Data for 2018

Vulnerable Employment, 2018

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2018
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2018, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2018 covers 187 countries. Chad is highest, at 89.959; Qatar is lowest, at 0.283. The middle country reads 30.146. Against 2017, 187 values changed (55 up, 132 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2018

HighestChad

89.959

LowestQatar

0.283

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

187countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	89.959
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	87.274
3	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	86.320
4	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	85.570
5	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.129
6	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	85.088
7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	84.757
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.791
9	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	82.313
10	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	82.253
11	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	82.068
12	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81.659
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.795
14	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	80.542
15	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	80.441
16	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.691
17	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	79.088
18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	78.944
19	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	78.513
20	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.070
21	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	76.191
22	India`IND`Southern Asia	75.813
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.687
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	75.574
25	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.225
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	72.542
27	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	72.136
28	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	71.695
29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.510
30	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	70.664
31	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	68.984
32	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.111
33	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	67.959
34	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	67.143
35	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	66.070
36	Bolivia`BOL`South America	65.738
37	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	65.373
38	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	65.260
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	61.866
40	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	60.800
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.418
42	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	59.876
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	59.624
44	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57.931
45	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	57.391
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.293
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.292
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	55.633
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	55.167
50	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.379
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	54.022
52	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	53.914
53	Peru`PER`South America	52.934
54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	52.187
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.272
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.121
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	48.782
58	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	48.652
59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	47.362
60	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	45.726
61	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.027
62	Colombia`COL`South America	44.254
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	43.379
64	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.730
65	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	42.139
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.839
67	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	41.663
68	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40.994
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.720
70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.578
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.437
72	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.051
73	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	37.929
74	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	37.900
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	37.636
76	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	37.030
77	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	36.492
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	36.451
79	Panama`PAN`Central America	36.055
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	35.818
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	35.357
82	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	34.523
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.310
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	34.247
85	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	34.203
86	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33.738
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.114
88	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	33.003
89	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	32.250
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	31.989
91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31.230
92	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.747
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30.515
94	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	30.146
95	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	29.399
96	Guyana`GUY`South America	28.634
97	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.729
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.238
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	27.184
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26.991
101	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.567
102	Belize`BLZ`Central America	26.059
103	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	25.918
104	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	25.489
105	Mexico`MEX`Central America	24.952
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.670
107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.629
108	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.234
109	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.457
110	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	23.182
111	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.019
112	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22.859
113	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22.568
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.003
115	Argentina`ARG`South America	21.618
116	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	21.266
117	Chile`CHL`South America	20.975
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.510
119	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	20.403
120	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.576
121	Suriname`SUR`South America	19.549
122	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19.496
123	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	19.101
124	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	18.966
125	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.900
126	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.743
127	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	18.691
128	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	18.322
129	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.267
130	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.880
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	17.498
132	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.921
133	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	15.489
134	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15.470
135	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.843
136	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	13.817
137	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.738
138	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.661
139	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.293
140	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.035
141	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	12.887
142	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.316
143	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.018
144	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.008
145	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	11.430
146	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.359
147	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.325
148	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	11.108
149	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.022
150	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11.004
151	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.636
152	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.607
153	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.324
154	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.303
155	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.993
156	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.830
157	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.765
158	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9.656
159	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9.137
160	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.121
161	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.894
162	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.692
163	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.225
164	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.998
165	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.463
166	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.421
167	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.360
168	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.333
169	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.242
170	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.223
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.029
172	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5.992
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.878
174	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.548
175	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.436
176	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	4.950
177	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.805
178	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.672
179	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.660
180	United States`USA`Northern America	4.024
181	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.663
182	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.037
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.694
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.322
185	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.953
186	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.859
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.283

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad89.959
2Niger87.274
3Sierra Leone86.320
4Ethiopia85.570
5Madagascar85.129

Lowest

187Qatar0.283
186Bahrain0.859
185United Arab Emirates0.953
184Kuwait1.322
183Saudi Arabia1.694

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 30.146. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
55 · 132rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Namibia28.242 → 31.230+2.988
Panama34.248 → 36.055+1.807
Venezuela32.708 → 34.247+1.540
Puerto Rico12.678 → 13.661+0.983
Thailand47.897 → 48.782+0.885

Fell most

Belize29.925 → 26.059−3.867
Bosnia and Herzegovina20.447 → 17.498−2.949
Egypt21.565 → 18.900−2.664
Serbia27.258 → 24.670−2.588
Georgia49.815 → 47.362−2.454

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 2018.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2018). Vulnerable Employment, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2018

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