Data for 2015

Vulnerable Employment, 2015

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2015
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2015, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2015 covers 187 countries. Chad is highest, at 89.765; Qatar is lowest, at 0.242. The middle country reads 30.258. Against 2014, 187 values changed (72 up, 115 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2015

HighestChad

89.765

LowestQatar

0.242

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

187countries
1measure
2015the 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	89.765
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	89.674
3	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	86.808
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	86.536
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.176
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.613
7	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.568
8	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	84.133
9	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.933
10	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	83.056
11	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	82.907
12	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.856
13	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	81.673
14	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	80.994
15	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.818
16	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	80.251
17	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	79.991
18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	79.914
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.602
20	India`IND`Southern Asia	77.876
21	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.457
22	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	76.454
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	76.237
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	75.491
25	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.141
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	73.575
27	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	73.367
28	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	73.344
29	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	72.806
30	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	72.797
31	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	71.164
32	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	70.762
33	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69.497
34	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.625
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	67.895
36	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.360
37	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	65.791
38	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	65.263
39	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	63.584
40	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	63.420
41	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	61.007
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	60.510
43	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.408
44	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	59.191
45	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	58.028
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.903
47	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	57.763
48	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	57.587
49	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	56.451
50	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.236
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	55.351
52	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	55.174
53	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.846
54	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	52.522
55	Peru`PER`South America	51.499
56	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	48.810
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	48.732
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.211
59	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.664
60	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	45.732
61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.884
62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	44.713
63	Colombia`COL`South America	43.709
64	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	43.331
65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.928
66	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	42.798
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.802
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.907
69	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	40.750
70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.240
71	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40.166
72	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	39.123
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	38.785
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	38.104
75	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	37.906
76	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	37.731
77	Honduras`HND`Central America	37.719
78	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37.367
79	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	37.012
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.932
81	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	36.906
82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	36.586
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	36.001
84	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	35.331
85	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	34.953
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	34.847
87	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	33.746
88	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.282
89	Panama`PAN`Central America	32.454
90	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.945
91	Venezuela`VEN`South America	31.563
92	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	31.033
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30.829
94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	30.258
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	29.840
96	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.814
97	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	28.198
98	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	28.126
99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.899
100	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.753
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	27.049
102	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.533
103	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	26.385
104	Brazil`BRA`South America	26.257
105	Belize`BLZ`Central America	26.198
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	25.873
107	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	25.618
108	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	25.035
109	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	23.109
110	Uruguay`URY`South America	22.943
111	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.685
112	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.674
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.952
114	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	21.746
115	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	21.631
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	21.272
117	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	20.638
118	Argentina`ARG`South America	20.604
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.429
120	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.167
121	Chile`CHL`South America	19.841
122	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	19.712
123	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	19.658
124	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.655
125	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	19.409
126	Suriname`SUR`South America	19.098
127	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	18.915
128	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.669
129	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.479
130	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17.518
131	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	16.984
132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	16.760
133	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	16.258
134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	15.720
135	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	14.592
136	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.199
137	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.886
138	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	13.815
139	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.320
140	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	12.691
141	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	12.611
142	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12.578
143	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.544
144	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.471
145	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12.317
146	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.288
147	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.160
148	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.910
149	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.833
150	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	11.618
151	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.276
152	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.983
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.539
154	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.474
155	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	10.269
156	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.209
157	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	10.196
158	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9.780
159	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	9.714
160	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.436
161	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9.429
162	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.820
163	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.273
164	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.022
165	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.943
166	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.685
167	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.567
168	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.393
169	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.338
170	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.325
171	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.317
172	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.495
173	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.153
174	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5.994
175	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.968
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.590
177	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.274
178	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	4.790
179	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.679
180	United States`USA`Northern America	4.019
181	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.634
182	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.354
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.366
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.997
185	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.780
186	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.595
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.242

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad89.765
2Niger89.674
3Ethiopia86.808
4Sierra Leone86.536
5Burundi86.176

Lowest

187Qatar0.242
186Kuwait0.595
185United Arab Emirates0.780
184Bahrain0.997
183Saudi Arabia2.366

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 30.258. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
72 · 115rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Honduras34.856 → 37.719+2.863
Belize23.862 → 26.198+2.336
Ecuador42.745 → 44.884+2.139
Bolivia65.435 → 67.360+1.924
Bhutan71.002 → 72.797+1.796

Fell most

Vietnam62.249 → 57.763−4.486
Fiji41.895 → 37.906−3.990
Kyrgyzstan39.896 → 36.906−2.990
Romania21.864 → 18.915−2.949
Namibia30.290 → 27.753−2.537

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 2015.
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ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2015). Vulnerable Employment, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2015

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