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Vulnerable employment (% of total employment)

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Vulnerable employment by country

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A map of the world, with colours to highlight the vulnerable employment as percent of total employment of each country. Numbers on the legend are %.

List of all countries

Flag Position Country Number
1 Niger 94.33
2 Central African Republic 92.29
3 Chad 92.25
4 Guinea 90.76
5 Somalia 90.57
6 South Sudan 90.24
7 Sierra Leone 87.57
8 Benin 86.77
9 North Korea 85.76
10 Burkina Faso 85.01
11 Eritrea 85
12 Burundi 84.57
13 Ethiopia 83.7
14 Madagascar 83.4
15 Mozambique 81.73
16 Tanzania 80.88
17 Guinea-Bissau 80.32
18 Mali 79.78
19 Equatorial Guinea 79.61
20 Nigeria 79.57
21 Afghanistan 79.36
22 Liberia 77.34
23 Democratic Republic of the Congo 77.31
24 Congo 77.3
25 Nepal 76.31
26 Togo 74.83
27 Laos 74.28
28 Papua New Guinea 74
29 India 73.79
30 Angola 73.71
31 Zambia 73.22
32 Haiti 72.79
33 Bhutan 72.01
34 Cameroon 71.3
35 Gambia 70.59
36 Ivory Coast 69.31
37 Zimbabwe 68.35
38 Timor-Leste 68
39 Vanuatu 67.85
40 Ghana 66.9
41 Rwanda 66.26
42 Bolivia 63.3
43 Senegal 62.8
44 Myanmar 62.42
45 Solomon Islands 62.02
46 Malawi 60.85
47 Comoros 57.58
48 Sao Tome and Principe 56.44
49 Pakistan 54.9
50 Azerbaijan 54.16
51 Bangladesh 53.86
52 Vietnam 52.29
53 Mauritania 52.05
54 Peru 51.56
55 Sudan 51.27
56 Albania 51.2
57 Ecuador 48.4
58 Indonesia 48.25
59 Yemen 48.02
60 Thailand 47.74
61 Georgia 47.7
62 Mongolia 47.12
63 Cambodia 46.95
64 Tonga 46.85
65 Lesotho 46.53
66 Morocco 46.1
67 Colombia 45.91
68 Iran 43.64
69 China 42.54
70 Venezuela 42.23
71 Fiji 41.6
72 Honduras 40.01
73 Sri Lanka 38.95
74 Dominican Republic 38.56
75 Paraguay 36.97
76 Nicaragua 36.96
77 Syria 36.86
78 Guatemala 36.35
79 Panama 36.28
80 Jamaica 35.88
81 Libya 35.34
82 El Salvador 34.61
83 Uzbekistan 34.1
84 Djibouti 33.61
85 Philippines 33.21
86 Armenia 33.07
87 Eswatini 32.86
88 Namibia 31.75
89 Kyrgyzstan 31.06
90 Belize 30.95
91 Moldova 30.77
92 Lebanon 30.58
93 Gabon 30.27
94 Samoa 29.18
95 Tajikistan 28.92
96 Turkmenistan 28.77
97 Guyana 28.59
98 Brazil 28.33
99 Algeria 27.64
100 Cabo Verde 27.49
101 Mexico 27.16
102 Turkey 27.08
103 Uruguay 24.71
104 Greece 24.5
105 Serbia 24.34
106 Saint Lucia 23.82
107 Malaysia 23.79
108 Costa Rica 23.29
109 Romania 23.09
110 Chile 23.03
111 Argentina 22.71
112 Cuba 22.14
113 Kazakhstan 21.98
114 Botswana 21.61
115 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 21.15
116 Iraq 20.72
117 Trinidad and Tobago 19.42
118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.07
119 Tunisia 18.93
120 South Korea 18.91
121 Maldives 18.87
122 Egypt 17.97
123 North Macedonia 17.18
124 Italy 16.77
125 Barbados 16.55
126 Mauritius 16.11
127 Poland 15.99
128 Ukraine 14.18
129 Czechia 13.77
130 United Kingdom 13.36
131 Montenegro 13.34
132 Suriname 12.86
133 Netherlands 12.78
134 New Zealand 12.29
135 Slovakia 12.07
136 Portugal 12.02
137 Cyprus 11.71
138 Malta 10.89
139 Spain 10.85
140 Canada 10.84
141 South Africa 10.67
142 Australia 10.61
143 Belgium 10.6
144 Jordan 10.58
145 Ireland 10.21
146 Slovenia 10.08
147 Finland 9.67
148 Bahamas 9.29
149 Singapore 9.2
150 Lithuania 9.09
151 Switzerland 8.81
152 Iceland 8.45
153 Israel 8.37
154 Japan 8.21
155 France 7.88
156 Latvia 7.49
157 Croatia 7.43
158 Austria 7.37
159 Bulgaria 7.28
160 Russia 6.6
161 Estonia 6.44
162 Hungary 6.34
163 Brunei Darussalam 6.27
164 Sweden 6.23
165 Luxembourg 5.46
166 Germany 5.35
167 Denmark 4.94
168 Norway 4.77
169 United States of America (USA) 3.89
170 Belarus 3.39
171 Saudi Arabia 2.89
172 Oman 2.52
173 United Arab Emirates 1.4
174 Kuwait 1.14
175 Bahrain 1.03
176 Qatar 0.14

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World vulnerable employment by year

World vulnerable employment by year.

Table

Year Number
1991 53.27
1992 53.2
1993 53.11
1994 52.91
1995 52.72
1996 52.52
1997 52.4
1998 52.52
1999 52.57
2000 52.33
2001 52.01
2002 51.8
2003 51.6
2004 51.08
2005 50.52
2006 49.81
2007 49.13
2008 48.61
2009 48.46
2010 47.98
2011 47.29
2012 46.51
2013 46.1
2014 45.66
2015 45.21
2016 44.86
2017 44.52
2018 44.09
2019 43.76

Countries with the highest vulnerable employment

Top 10 countries by vulnerable employment

Vulnerable employment (percent of total employment)

If we look at the own account workers or those who work illegally (without appropriate documents, employment contracts or contracts for specific work), we can notice huge discrepancies in the working conditions, benefits they are lacking, and many other things that make their financial situation unstable. This is what vulnerable employment really is.

The problem of vulnerable employment is quite often paired with a situation, where we notice unfair earnings as well as low productivity, which is also caused by poor equipment and inappropriate preparation.

Worldwide vulnerable employment - how did it change throughout the last 3 decades?

If we take a look at data provided by World Bank Data, we can notice that almost 30 years ago, at the beginning of the 1990’s, more than half of the working population had vulnerable employment. Now the statistics change as we improve the quality of life, which also improves the working conditions and provides people with more stable jobs around the world. Although the vulnerable employment in the worldwide scale decreased to 44%, it is still quite large, especially in some of the countries - mostly the developing ones.

The biggest problem with vulnerable employment is in Africa

The top three nations with the largest vulnerable employment when compared to the total employment is in African region. The first place in the infamous ranking goes to Burundi, which has 95%. Niger is number two in the ranking with 94% followed by Chad with 93%. Most other African countries have vulnerable employment at the level of 93-80% of the total employment.

The least amount of vulnerable employment can be found in Arabian nations

Surprisingly, the best working conditions are guaranteed by the nations of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The first place is Qatar with 0% of vulnerable employment. At the second place, there are three nations, namely the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Bahrain. They all have 1% of vulnerable employment when compared to total employment rates.