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
101 Kazakhstan 24.79%
102 Uruguay 24.37%
103 Egypt, Arab Rep. 23.94%
104 Turkiye 23.91%
105 Serbia 23.89%
106 Costa Rica 23.36%
107 Equatorial Guinea 23.08%
108 Greece 23.06%
109 Argentina 22.27%
110 St. Lucia 21.99%
111 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 21.96%
112 Malaysia 21.89%
113 Libya 21.59%
114 Trinidad and Tobago 21.25%
115 Chile 20.93%
116 Cuba 19.32%
117 Barbados 18.80%
118 Suriname 18.38%
119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.11%
120 Tunisia 17.94%
121 Korea, Rep. 17.69%
122 Maldives 16.91%
123 Bahamas, The 15.94%
124 Poland 14.98%
125 Mauritius 14.88%
126 French Polynesia 14.78%
127 Italy 14.35%
128 Montenegro 14.28%
129 New Caledonia 14.16%
130 Czechia 13.50%
131 Netherlands 13.42%
132 Romania 13.05%
133 New Zealand 12.57%
134 North Macedonia 12.34%
135 Slovak Republic 11.76%
136 Guam 11.75%
137 South Africa 11.66%
138 United Kingdom 11.53%
139 Belgium 11.04%
140 Slovenia 10.61%
141 Lithuania 10.36%
142 Puerto Rico (US) 10.31%
143 Spain 10.07%
144 Malta 10.07%
145 Portugal 9.66%
146 Ireland 9.64%
147 Switzerland 9.60%
148 Canada 9.56%
149 Finland 9.46%
150 Singapore 9.30%
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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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