Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Albania

Vulnerable employment in Albania in 2025 — 46.03%. Ranked 126 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 13.47 pp.

2025 46.03% −0.33 pp vs 2024
World rank 126of 182
Period maximum 61.53%2012
Period minimum 46.03%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Albania, 1991–2025455055606519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 59.5%1992: 59.7%1993: 59.73%1994: 59.54%1995: 59.1%1996: 58.65%1997: 58.34%1998: 57.95%1999: 57.45%2000: 56.97%2001: 56.46%2002: 55.91%2003: 55.44%2004: 55.46%2005: 55.25%2006: 54.74%2007: 54.92%2008: 58.42%2009: 56.83%2010: 55.13%2011: 59.19%2012: 61.53%2013: 57.78%2014: 55.98%2015: 56.45%2016: 55.9%2017: 52.83%2018: 52.19%2019: 51.2%2020: 50.3%2021: 48.15%2022: 48.98%2023: 46.73%2024: 46.37%2025: 46.03%
Change over the period: −13.47 pp Annual average: -0.4 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Albania

Albania 46.03%
World 42.38%
Southern Europe computed 13.86%
Vulnerable employment — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 46.03 −0.33 pp
2024 46.37 −0.37 pp
2023 46.73 −2.24 pp
2022 48.98 +0.83 pp
2021 48.15 −2.15 pp
2020 50.3 −0.9 pp
2019 51.2 −0.99 pp
2018 52.19 −0.65 pp
2017 52.83 −3.07 pp
2016 55.9 −0.55 pp
2015 56.45 +0.47 pp
2014 55.98 −1.8 pp
2013 57.78 −3.76 pp
2012 61.53 +2.34 pp
2011 59.19 +4.06 pp
2010 55.13 −1.7 pp
2009 56.83 −1.59 pp
2008 58.42 +3.51 pp
2007 54.92 +0.18 pp
2006 54.74 −0.51 pp
2005 55.25 −0.21 pp
2004 55.46 +0.02 pp
2003 55.44 −0.47 pp
2002 55.91 −0.55 pp
2001 56.46 −0.51 pp
2000 56.97 −0.48 pp
1999 57.45 −0.49 pp
1998 57.95 −0.4 pp
1997 58.34 −0.31 pp
1996 58.65 −0.45 pp
1995 59.1 −0.43 pp
1994 59.54 −0.19 pp
1993 59.73 +0.02 pp
1992 59.7 +0.2 pp
1991 59.5

About the indicator

The share of own-account workers and contributing family workers in total employment. The ILO devised the category as a substitute for informal employment where informality is not measured: such workers usually have no employment contract, no social insurance and no protection against dismissal, and their income depends directly on what they produce. In the poorest countries this share exceeds three quarters of the employed — wage work there is closer to an exception.

Important: Not the same as informal employment: an employee without a contract does not fall into this category, though they are no better protected. The indicator understates informality in countries where off-the-books hiring is widespread.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.