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

For 2025, Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is led by Chad at 90.22%. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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

Countries ranked 182
Snapshot year 2025
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0.022.645.167.790.2ChadChad: 90.22%90.2Sierra LeoneSierra Leone: 86.04%86.0MadagascarMadagascar: 84.42%84.4EthiopiaEthiopia: 84.15%84.1NigerNiger: 83.73%83.7MozambiqueMozambique: 83.68%83.7BurundiBurundi: 83.66%83.7TanzaniaTanzania: 83.65%83.7AfghanistanAfghanistan: 81.77%81.8Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 81.51%81.5Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 80.56%80.6Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 79.42%79.4
Rank Country Value
51 Viet Nam 51.40%
52 Ecuador 50.12%
53 Indonesia 49.96%
54 Thailand 47.98%
55 Eritrea 47.89%
56 Peru 47.51%
57 Albania 46.03%
58 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 45.97%
59 Yemen, Rep. 45.59%
60 Colombia 42.96%
61 Georgia 42.41%
62 Samoa 41.64%
63 Iran, Islamic Rep. 39.52%
64 Rwanda 39.36%
65 Sri Lanka 39.24%
66 Nicaragua 38.86%
67 Syrian Arab Republic 38.86%
68 Mongolia 38.37%
69 Dominican Republic 37.99%
70 Panama 37.87%
71 Venezuela, RB 37.30%
72 Guatemala 36.16%
73 Paraguay 36.09%
74 Morocco 35.54%
75 Sao Tome and Principe 34.99%
76 Cabo Verde 34.26%
77 Honduras 33.87%
78 Tonga 33.70%
79 Philippines 33.62%
80 China 33.40%
81 Uzbekistan 33.32%
82 Armenia 32.85%
83 Fiji 32.79%
84 Lesotho 32.64%
85 Jamaica 31.56%
86 El Salvador 30.82%
87 Djibouti 30.29%
88 Namibia 29.94%
89 Belize 29.84%
90 Gabon 29.81%
91 Kyrgyz Republic 28.97%
92 Eswatini 28.38%
93 Turkmenistan 28.27%
94 Tajikistan 27.98%
95 Iraq 27.14%
96 Brazil 26.08%
97 Botswana 25.61%
98 Algeria 25.56%
99 Guyana 25.34%
100 Mexico 25.31%
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Analytical takeaways

  • Chad sits at the top of the Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) distribution in 2025 at 90.22%, with a lead of 4.19% over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Kyrgyz Republic at 28.97%, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Qatar (0.46%), and the page currently covers 182 countries.

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