Data for 2021

Vulnerable Employment, 2021

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2021
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2021, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2021 covers 187 countries. Chad is highest, at 89.993; Qatar is lowest, at 0.406. The middle country reads 30.013. Against 2020, 187 values changed (28 up, 159 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2021

HighestChad

89.993

LowestQatar

0.406

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

187countries
1measure
2021the 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	89.993
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	86.952
3	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	85.337
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.075
5	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.743
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	84.466
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	84.003
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	83.782
9	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	82.593
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	81.308
11	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	81.116
12	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	80.764
13	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	80.597
14	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	80.588
15	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	80.290
16	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.831
17	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	78.073
18	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.784
19	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	77.375
20	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	77.373
21	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.213
22	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.997
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.791
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.210
25	India`IND`Southern Asia	74.553
26	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	71.713
27	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	70.876
28	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	70.199
29	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	69.677
30	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69.141
31	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	68.473
32	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.452
33	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	67.419
34	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	66.285
35	Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.089
36	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	65.793
37	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.885
38	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	64.187
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	62.636
40	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	61.262
41	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	60.102
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.778
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	57.956
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.714
45	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57.181
46	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	57.174
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.948
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	56.307
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	54.474
50	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.206
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	53.348
52	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	53.154
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.151
54	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	50.366
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.903
56	Peru`PER`South America	49.775
57	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	48.654
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.151
59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	47.754
60	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.128
61	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.140
62	Colombia`COL`South America	44.531
63	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.003
64	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.650
65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	40.757
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	40.623
67	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	40.087
68	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.996
69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.796
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.655
71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	39.654
72	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	38.870
73	Panama`PAN`Central America	37.766
74	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	37.076
75	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.434
76	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35.951
77	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	35.855
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	35.424
79	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	35.378
80	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	35.368
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	35.098
82	Honduras`HND`Central America	34.917
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	34.242
84	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	34.010
85	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33.861
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.592
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.112
88	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	32.648
89	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.897
90	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	30.825
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	30.801
92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	30.263
93	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	30.061
94	Guyana`GUY`South America	30.013
95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.975
96	Brazil`BRA`South America	29.380
97	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	29.029
98	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.710
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.983
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	26.916
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26.212
102	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	26.114
103	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.523
104	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25.417
105	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	25.010
106	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.823
107	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.304
108	Argentina`ARG`South America	24.019
109	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	23.932
110	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.665
111	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.837
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.647
113	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.595
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22.360
115	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22.082
116	Chile`CHL`South America	21.841
117	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	21.655
118	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.706
119	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	20.513
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	19.518
121	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	19.315
122	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	19.113
123	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	19.059
124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.017
125	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	18.938
126	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.734
127	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	18.125
128	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.913
129	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	16.166
130	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	16.079
131	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	15.379
132	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.051
133	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.784
134	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.723
135	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	13.696
136	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.511
137	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	13.248
138	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.765
139	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.661
140	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	12.373
141	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.100
142	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.080
143	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.790
144	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	11.438
145	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	11.201
146	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.128
147	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.044
148	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10.926
149	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.552
150	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.545
151	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.525
152	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	10.366
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.264
154	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.112
155	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.904
156	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.714
157	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.629
158	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.596
159	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8.803
160	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.766
161	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.732
162	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	8.651
163	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8.473
164	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.424
165	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.106
166	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.803
167	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.674
168	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.275
169	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.088
170	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.852
171	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.774
172	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.267
173	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.158
174	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	5.633
175	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.434
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.396
177	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.887
178	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.555
179	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.269
180	United States`USA`Northern America	4.025
181	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.990
182	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.236
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.245
184	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.058
185	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.104
186	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.056
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.406

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad89.993
2Sierra Leone86.952
3Ethiopia85.337
4Madagascar85.075
5Niger84.743

Lowest

187Qatar0.406
186Bahrain1.056
185United Arab Emirates1.104
184Kuwait2.058
183Saudi Arabia2.245

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 30.013. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
28 · 159rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Egypt18.458 → 23.665+5.207
Guatemala38.256 → 42.003+3.747
Thailand48.093 → 50.366+2.273
Kenya63.065 → 64.885+1.820
Brazil27.940 → 29.380+1.440

Fell most

Rwanda42.493 → 37.076−5.417
Mali84.989 → 80.597−4.393
Zambia73.266 → 69.677−3.589
Peru53.163 → 49.775−3.387
Armenia38.908 → 35.855−3.053

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 2021.
The position is ours
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) (2021). Vulnerable Employment, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2021

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