Data for 2017

Vulnerable Employment, 2017

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2017
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2017, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2017 covers 187 countries. Chad is highest, at 90.106; Qatar is lowest, at 0.231. The middle country reads 29.925. Against 2016, 187 values changed (63 up, 124 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2017

HighestChad

90.106

LowestQatar

0.231

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

187countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	90.106
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	89.437
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	86.408
4	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	85.951
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	85.443
6	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.284
7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.045
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.790
9	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.644
10	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	82.565
11	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	82.223
12	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81.444
13	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	81.331
14	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.823
15	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.749
16	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	79.657
17	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	79.521
18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	79.324
19	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	78.968
20	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.198
21	India`IND`Southern Asia	76.518
22	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	76.475
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.913
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	75.787
25	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.327
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	72.815
27	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	72.686
28	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	72.294
29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.854
30	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	71.654
31	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69.136
32	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	69.074
33	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	68.292
34	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.229
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	67.437
36	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	67.223
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	65.669
38	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	65.221
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	62.940
40	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	61.132
41	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	60.884
42	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.450
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	60.146
44	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57.889
45	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	57.484
46	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	56.859
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.208
48	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.181
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	55.120
50	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	55.117
51	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.711
52	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	54.425
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	52.832
54	Peru`PER`South America	52.552
55	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	49.815
56	Ecuador`ECU`South America	49.675
57	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	48.770
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.492
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	47.897
60	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	45.986
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	45.065
62	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.553
63	Colombia`COL`South America	43.991
64	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.746
65	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	42.154
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.960
67	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	41.953
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	41.167
69	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40.729
70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.692
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.311
72	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	38.969
73	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	38.304
74	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	37.656
75	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	37.311
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36.794
77	Honduras`HND`Central America	36.733
78	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	36.357
79	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	36.324
80	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	36.278
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	35.822
82	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	34.758
83	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	34.517
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	34.248
85	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33.975
86	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	33.198
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.194
88	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.193
89	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	32.934
90	Venezuela`VEN`South America	32.708
91	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.156
92	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30.587
93	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	30.400
94	Belize`BLZ`Central America	29.925
95	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	29.718
96	Guyana`GUY`South America	29.085
97	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.372
98	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	28.242
99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.450
100	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	27.258
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	27.112
102	Brazil`BRA`South America	26.909
103	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26.809
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.624
105	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	25.540
106	Mexico`MEX`Central America	25.011
107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.493
108	Uruguay`URY`South America	23.781
109	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.563
110	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	23.047
111	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22.737
112	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.646
113	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22.165
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.020
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	21.565
116	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.506
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	21.314
118	Chile`CHL`South America	21.185
119	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	20.647
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.551
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	20.447
122	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	19.495
123	Suriname`SUR`South America	19.454
124	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	19.390
125	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18.850
126	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	18.823
127	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.729
128	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	18.645
129	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.445
130	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	18.313
131	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.836
132	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.444
133	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	16.117
134	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	15.603
135	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.014
136	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	13.983
137	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.744
138	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.337
139	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	13.061
140	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.970
141	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.678
142	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.459
143	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.051
144	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.019
145	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	11.950
146	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.540
147	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.538
148	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11.313
149	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.248
150	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	11.095
151	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.992
152	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.520
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.463
154	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	10.156
155	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	10.127
156	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.983
157	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.944
158	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9.921
159	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9.637
160	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.385
161	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.755
162	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.728
163	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.320
164	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.040
165	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.565
166	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.531
167	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.420
168	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.409
169	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.367
170	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.077
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.668
172	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	6.092
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.056
174	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5.886
175	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.811
176	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.325
177	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	4.934
178	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.854
179	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.691
180	United States`USA`Northern America	3.981
181	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.751
182	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.397
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.171
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.219
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.935
186	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.751
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.231

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad90.106
2Niger89.437
3Sierra Leone86.408
4Ethiopia85.951
5Burundi85.443

Lowest

187Qatar0.231
186United Arab Emirates0.751
185Bahrain0.935
184Kuwait1.219
183Saudi Arabia2.171

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 29.925. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
63 · 124rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Honduras33.236 → 36.733+3.497
Guatemala34.564 → 37.656+3.091
Namibia25.239 → 28.242+3.003
Mongolia42.770 → 45.065+2.295
Belize27.677 → 29.925+2.248

Fell most

Albania55.902 → 52.832−3.071
Paraguay39.128 → 36.794−2.334
Senegal70.609 → 68.292−2.316
Georgia51.976 → 49.815−2.161
Tunisia20.430 → 18.313−2.117

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 2017.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2017). Vulnerable Employment, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2017

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