Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Azerbaijan

Vulnerable employment in Azerbaijan in 2025 — 53.84%. Ranked 135 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 0.56 pp.

2025 53.84% −0.19 pp vs 2024
World rank 135of 182
Period maximum 59.73%2002
Period minimum 53.84%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Azerbaijan, 1991–2025525456586019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 54.4%1992: 54.75%1993: 55.53%1994: 56.5%1995: 57.44%1996: 58.16%1997: 58.67%1998: 58.9%1999: 58.76%2000: 58.34%2001: 58.99%2002: 59.73%2003: 59.27%2004: 58.92%2005: 58.29%2006: 57.53%2007: 56.66%2008: 56%2009: 55.36%2010: 55.97%2011: 57.54%2012: 57.13%2013: 56.44%2014: 56.72%2015: 55.35%2016: 55.05%2017: 55.12%2018: 55.17%2019: 55.17%2020: 54.97%2021: 54.47%2022: 54.34%2023: 54.2%2024: 54.03%2025: 53.84%
Change over the period: −0.56 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Azerbaijan 53.84%
World 42.38%
Western Asia computed 20.54%
Vulnerable employment — Azerbaijan, by year Azerbaijan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 53.84 −0.19 pp
2024 54.03 −0.17 pp
2023 54.2 −0.14 pp
2022 54.34 −0.13 pp
2021 54.47 −0.49 pp
2020 54.97 −0.2 pp
2019 55.17 −0 pp
2018 55.17 +0.05 pp
2017 55.12 +0.07 pp
2016 55.05 −0.3 pp
2015 55.35 −1.37 pp
2014 56.72 +0.28 pp
2013 56.44 −0.69 pp
2012 57.13 −0.41 pp
2011 57.54 +1.57 pp
2010 55.97 +0.61 pp
2009 55.36 −0.64 pp
2008 56 −0.66 pp
2007 56.66 −0.87 pp
2006 57.53 −0.76 pp
2005 58.29 −0.63 pp
2004 58.92 −0.35 pp
2003 59.27 −0.46 pp
2002 59.73 +0.74 pp
2001 58.99 +0.65 pp
2000 58.34 −0.42 pp
1999 58.76 −0.14 pp
1998 58.9 +0.23 pp
1997 58.67 +0.51 pp
1996 58.16 +0.73 pp
1995 57.44 +0.94 pp
1994 56.5 +0.97 pp
1993 55.53 +0.78 pp
1992 54.75 +0.35 pp
1991 54.4

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.