Data for 2024

Vulnerable Employment, 2024

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2024
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2024, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2024 covers 182 countries. Chad is highest, at 90.18; Qatar is lowest, at 0.45. The middle country reads 29.04. Against 2023, 182 values changed (34 up, 148 down), 2 left.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2024

HighestChad

90.18

LowestQatar

0.45

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

182countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
182distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	90.18
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	86.27
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.61
4	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	84.47
5	Niger`NER`Western Africa	83.99
6	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	83.86
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.84
8	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	83.73
9	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81.78
10	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	81.72
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.80
12	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.50
13	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	79.47
14	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	78.92
15	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	77.27
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	77.13
17	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	76.64
18	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.29
19	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.02
20	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	75.98
21	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	75.46
22	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	75.16
23	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	74.58
24	India`IND`Southern Asia	72.06
25	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	71.33
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	70.51
27	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	69.78
28	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.40
29	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	68.80
30	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.34
31	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	67.85
32	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	66.74
33	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	66.23
34	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.97
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	63.88
36	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	63.33
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	62.93
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	62.88
39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	60.35
40	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	59.97
41	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	58.80
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.54
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	57.99
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.74
45	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	56.96
46	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.84
47	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	55.72
48	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	54.03
49	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	53.62
50	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	52.59
51	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	51.86
52	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	50.31
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.16
54	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	48.14
55	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	48.10
56	Peru`PER`South America	47.90
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.37
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.04
59	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.52
60	Colombia`COL`South America	43.10
61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	42.92
62	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.87
63	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	39.84
64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.76
65	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.35
66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	39.09
67	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	38.84
68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	38.77
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	38.15
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	37.92
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37.16
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36.43
73	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.37
74	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	35.88
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	35.08
76	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	34.68
77	Honduras`HND`Central America	34.13
78	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	33.94
79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.93
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	33.80
81	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	33.53
82	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	33.48
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	33.11
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	32.76
85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	31.66
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	31.17
87	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.36
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	30.23
89	Belize`BLZ`Central America	30.00
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.87
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	29.49
92	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.59
93	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	28.40
94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.25
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.07
96	Brazil`BRA`South America	26.33
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	25.82
98	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.75
99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	25.67
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	25.32
101	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.88
102	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.50
103	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.21
104	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.11
105	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	24.08
106	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	23.60
107	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	23.36
108	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	22.85
109	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.42
110	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	22.18
111	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.10
112	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.03
113	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22.02
114	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.22
115	Chile`CHL`South America	21.06
116	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	19.38
117	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	19.06
118	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.67
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	18.44
120	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	18.03
121	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	17.85
122	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	17.21
123	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.96
124	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	15.28
125	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	15.10
126	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	14.97
127	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	14.69
128	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.49
129	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	13.99
130	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	13.63
131	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13.48
132	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	13.25
133	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12.71
134	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.58
135	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	11.89
136	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	11.84
137	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.70
138	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.61
139	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.14
140	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	10.77
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.54
142	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	10.34
143	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.27
144	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.26
145	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9.78
146	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9.72
147	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.62
148	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.60
149	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.46
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.43
151	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.19
152	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.71
153	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.57
154	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	8.46
155	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	8.07
156	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8.01
157	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.00
158	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7.87
159	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.79
160	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.63
161	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.10
162	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.07
163	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.95
164	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.93
165	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.68
166	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.49
167	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5.84
168	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.56
169	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	5.48
170	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.01
171	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.58
172	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.37
173	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.24
174	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.23
175	United States`USA`Northern America	3.85
176	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.80
177	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.63
178	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.34
179	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.70
180	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.58
181	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.86
182	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.45

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad90.18
2Sierra Leone86.27
3Madagascar84.61
4Ethiopia84.47
5Niger83.99

Lowest

182Qatar0.45
181Bahrain0.86
180United Arab Emirates1.58
179Saudi Arabia1.70
178Kuwait2.34

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 29.04. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
182values changed, of 182 in both
34 · 148rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

North Macedonia9.94 → 12.58+2.64
Panama36.07 → 37.92+1.86
Ecuador48.63 → 50.16+1.53
South Africa10.91 → 11.70+0.79
France8.08 → 8.57+0.49

Fell most

Iceland10.28 → 8.46−1.82
Saint Lucia23.92 → 22.10−1.82
Thailand49.72 → 48.14−1.58
Poland16.56 → 15.10−1.46
Guyana26.71 → 25.82−0.89

− Lebanon

− South 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 2024.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 182 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2024). Vulnerable Employment, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2024

0635 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Vulnerable Employment, 2023
184 countries
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Vulnerable Employment, 2025
182 countries
All of them
Vulnerable Employment: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions