	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13.188
142	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12.736
143	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.602
144	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	12.550
145	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.097
146	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	11.788
147	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	11.565
148	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.277
149	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.151
150	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.065
151	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.860
152	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10.823
153	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.784
154	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.526
155	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.466
156	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.362
157	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	10.257
158	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.198
159	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.983
160	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9.792
161	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9.570
162	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.464
163	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.272
164	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.034
165	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.950
166	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.161
167	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.831
168	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.733
169	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.002
170	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.977
171	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.680
172	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.596
173	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.959
174	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.947
175	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.521
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.714
177	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	4.646
178	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.615
179	United States`USA`Northern America	4.074
180	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.069
181	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	3.991
182	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	3.923
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.518
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.009
185	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.824
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.470
187	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.318

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan92.351
2Chad90.835
3Ethiopia89.584
4Sierra Leone88.483
5Tanzania87.577

Lowest

187United Arab Emirates0.318
186Qatar0.470
185Kuwait0.824
184Bahrain2.009
183Saudi Arabia3.518

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 31.764. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 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

Colombia39.154 → 43.576+4.422
Albania54.917 → 58.424+3.507
Tajikistan26.618 → 29.027+2.409
Jamaica33.473 → 35.807+2.334
Dominican Republic41.624 → 43.445+1.821

Fell most

Syria37.768 → 31.035−6.733
Palestine36.647 → 31.036−5.611
Panama32.387 → 27.271−5.116
Paraguay45.556 → 42.739−2.817
Lithuania13.505 → 10.784−2.721

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 2008.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2008). Vulnerable Employment, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2008

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