Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Burundi

Vulnerable employment in Burundi in 2025 — 83.66%. Ranked 176 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 2.01 pp.

2025 83.66% −0.06 pp vs 2024
World rank 176of 182
Period maximum 87.18%2004
Period minimum 83.66%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Burundi, 1991–202583848586878819911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 85.67%1992: 85.65%1993: 85.69%1994: 85.77%1995: 86.06%1996: 86.42%1997: 86.69%1998: 86.82%1999: 86.95%2000: 87.05%2001: 87.16%2002: 87.15%2003: 87.17%2004: 87.18%2005: 87.16%2006: 87.15%2007: 87.1%2008: 87.08%2009: 87.02%2010: 87%2011: 86.94%2012: 86.83%2013: 86.7%2014: 86.55%2015: 86.18%2016: 85.8%2017: 85.44%2018: 85.09%2019: 84.74%2020: 84.33%2021: 83.78%2022: 83.78%2023: 83.79%2024: 83.73%2025: 83.66%
Change over the period: −2.01 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Burundi 83.66%
World 42.38%
Eastern Africa computed 76.17%
Low-income countries computed 75.71%
Vulnerable employment — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 83.66 −0.06 pp
2024 83.73 −0.06 pp
2023 83.79 +0 pp
2022 83.78 −0 pp
2021 83.78 −0.55 pp
2020 84.33 −0.41 pp
2019 84.74 −0.35 pp
2018 85.09 −0.36 pp
2017 85.44 −0.36 pp
2016 85.8 −0.38 pp
2015 86.18 −0.38 pp
2014 86.55 −0.14 pp
2013 86.7 −0.13 pp
2012 86.83 −0.11 pp
2011 86.94 −0.06 pp
2010 87 −0.02 pp
2009 87.02 −0.06 pp
2008 87.08 −0.02 pp
2007 87.1 −0.05 pp
2006 87.15 −0.01 pp
2005 87.16 −0.02 pp
2004 87.18 +0 pp
2003 87.17 +0.02 pp
2002 87.15 −0 pp
2001 87.16 +0.1 pp
2000 87.05 +0.11 pp
1999 86.95 +0.12 pp
1998 86.82 +0.14 pp
1997 86.69 +0.27 pp
1996 86.42 +0.36 pp
1995 86.06 +0.29 pp
1994 85.77 +0.09 pp
1993 85.69 +0.04 pp
1992 85.65 −0.02 pp
1991 85.67

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.