Data for 2012

Vulnerable Employment, 2012

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2012
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2012, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2012 covers 187 countries. Chad is highest, at 90.090; Qatar is lowest, at 0.308. The middle country reads 30.996. Against 2011, 187 values changed (66 up, 121 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2012

HighestChad

90.090

LowestQatar

0.308

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

187countries
1measure
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	90.090
2	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	88.069
3	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	87.947
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	87.430
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.826
6	Niger`NER`Western Africa	86.594
7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	86.470
8	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	86.108
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	84.852
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	84.744
11	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	83.643
12	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.235
13	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	81.775
14	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	81.232
15	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	81.104
16	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	80.887
17	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.774
18	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	80.640
19	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	80.350
20	India`IND`Southern Asia	79.649
21	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	78.363
22	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	78.013
23	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	77.945
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	76.773
25	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	76.522
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	75.960
27	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	75.453
28	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.301
29	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	74.273
30	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	73.719
31	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	72.182
32	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	71.394
33	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.801
34	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69.970
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	68.676
36	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.395
37	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	67.178
38	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	66.756
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	64.444
40	Bolivia`BOL`South America	63.112
41	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	62.535
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	61.535
43	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	61.404
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	60.430
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.386
46	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	59.284
47	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	59.094
48	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	59.072
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	57.129
50	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	56.684
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	56.280
52	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.247
53	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	55.968
54	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	55.228
55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.467
56	Peru`PER`South America	51.802
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	51.287
58	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	49.095
59	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	47.776
60	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.446
61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	46.727
62	Ecuador`ECU`South America	45.625
63	Colombia`COL`South America	44.893
64	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	44.683
65	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	43.467
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	43.187
67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.752
68	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	42.146
69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	42.112
70	Honduras`HND`Central America	41.194
71	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	41.063
72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	40.739
73	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.711
74	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	39.955
75	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.582
76	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	39.498
77	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	39.114
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.121
79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	37.544
80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	37.518
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	37.075
82	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	36.587
83	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	36.100
84	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	35.692
85	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	34.980
86	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	34.292
87	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.937
88	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.905
89	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	32.860
90	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.451
91	Venezuela`VEN`South America	31.913
92	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31.903
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	31.288
94	Panama`PAN`Central America	30.996
95	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	30.965
96	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.728
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	30.535
98	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	29.634
99	Belize`BLZ`Central America	29.474
100	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	29.208
101	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	28.866
102	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	28.420
103	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.277
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28.235
105	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	26.737
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	26.592
107	Brazil`BRA`South America	25.347
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.978
109	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.991
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	23.547
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	23.436
112	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	23.056
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	23.018
114	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.824
115	Uruguay`URY`South America	22.197
116	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.006
117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.573
118	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	20.765
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.239
120	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	20.014
121	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.493
122	Chile`CHL`South America	19.157
123	Argentina`ARG`South America	19.030
124	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	18.646
125	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.591
126	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.400
127	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.219
128	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.234
129	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	16.360
130	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	16.151
131	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	16.015
132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	15.900
133	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	15.617
134	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	15.029
135	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	14.890
136	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	14.543
137	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.248
138	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.996
139	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	13.531
140	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.461
141	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	13.375
142	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	13.001
143	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.871
144	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.828
145	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	12.499
146	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.390
147	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12.300
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.133
149	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.805
150	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.278
151	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.180
152	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	11.049
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.628
154	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.581
155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.394
156	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.219
157	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	10.164
158	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.091
159	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.085
160	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9.872
161	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.368
162	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.319
163	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.282
164	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.573
165	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.855
166	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.836
167	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.781
168	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.740
169	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.116
170	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.030
171	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.968
172	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.846
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.810
174	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.765
175	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	5.762
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.116
177	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.041
178	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.438
179	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	4.216
180	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	4.107
181	United States`USA`Northern America	4.075
182	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.123
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.626
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.004
185	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.590
186	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.561
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.308

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad90.090
2Ethiopia88.069
3Afghanistan87.947
4Sierra Leone87.430
5Burundi86.826

Lowest

187Qatar0.308
186United Arab Emirates0.561
185Kuwait0.590
184Bahrain1.004
183Saudi Arabia2.626

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 30.996. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
66 · 121rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guatemala34.312 → 38.121+3.809
Honduras37.665 → 41.194+3.529
Albania59.193 → 61.535+2.342
Moldova55.121 → 56.684+1.564
Niger85.045 → 86.594+1.549

Fell most

Mongolia50.721 → 47.446−3.275
Angola74.345 → 71.394−2.951
Indonesia54.101 → 51.287−2.814
Bolivia65.377 → 63.112−2.266
Philippines38.418 → 36.587−1.831

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 2012.
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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) (2012). Vulnerable Employment, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2012

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