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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 Central African Republic 93.32
2 Chad 89.96
3 Sierra Leone 86.88
4 Benin 86.71
5 North Korea 85.47
6 Mali 85.16
7 Ethiopia 84.96
8 Madagascar 84.74
9 Niger 84.49
10 Tanzania 83.88
11 Burundi 83.55
12 Mozambique 82.78
13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 82.62
14 Togo 80.55
15 Afghanistan 80.29
16 Guinea 79.2
17 Nepal 78.67
18 Equatorial Guinea 78.59
19 Guinea-Bissau 77.8
20 Liberia 77.61
21 Laos 76.71
22 Papua New Guinea 74.9
23 Haiti 74.72
24 Congo 74.52
25 Eritrea 73.98
26 Ivory Coast 72.89
27 India 72.76
28 South Sudan 71.41
29 Burkina Faso 71.28
30 Zambia 70.61
31 Bhutan 70.2
32 Zimbabwe 68.65
33 Senegal 68.28
34 Cameroon 67.88
35 Ghana 67.87
36 Nigeria 66.08
37 Gambia 64.14
38 Bolivia 64.11
39 Solomon Islands 63.24
40 Myanmar 62.66
41 Angola 60.58
42 Malawi 60.51
43 Armenia 59.83
44 Moldova 58.74
45 Vanuatu 57.48
46 Timor-Leste 56.94
47 Comoros 56.7
48 Pakistan 55.64
49 Mauritania 53.09
50 Azerbaijan 52.96
51 Cambodia 52.57
52 Vietnam 51.16
53 Indonesia 50.67
54 Thailand 49.72
55 Bangladesh 48.88
56 Peru 48.62
57 Ecuador 48.49
58 Albania 48.3
59 Yemen 46.92
60 Georgia 46.55
61 Somalia 45.17
62 Colombia 43.8
63 Samoa 41.75
64 China 41.27
65 Rwanda 40.17
66 Iran 39.21
67 Venezuela 38.91
68 Sri Lanka 38.89
69 Dominican Republic 38.3
70 Nicaragua 37.57
71 Tonga 37
72 Mongolia 36.72
73 Guatemala 36.61
74 Paraguay 36.23
75 Panama 36.07
76 Honduras 35.84
77 Morocco 35.74
78 Cabo Verde 34.21
79 Philippines 34.18
80 Sao Tome and Principe 34.16
81 Uzbekistan 33.68
82 Syria 33.27
83 Jamaica 33.05
84 Lesotho 32.87
85 Eswatini 32.7
86 Namibia 32.13
87 El Salvador 31.51
88 Kyrgyzstan 31.22
89 Gabon 31.19
90 Belize 30.51
91 Djibouti 30.33
92 Fiji 30.2
93 Botswana 28.78
94 Turkmenistan 28.61
95 Algeria 27.48
96 Iraq 27.13
97 Brazil 27.01
98 Guyana 26.21
99 Mexico 26.11
100 Uruguay 25.7
101 Malaysia 24.31
102 Kazakhstan 24.27
103 Costa Rica 24.16
104 Turkey 23.94
105 Serbia 23.81
106 Greece 23.67
107 Tajikistan 23.34
108 Egypt 23.3
109 Saint Lucia 23.3
110 Cuba 22.89
111 Argentina 22.44
112 Romania 21.64
113 Chile 21.49
114 Trinidad and Tobago 21.46
115 Lebanon 20.75
116 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20.18
117 Suriname 20.02
118 Barbados 20
119 Maldives 19.07
120 Tunisia 18.89
121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.78
122 South Korea 18.19
123 Poland 16.02
124 Mauritius 15.74
125 Montenegro 15.41
126 Italy 15.15
127 Bahamas 14.97
128 Czechia 14.11
129 Netherlands 13.13
130 New Zealand 13.09
131 Libya 12.82
132 Iceland 12.4
133 Slovakia 12.36
134 United Kingdom 11.86
135 Switzerland 11.65
136 Belgium 11.45
137 Malta 11.13
138 South Africa 10.91
139 Slovenia 10.62
140 Lithuania 10.6
141 Spain 10.35
142 North Macedonia 9.94
143 Ireland 9.92
144 Portugal 9.91
145 Finland 9.77
146 Canada 9.44
147 Singapore 9.3
148 Austria 9.12
149 Cyprus 8.7
150 Hungary 8.38
151 Latvia 8.37
152 Jordan 8.36
153 Australia 8.35
154 France 8.08
155 Croatia 7.96
156 Israel 7.96
157 Japan 7.88
158 Sweden 7.29
159 Bulgaria 7.21
160 Estonia 6.82
161 Luxembourg 6.61
162 Denmark 5.75
163 Russia 5.2
164 Germany 4.65
165 Brunei Darussalam 4.6
166 Norway 4.04
167 Belarus 4.01
168 United States of America (USA) 3.66
169 Oman 2.41
170 Saudi Arabia 1.87
171 Kuwait 1.25
172 United Arab Emirates 1.12
173 Bahrain 0.97
174 Qatar 0.13

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World vulnerable employment by year

World vulnerable employment by year.

Table

Year Number
1991 52.38
1992 52.47
1993 52.42
1994 52.31
1995 52.16
1996 51.96
1997 51.75
1998 51.74
1999 51.51
2000 51.28
2001 50.92
2002 50.68
2003 50.5
2004 49.98
2005 49.41
2006 48.86
2007 48.3
2008 47.78
2009 47.71
2010 47.39
2011 46.82
2012 46.12
2013 45.74
2014 45.27
2015 44.78
2016 44.35
2017 44.17
2018 43.92
2019 43.89
2020 44.43
2021 44.36
2022 44.32
2023 44.12

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.