Data for 2025

Vulnerable Employment, 2025

Name: Vulnerable Employment, 2025
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
License: https://www.ilo.org/rights-and-permissions

2025, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Vulnerable Employment, 2025 covers 182 countries. Chad is highest, at 90.22429; Qatar is lowest, at 0.45596. The middle country reads 28.67196. Against 2024, 182 values changed (19 up, 163 down), the same countries are covered.

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Vulnerable Employment · Data for 2025

HighestChad

90.22429

LowestQatar

0.45596

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

182countries
1measure
2025the 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	90.22429
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	86.03839
3	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.41521
4	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	84.14662
5	Niger`NER`Western Africa	83.73019
6	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	83.68486
7	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	83.66412
8	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	83.65450
9	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	81.77016
10	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	81.51434
11	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.55517
12	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	79.42221
13	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	79.16879
14	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	78.52888
15	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	76.97821
16	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.85064
17	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	76.37979
18	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	76.03585
19	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	75.89416
20	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	75.76000
21	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	75.02817
22	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	74.94398
23	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	74.39298
24	India`IND`Southern Asia	71.58396
25	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	71.15511
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	70.16937
27	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	69.43138
28	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.02868
29	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	68.65333
30	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.21389
31	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	67.55919
32	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	66.47910
33	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	66.26660
34	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.82621
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	63.50871
36	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	62.98156
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	62.89119
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	62.69041
39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	59.95967
40	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	59.90744
41	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	58.63053
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.61940
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	57.99114
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.34829
45	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	56.84479
46	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.76562
47	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	55.51303
48	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	53.84083
49	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	53.34863
50	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	52.32069
51	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	51.39712
52	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.11846
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.95639
54	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	47.98253
55	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	47.89303
56	Peru`PER`South America	47.51353
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	46.03193
58	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	45.97302
59	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.59037
60	Colombia`COL`South America	42.96061
61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	42.40573
62	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.64329
63	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	39.52258
64	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	39.35593
65	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	39.24385
66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	38.86484
67	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	38.86412
68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	38.36965
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	37.99408
70	Panama`PAN`Central America	37.87324
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	37.29774
72	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.16097
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	36.08582
74	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	35.53703
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	34.98996
76	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	34.25671
77	Honduras`HND`Central America	33.86839
78	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	33.69648
79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.62206
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	33.39929
81	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	33.31538
82	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	32.84829
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	32.78707
84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	32.63859
85	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	31.55650
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	30.82310
87	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.28941
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	29.93621
89	Belize`BLZ`Central America	29.84217
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.80544
91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	28.96699
92	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.37692
93	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	28.27361
94	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	27.97754
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	27.14057
96	Brazil`BRA`South America	26.08498
97	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	25.61012
98	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.55646
99	Guyana`GUY`South America	25.33944
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	25.30995
101	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	24.78946
102	Uruguay`URY`South America	24.36505
103	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.94362
104	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.90699
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	23.89441
106	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	23.36226
107	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	23.08170
108	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	23.06169
109	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.26888
110	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	21.98650
111	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.96125
112	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	21.88652
113	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	21.59447
114	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	21.24829
115	Chile`CHL`South America	20.92589
116	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	19.32194
117	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	18.80208
118	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.37635
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	18.11023
120	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17.94083
121	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	17.68683
122	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	16.90722
123	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.94329
124	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	14.97877
125	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.87961
126	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	14.78121
127	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.34971
128	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	14.28149
129	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.16059
130	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	13.49862
131	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13.42404
132	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	13.04577
133	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12.57420
134	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.33592
135	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	11.75981
136	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	11.75233
137	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	11.66169
138	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	11.53177
139	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.03626
140	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	10.60540
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.35602
142	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	10.31140
143	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.07345
144	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	10.07336
145	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	9.65696
146	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	9.63765
147	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.59714
148	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.55544
149	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.46221
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.29636
151	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	9.12485
152	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	8.61514
153	France`FRA`Western Europe	8.49939
154	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	8.39731
155	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	8.38289
156	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7.85707
157	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7.85179
158	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.82939
159	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	7.70086
160	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.48734
161	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.09280
162	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.94754
163	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.92184
164	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.87446
165	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.34598
166	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.32685
167	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5.76076
168	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	5.47362
169	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	5.39520
170	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.93108
171	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.47833
172	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.34422
173	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	4.17264
174	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4.16605
175	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	3.81331
176	United States`USA`Northern America	3.80977
177	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.32639
178	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.40281
179	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.66173
180	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.50113
181	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.74921
182	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.45596

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Chad90.22429
2Sierra Leone86.03839
3Madagascar84.41521
4Ethiopia84.14662
5Niger83.73019

Lowest

182Qatar0.45596
181Bahrain0.74921
180United Arab Emirates1.50113
179Saudi Arabia1.66173
178Kuwait2.40281

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 28.67196. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 182 in both
19 · 163rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cyprus8.06978 → 8.38289+0.31311
Equatorial Guinea22.84773 → 23.08170+0.23397
New Caledonia13.99424 → 14.16059+0.16635
Venezuela37.16485 → 37.29774+0.13290
Yemen45.51560 → 45.59037+0.07477

Fell most

Armenia33.48078 → 32.84829−0.63250
Mali76.29060 → 75.76000−0.53060
Kyrgyzstan29.49026 → 28.96699−0.52326
Georgia42.91613 → 42.40573−0.51040
Rwanda39.83799 → 39.35593−0.48205

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 2025.
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) (2025). Vulnerable Employment, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/vulnerable-employment/2025

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