Upper middle income
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Within the “Upper middle income” group, Moldova leads Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025 at 58.62%, while Belarus sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 6.33%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.014.729.344.058.6MoldovaMoldova: 58.62%58.6AzerbaijanAzerbaijan: 53.84%53.8Viet NamViet Nam: 51.40%51.4EcuadorEcuador: 50.12%50.1IndonesiaIndonesia: 49.96%50.0ThailandThailand: 47.98%48.0PeruPeru: 47.51%47.5AlbaniaAlbania: 46.03%46.0ColombiaColombia: 42.96%43.0GeorgiaGeorgia: 42.41%42.4SamoaSamoa: 41.64%41.6Iran, Islamic Rep.Iran, Islamic Rep.: 39.52%39.5

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Moldova 58.62%
2 Azerbaijan 53.84%
3 Viet Nam 51.40%
4 Ecuador 50.12%
5 Indonesia 49.96%
6 Thailand 47.98%
7 Peru 47.51%
8 Albania 46.03%
9 Colombia 42.96%
10 Georgia 42.41%
11 Samoa 41.64%
12 Iran, Islamic Rep. 39.52%
13 Sri Lanka 39.24%
14 Mongolia 38.37%
15 Dominican Republic 37.99%
16 Guatemala 36.16%
17 Paraguay 36.09%
18 Cabo Verde 34.26%
19 Tonga 33.70%
20 Philippines 33.62%
21 China 33.40%
22 Armenia 32.85%
23 Fiji 32.79%
24 Jamaica 31.56%
25 El Salvador 30.82%
26 Belize 29.84%
27 Gabon 29.81%
28 Turkmenistan 28.27%
29 Iraq 27.14%
30 Brazil 26.08%
31 Botswana 25.61%
32 Algeria 25.56%
33 Mexico 25.31%
34 Kazakhstan 24.79%
35 Turkiye 23.91%
36 Serbia 23.89%
37 Equatorial Guinea 23.08%
38 Argentina 22.27%
39 St. Lucia 21.99%
40 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 21.96%
41 Malaysia 21.89%
42 Libya 21.59%
43 Cuba 19.32%
44 Suriname 18.38%
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.11%
46 Maldives 16.91%
47 Mauritius 14.88%
48 Montenegro 14.28%
49 North Macedonia 12.34%
50 South Africa 11.66%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Upper middle income group for Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, Moldova leads with a gap of 4.78% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 52 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Belarus at 6.33%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.