East Asia & Pacific
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Within the “East Asia & Pacific” group, Lao PDR leads Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025 at 76.38%, while Macao SAR, China sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 3.33%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.019.138.257.376.4Lao PDRLao PDR: 76.38%76.4Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 71.16%71.2Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands: 68.65%68.7MyanmarMyanmar: 62.89%62.9Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: 58.63%58.6VanuatuVanuatu: 57.99%58.0Korea, Dem. People's Rep.Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 56.77%56.8CambodiaCambodia: 52.32%52.3Viet NamViet Nam: 51.40%51.4IndonesiaIndonesia: 49.96%50.0ThailandThailand: 47.98%48.0SamoaSamoa: 41.64%41.6

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Lao PDR 76.38%
2 Papua New Guinea 71.16%
3 Solomon Islands 68.65%
4 Myanmar 62.89%
5 Timor-Leste 58.63%
6 Vanuatu 57.99%
7 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 56.77%
8 Cambodia 52.32%
9 Viet Nam 51.40%
10 Indonesia 49.96%
11 Thailand 47.98%
12 Samoa 41.64%
13 Mongolia 38.37%
14 Tonga 33.70%
15 Philippines 33.62%
16 China 33.40%
17 Fiji 32.79%
18 Malaysia 21.89%
19 Korea, Rep. 17.69%
20 French Polynesia 14.78%
21 New Caledonia 14.16%
22 New Zealand 12.57%
23 Guam 11.75%
24 Singapore 9.30%
25 Australia 9.12%
26 Japan 7.49%
27 Hong Kong SAR, China 5.76%
28 Brunei Darussalam 4.48%
29 Macao SAR, China 3.33%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the East Asia & Pacific group for Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, Lao PDR leads with a gap of 5.22% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 29 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Macao SAR, China at 3.33%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.