Data for 2022

Vulnerable Employment, 2022

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2022
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2022, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2022 covers 186 countries. Chad is highest, at 89.982; Qatar is lowest, at 0.470. The middle country reads 29.667. Against 2021, 186 values changed (42 up, 144 down), 1 left.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2022

HighestChad

89.982

LowestQatar

0.470

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

186countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
186distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	89.982
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	86.766
3	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	85.057
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.943
5	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.364
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	84.249
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	84.070
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	83.782
9	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	82.322
10	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	81.091
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.795
12	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	80.525
13	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	80.068
14	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.715
15	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	79.532
16	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	77.797
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.640
18	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	77.109
19	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.592
20	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	75.983
21	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	75.964
22	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.890
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.593
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	75.035
25	India`IND`Southern Asia	74.002
26	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	71.390
27	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	70.883
28	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	70.436
29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.853
30	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69.042
31	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.930
32	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	68.180
33	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	67.249
34	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	66.312
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	65.173
36	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.565
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	64.368
38	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	63.730
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	62.738
40	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	60.865
41	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	60.063
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.585
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	57.937
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.840
45	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57.317
46	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	57.118
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.989
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	56.026
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	54.343
50	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.147
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	53.061
52	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	52.799
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.972
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	50.281
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.730
56	Peru`PER`South America	49.664
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	48.977
58	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	48.483
59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	47.230
60	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.120
61	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.298
62	Colombia`COL`South America	44.222
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	42.121
64	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.025
65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	40.086
66	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.665
67	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.615
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	39.515
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.451
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.227
71	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.105
72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.063
73	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	37.981
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	37.335
75	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.426
76	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.377
77	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35.430
78	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	35.428
79	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	35.230
80	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	34.733
81	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	34.662
82	Honduras`HND`Central America	34.628
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	34.517
84	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	33.880
85	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33.701
86	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	33.107
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	32.738
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.068
89	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	30.689
90	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.660
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	30.655
92	Belize`BLZ`Central America	30.068
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.950
94	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	29.383
95	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	28.794
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.467
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	28.274
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	27.804
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.018
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	26.712
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26.103
102	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	25.927
103	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.983
104	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.877
105	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.822
106	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.733
107	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	24.107
108	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.071
109	Argentina`ARG`South America	23.280
110	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.065
111	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	22.664
112	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.506
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.377
114	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22.357
115	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22.245
116	Chile`CHL`South America	21.396
117	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.279
118	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	20.236
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	19.466
120	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.153
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	19.143
122	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.882
123	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	18.591
124	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	18.381
125	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17.954
126	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	17.797
127	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.723
128	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.840
129	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	15.693
130	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.453
131	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	15.266
132	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.669
133	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	13.959
134	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.858
135	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	13.420
136	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13.386
137	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.245
138	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.341
139	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.154
140	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	12.066
141	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	12.049
142	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.747
143	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.631
144	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.261
145	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	11.188
146	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.834
147	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.814
148	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10.504
149	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	10.375
150	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	10.306
151	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.281
152	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.182
153	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.784
154	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.748
155	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.379
156	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.192
157	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.172
158	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.543
159	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8.382
160	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.250
161	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.183
162	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.077
163	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.985
164	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.921
165	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.888
166	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.209
167	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.084
168	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.968
169	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.839
170	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.798
171	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.207
172	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.757
173	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	5.569
174	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.262
175	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.575
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.478
177	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.433
178	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.260
179	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.891
180	United States`USA`Northern America	3.865
181	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.754
182	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1.926
183	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.795
184	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.146
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.902
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.470

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad89.982
2Sierra Leone86.766
3Ethiopia85.057
4Madagascar84.943
5Niger84.364

Lowest

186Qatar0.470
185Bahrain0.902
184United Arab Emirates1.146
183Saudi Arabia1.795
182Kuwait1.926

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 29.667. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
186values changed, of 186 in both
42 · 144rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Panama37.766 → 42.121+4.355
Saint Lucia22.837 → 24.107+1.270
Zambia69.677 → 70.883+1.206
Venezuela35.424 → 36.426+1.002
Philippines33.592 → 34.517+0.926

Fell most

Mali80.597 → 76.592−4.004
Palestine21.655 → 18.381−3.274
Guatemala42.003 → 39.227−2.776
Paraguay39.654 → 37.335−2.319
Guyana30.013 → 28.274−1.739

− Ukraine

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 2022.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 186 countries has every column.

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2022). Vulnerable Employment, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2022

0635 held

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