Data for 2023

Vulnerable Employment, 2023

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2023
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2023, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2023 covers 184 countries. Chad is highest, at 90.107; Qatar is lowest, at 0.443. The middle country reads 29.329. Against 2022, 184 values changed (43 up, 141 down), 2 left.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2023

HighestChad

90.107

LowestQatar

0.443

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

184countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
184distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	90.107
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	86.498
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.791
4	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	84.781
5	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.203
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	84.044
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.972
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	83.785
9	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	82.069
10	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	81.464
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.795
12	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	80.263
13	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	79.750
14	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.587
15	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	79.230
16	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	77.534
17	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.395
18	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	76.907
19	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.450
20	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.106
21	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.872
22	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	75.711
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.377
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	74.827
25	India`IND`Southern Asia	72.763
26	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	71.479
27	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	70.735
28	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	70.107
29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.713
30	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	68.949
31	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.433
32	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	68.040
33	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	66.963
34	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	66.310
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.269
36	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	64.142
37	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	63.551
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	63.056
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	62.815
40	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	60.651
41	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	60.006
42	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	58.801
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.495
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.178
45	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	57.976
46	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	57.039
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.893
48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	55.869
49	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	54.200
50	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	53.840
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	52.861
52	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	52.341
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	50.672
54	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.720
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	48.627
56	Peru`PER`South America	48.616
57	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	48.292
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.733
59	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.090
60	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.422
61	Colombia`COL`South America	43.798
62	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	43.565
63	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	42.002
64	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	40.172
65	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	40.010
66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.326
67	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.299
68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	39.294
69	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	38.833
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	38.300
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	36.997
72	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.613
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36.230
74	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.154
75	Panama`PAN`Central America	36.068
76	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	35.135
77	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	35.073
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	34.372
79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	34.258
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	34.229
81	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	34.041
82	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	33.974
83	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	33.741
84	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33.422
85	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	32.858
86	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	31.728
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	31.510
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	30.490
89	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.428
90	Belize`BLZ`Central America	30.175
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	29.935
92	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.918
93	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.741
94	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	28.552
95	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.529
96	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.073
97	Brazil`BRA`South America	27.008
98	Guyana`GUY`South America	26.709
99	Mexico`MEX`Central America	26.110
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.925
101	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	25.759
102	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.953
103	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.624
104	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	24.300
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.049
106	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.940
107	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	23.922
108	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	23.767
109	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	23.668
110	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22.637
111	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.443
112	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.270
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.210
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22.146
115	Chile`CHL`South America	21.493
116	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.149
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	19.412
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	19.394
119	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.252
120	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.854
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	18.780
122	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	18.187
123	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	18.104
124	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.480
125	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	16.561
126	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.079
127	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.572
128	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	15.127
129	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	14.946
130	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.546
131	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	14.023
132	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.873
133	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13.463
134	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	13.323
135	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.073
136	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	12.402
137	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	11.991
138	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.861
139	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.206
140	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	10.965
141	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.909
142	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.786
143	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.414
144	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	10.375
145	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.321
146	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	10.281
147	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.261
148	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10.219
149	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	9.939
150	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.761
151	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.680
152	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.468
153	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.259
154	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.068
155	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	8.892
156	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.275
157	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.246
158	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8.182
159	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.081
160	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7.893
161	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.889
162	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.879
163	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.249
164	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.185
165	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.037
166	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.000
167	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.854
168	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.634
169	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.189
170	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.692
171	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	5.514
172	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.198
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.690
174	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.445
175	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.326
176	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.263
177	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.861
178	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.802
179	United States`USA`Northern America	3.759
180	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.169
181	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.604
182	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.574
183	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.944
184	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.443

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad90.107
2Sierra Leone86.498
3Madagascar84.791
4Ethiopia84.781
5Niger84.203

Lowest

184Qatar0.443
183Bahrain0.944
182Saudi Arabia1.574
181United Arab Emirates1.604
180Kuwait2.169

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 29.329. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
184values changed, of 184 in both
43 · 141rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda37.981 → 40.172+2.190
Timor-Leste57.317 → 58.801+1.484
Egypt23.065 → 24.300+1.235
Greece22.664 → 23.668+1.005
Bahamas15.453 → 16.079+0.626

Fell most

Panama42.121 → 36.068−6.053
Georgia47.230 → 43.565−3.665
Guatemala39.227 → 36.613−2.614
Ecuador50.972 → 48.627−2.346
Albania48.977 → 46.733−2.244

− Palestine

− Sudan

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 2023.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 184 countries has every column.

05The files

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2023). Vulnerable Employment, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2023

0635 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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