Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Cabo Verde

Vulnerable employment in Cabo Verde in 2025 — 34.26%. Ranked 107 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 14.25 pp.

2025 34.26% −0.42 pp vs 2024
World rank 107of 182
Period maximum 48.51%1991
Period minimum 34.26%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Cabo Verde, 1991–2025303540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 48.51%1992: 48.06%1993: 47.74%1994: 47.05%1995: 46.37%1996: 45.5%1997: 44.76%1998: 43.93%1999: 43.14%2000: 42.24%2001: 41.67%2002: 41.2%2003: 40.68%2004: 40.23%2005: 39.88%2006: 39.5%2007: 38.95%2008: 38.27%2009: 37.82%2010: 37.54%2011: 37.27%2012: 37.07%2013: 36.87%2014: 36.73%2015: 36.59%2016: 36.5%2017: 36.28%2018: 36.49%2019: 35.75%2020: 36.33%2021: 35.95%2022: 35.43%2023: 35.07%2024: 34.68%2025: 34.26%
Change over the period: −14.25 pp Annual average: -0.42 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cabo Verde 34.26%
World 42.38%
Western Africa computed 69.4%
Vulnerable employment — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 34.26 −0.42 pp
2024 34.68 −0.4 pp
2023 35.07 −0.36 pp
2022 35.43 −0.52 pp
2021 35.95 −0.38 pp
2020 36.33 +0.58 pp
2019 35.75 −0.74 pp
2018 36.49 +0.21 pp
2017 36.28 −0.22 pp
2016 36.5 −0.09 pp
2015 36.59 −0.15 pp
2014 36.73 −0.14 pp
2013 36.87 −0.2 pp
2012 37.07 −0.2 pp
2011 37.27 −0.27 pp
2010 37.54 −0.29 pp
2009 37.82 −0.45 pp
2008 38.27 −0.67 pp
2007 38.95 −0.56 pp
2006 39.5 −0.38 pp
2005 39.88 −0.34 pp
2004 40.23 −0.45 pp
2003 40.68 −0.52 pp
2002 41.2 −0.47 pp
2001 41.67 −0.57 pp
2000 42.24 −0.9 pp
1999 43.14 −0.79 pp
1998 43.93 −0.83 pp
1997 44.76 −0.75 pp
1996 45.5 −0.87 pp
1995 46.37 −0.68 pp
1994 47.05 −0.7 pp
1993 47.74 −0.31 pp
1992 48.06 −0.45 pp
1991 48.51

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.