Data for 2019

Vulnerable Employment, 2019

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2019
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2019, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2019 covers 187 countries. Chad is highest, at 90.063; Qatar is lowest, at 0.487. The middle country reads 29.980. Against 2018, 187 values changed (69 up, 118 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2019

HighestChad

90.063

LowestQatar

0.487

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

187countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	90.063
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	86.221
3	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	85.220
4	Niger`NER`Western Africa	85.195
5	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.938
6	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	84.738
7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	84.478
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.860
9	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	82.396
10	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	82.249
11	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81.950
12	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	81.908
13	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	81.470
14	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.795
15	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	79.845
16	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.556
17	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	78.744
18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	78.546
19	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	78.107
20	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.009
21	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.885
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	75.830
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.497
24	India`IND`Southern Asia	75.203
25	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	74.286
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	73.141
27	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	71.998
28	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.734
29	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	70.632
30	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.733
31	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	68.844
32	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.043
33	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	66.903
34	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	66.810
35	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	65.269
36	Bolivia`BOL`South America	64.177
37	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	63.857
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	63.604
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	63.086
40	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	60.686
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.438
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	59.252
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58.560
44	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	58.206
45	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	57.316
46	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57.039
47	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.388
48	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.324
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	55.166
50	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	53.931
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	53.634
52	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	53.234
53	Peru`PER`South America	52.637
54	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.723
55	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	51.199
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.138
57	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	48.490
58	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	47.907
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	47.742
60	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	45.544
61	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.346
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	43.087
63	Colombia`COL`South America	42.765
64	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.539
65	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	41.877
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.332
67	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	41.257
68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.584
69	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.523
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.193
71	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.025
72	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38.559
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	38.083
74	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	37.082
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36.899
76	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.699
77	Venezuela`VEN`South America	35.901
78	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35.754
79	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	35.322
80	Honduras`HND`Central America	34.893
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.611
82	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	34.282
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	34.142
84	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	33.956
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	33.764
86	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33.532
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.217
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	32.298
89	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	31.419
90	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	31.385
91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31.164
92	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30.435
93	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.335
94	Belize`BLZ`Central America	29.980
95	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	29.909
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	29.170
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	28.466
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	27.601
99	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	27.245
100	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.126
101	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	27.047
102	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26.879
103	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	25.426
104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	25.292
105	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25.278
106	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	24.772
107	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	24.554
108	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.337
109	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.197
110	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	23.485
111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.388
112	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.715
113	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22.386
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.140
115	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	22.036
116	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	21.396
117	Chile`CHL`South America	20.848
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.317
119	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.154
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	20.134
121	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	20.044
122	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	20.041
123	Suriname`SUR`South America	19.609
124	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.507
125	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.407
126	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	19.103
127	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	18.969
128	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.728
129	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.161
130	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17.195
131	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.695
132	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.772
133	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	15.331
134	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.554
135	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	13.773
136	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.716
137	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.645
138	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.284
139	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.869
140	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.473
141	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	12.255
142	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	11.927
143	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	11.856
144	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	11.712
145	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	11.547
146	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.429
147	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.144
148	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	11.107
149	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11.077
150	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.668
151	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.599
152	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.567
153	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.416
154	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.385
155	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.981
156	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.829
157	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.539
158	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9.279
159	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9.222
160	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.165
161	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.888
162	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.403
163	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.109
164	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.931
165	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.854
166	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.592
167	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.292
168	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.222
169	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.171
170	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.887
171	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.865
172	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	6.268
173	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.007
174	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.970
175	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.311
176	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.296
177	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	4.876
178	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.605
179	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.556
180	United States`USA`Northern America	3.935
181	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.728
182	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.275
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.241
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.532
185	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.405
186	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.788
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.487

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad90.063
2Sierra Leone86.221
3Ethiopia85.220
4Niger85.195
5Madagascar84.938

Lowest

187Qatar0.487
186Bahrain0.788
185United Arab Emirates1.405
184Kuwait1.532
183Saudi Arabia3.241

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 29.980. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
69 · 118rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Belize26.059 → 29.980+3.922
Bosnia and Herzegovina17.498 → 20.134+2.636
Pakistan55.633 → 58.206+2.572
Panama36.055 → 38.083+2.028
Mali80.441 → 82.249+1.808

Fell most

Guatemala37.900 → 33.764−4.136
Armenia41.663 → 38.559−3.104
Senegal66.070 → 63.857−2.213
Niger87.274 → 85.195−2.079
Ghana65.373 → 63.604−1.769

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 2019.
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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) (2019). Vulnerable Employment, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2019

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