Data for 2020

Vulnerable Employment, 2020

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2020
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2020, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2020 covers 187 countries. Chad is highest, at 90.567; Qatar is lowest, at 0.595. The middle country reads 30.537. Against 2019, 187 values changed (126 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2020

HighestChad

90.567

LowestQatar

0.595

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

187countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	90.567
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	87.464
3	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	85.736
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.595
5	Niger`NER`Western Africa	85.435
6	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	84.989
7	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	84.959
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	84.372
9	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	84.329
10	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	83.079
11	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	82.691
12	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	82.168
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.101
14	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	81.732
15	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	80.730
16	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	80.353
17	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	79.033
18	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	78.535
19	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	78.306
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	77.849
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.808
22	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	76.604
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	76.260
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.818
25	India`IND`Southern Asia	75.076
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	73.266
27	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	72.232
28	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	71.438
29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.536
30	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69.776
31	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.702
32	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.463
33	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	67.956
34	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	67.633
35	Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.604
36	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	65.941
37	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	64.904
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	63.202
39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	63.080
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.065
41	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	60.651
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	59.127
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58.531
44	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	57.683
45	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57.628
46	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	57.595
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	57.510
48	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.400
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	54.969
50	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.731
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	53.759
52	Peru`PER`South America	53.163
53	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	53.130
54	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.034
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	50.314
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	50.297
57	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	49.136
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	48.093
59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	47.759
60	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.662
61	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.915
62	Colombia`COL`South America	44.363
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	42.568
64	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	42.493
65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.186
66	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40.978
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	40.723
68	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.592
69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.272
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.130
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	40.012
72	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.513
73	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	38.908
74	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.256
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	38.200
76	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.906
77	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	36.506
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.449
79	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	36.331
80	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	35.907
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	35.400
82	Honduras`HND`Central America	35.384
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.919
84	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	34.692
85	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	34.379
86	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.326
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.975
88	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	33.253
89	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	32.311
90	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	31.432
91	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	31.268
92	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	31.091
93	Belize`BLZ`Central America	30.718
94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30.537
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	29.417
96	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	29.416
97	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.992
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	27.940
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.181
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26.732
101	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.608
102	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.872
103	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25.798
104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	25.606
105	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	25.225
106	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.905
107	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	24.169
108	Argentina`ARG`South America	24.067
109	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	23.904
110	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.699
111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	23.174
112	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22.945
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.782
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22.548
115	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	21.849
116	Chile`CHL`South America	21.745
117	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.641
118	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	21.058
119	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	20.592
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	20.122
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	19.822
122	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.713
123	Suriname`SUR`South America	19.395
124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.338
125	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	19.328
126	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	18.669
127	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.458
128	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.329
129	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	18.049
130	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	17.960
131	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	15.759
132	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.735
133	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	15.621
134	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.290
135	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	14.159
136	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	14.027
137	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.830
138	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	13.774
139	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.936
140	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.495
141	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.475
142	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.245
143	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12.008
144	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	11.981
145	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	11.577
146	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	11.540
147	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.143
148	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11.101
149	Canada`CAN`Northern America	11.028
150	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.765
151	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.747
152	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.682
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.584
154	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	10.536
155	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.284
156	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.685
157	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.621
158	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.306
159	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.992
160	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.847
161	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8.845
162	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.504
163	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8.422
164	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.239
165	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.200
166	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.109
167	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.453
168	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.330
169	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	6.964
170	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.907
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.539
172	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.481
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.226
174	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.037
175	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	5.688
176	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.450
177	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.046
178	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.850
179	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.432
180	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4.100
181	United States`USA`Northern America	3.956
182	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.490
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.509
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.125
185	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.433
186	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.145
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.595

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad90.567
2Sierra Leone87.464
3Ethiopia85.736
4Madagascar85.595
5Niger85.435

Lowest

187Qatar0.595
186Bahrain1.145
185United Arab Emirates1.433
184Kuwait2.125
183Saudi Arabia2.509

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 30.537. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
126 · 61rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guatemala33.764 → 38.256+4.492
Paraguay36.899 → 40.723+3.824
Mali82.249 → 84.989+2.740
Kenya60.438 → 63.065+2.627
New Caledonia13.284 → 15.759+2.475

Fell most

North Macedonia16.695 → 13.774−2.921
Puerto Rico12.255 → 10.536−1.719
Türkiye27.245 → 25.872−1.374
Saint Lucia24.772 → 23.699−1.073
Egypt19.507 → 18.458−1.049

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 2020.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2020). Vulnerable Employment, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2020

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