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Japan
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#160out of 182 countries
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Historical trend

17.715.212.610.07.5199120082025Japan · 2025: 7.49%Japan

Analytical takeaways

  • Japan records 7.49% for Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, ranking #160 globally out of 182 countries.
  • Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) declined from 17.71% in 1991 to 7.49% in 2025, a decrease of 10.22%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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