Sub-Saharan Africa
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Chad leads Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025 at 90.22%, while South Africa sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 11.66%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

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%83.7Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 81.51%81.5Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 80.56%80.6Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 79.42%79.4GuineaGuinea: 79.17%79.2

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Chad 90.22%
2 Sierra Leone 86.04%
3 Madagascar 84.42%
4 Ethiopia 84.15%
5 Niger 83.73%
6 Mozambique 83.68%
7 Burundi 83.66%
8 Tanzania 83.65%
9 Congo, Dem. Rep. 81.51%
10 Burkina Faso 80.56%
11 Central African Republic 79.42%
12 Guinea 79.17%
13 Benin 78.53%
14 Liberia 76.85%
15 Congo, Rep. 75.89%
16 Mali 75.76%
17 Togo 75.03%
18 Guinea-Bissau 74.94%
19 Uganda 74.39%
20 Zambia 70.17%
21 Cote d'Ivoire 69.43%
22 Zimbabwe 68.21%
23 Cameroon 67.56%
24 Nigeria 66.48%
25 Angola 66.27%
26 Kenya 63.83%
27 Gambia, The 63.51%
28 Senegal 62.98%
29 Ghana 59.96%
30 Malawi 59.91%
31 Comoros 56.84%
32 Mauritania 53.35%
33 Eritrea 47.89%
34 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 45.97%
35 Rwanda 39.36%
36 Sao Tome and Principe 34.99%
37 Cabo Verde 34.26%
38 Lesotho 32.64%
39 Namibia 29.94%
40 Gabon 29.81%
41 Eswatini 28.38%
42 Botswana 25.61%
43 Equatorial Guinea 23.08%
44 Mauritius 14.88%
45 South Africa 11.66%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, Chad leads with a gap of 4.19% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 45 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with South Africa at 11.66%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.