China
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Vulnerable employment is contributing family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.

Global rank#80out of 182 countries
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Historical trend

53.848.743.638.533.4199120082025China · 2025: 33.40%China

Analytical takeaways

  • China records 33.40% for Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, ranking #80 globally out of 182 countries.
  • Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) declined from 53.85% in 1991 to 33.40% in 2025, a decrease of 20.45%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

Comparison

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