United States
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#176out of 182 countries
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Historical trend

4.84.54.34.03.8199120082025United States · 2025: 3.81%United States

Analytical takeaways

  • United States records 3.81% for Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, ranking #176 globally out of 182 countries.
  • Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) declined from 4.75% in 1991 to 3.81% in 2025, a decrease of 0.94%.
  • 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.

Comparison

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