Data for 2009

Vulnerable Employment, 2009

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2009
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2009, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2009 covers 187 countries. Afghanistan is highest, at 91.24; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at 0.53. The middle country reads 32.59. Against 2008, 187 values changed (78 up, 109 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2009

HighestAfghanistan

91.24

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

0.53

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

187countries
1measure
2009the 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	91.24
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	90.75
3	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	89.22
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	88.26
5	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	87.29
6	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.02
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	86.56
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	85.73
9	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.32
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.76
11	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	83.96
12	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	83.01
13	India`IND`Southern Asia	82.48
14	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	82.20
15	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	81.80
16	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	81.61
17	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	81.42
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81.15
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.84
20	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	80.33
21	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	79.07
22	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.05
23	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	78.77
24	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	77.94
25	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	77.60
26	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	76.99
27	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	76.90
28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.55
29	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	74.97
30	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.36
31	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	74.15
32	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	73.92
33	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	71.48
34	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	71.35
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	70.11
36	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.64
37	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.40
38	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	66.64
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.80
40	Bolivia`BOL`South America	63.81
41	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	62.64
42	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	62.00
43	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	61.82
44	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	61.62
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.41
46	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	60.31
47	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	59.50
48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	59.18
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	58.37
50	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	57.38
51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	56.83
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	56.63
53	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.28
54	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	55.36
55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	55.07
56	Peru`PER`South America	53.30
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	53.06
58	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	51.36
59	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	49.30
60	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	49.09
61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	45.50
62	Colombia`COL`South America	45.31
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	44.90
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.37
65	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	44.33
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.32
67	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	43.04
68	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.93
69	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	42.92
70	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	42.62
71	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.79
72	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.78
73	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	41.65
74	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	41.24
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	39.91
76	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	39.89
77	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	38.84
78	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	38.22
79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	37.91
80	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	37.82
81	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	37.79
82	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	36.75
83	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	36.56
84	Honduras`HND`Central America	35.98
85	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	34.83
86	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	34.80
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.73
88	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	34.29
89	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	34.19
90	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.47
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	32.99
92	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	32.95
93	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	32.80
94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.59
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.87
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	31.57
97	Venezuela`VEN`South America	31.44
98	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31.27
99	Guyana`GUY`South America	31.14
100	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	30.89
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.26
102	Belize`BLZ`Central America	29.15
103	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	28.93
104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	28.11
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.73
106	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	27.21
107	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	27.05
108	Brazil`BRA`South America	26.16
109	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.52
110	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.21
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	24.02
112	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	23.88
113	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	23.71
114	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.81
115	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22.51
116	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.41
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	22.12
118	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	21.92
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.89
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.84
121	Chile`CHL`South America	20.12
122	Argentina`ARG`South America	19.59
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.73
124	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.48
125	Suriname`SUR`South America	17.88
126	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	17.75
127	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.50
128	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	17.38
129	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.22
130	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	16.65
131	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	16.26
132	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	15.79
133	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	15.39
134	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	15.13
135	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	14.63
136	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.16
137	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13.85
138	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.81
139	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	13.80
140	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	13.53
141	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.30
142	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	13.05
143	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.56
144	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.41
145	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12.11
146	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.10
147	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.62
148	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.28
149	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	11.27
150	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	11.19
151	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.14
152	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.08
153	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.93
154	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.82
155	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	10.80
156	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.57
157	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10.50
158	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.24
159	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.09
160	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.95
161	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.84
162	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.53
163	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9.36
164	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9.25
165	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9.03
166	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.13
167	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.06
168	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.70
169	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.40
170	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.12
171	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.02
172	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.59
173	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.48
174	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.10
175	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.75
176	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.52
177	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.04
178	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	4.85
179	United States`USA`Northern America	4.16
180	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.06
181	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.96
182	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	3.95
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.63
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.96
185	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.03
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.89
187	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.53

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Afghanistan91.24
2Chad90.75
3Ethiopia89.22
4Sierra Leone88.26
5Tanzania87.29

Lowest

187United Arab Emirates0.53
186Qatar0.89
185Kuwait1.03
184Bahrain1.96
183Saudi Arabia3.63

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 32.59. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
78 · 109rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Panama27.27 → 32.99+5.72
Syria31.04 → 34.19+3.16
Tajikistan29.03 → 31.57+2.55
Jamaica35.81 → 38.22+2.41
Honduras33.71 → 35.98+2.27

Fell most

Palestine31.04 → 27.21−3.83
Thailand54.67 → 53.06−1.61
Bolivia65.41 → 63.81−1.60
Albania58.42 → 56.83−1.59
Vietnam63.17 → 61.62−1.55

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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Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2009). Vulnerable Employment, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2009

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