Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Cambodia

Vulnerable employment in Cambodia in 2025 — 52.32%. Ranked 133 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 10.61 pp.

2025 52.32% −0.27 pp vs 2024
World rank 133of 182
Period maximum 62.93%1991
Period minimum 52.32%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Cambodia, 1991–20255055606519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 62.93%1992: 62.9%1993: 62.87%1994: 62.9%1995: 62.93%1996: 62.87%1997: 62.63%1998: 62.41%1999: 62.18%2000: 61.77%2001: 60.22%2002: 59.86%2003: 59.5%2004: 59.11%2005: 58.75%2006: 58.34%2007: 58.01%2008: 57.73%2009: 57.38%2010: 57%2011: 56.63%2012: 56.28%2013: 55.91%2014: 55.55%2015: 55.17%2016: 54.79%2017: 54.43%2018: 54.02%2019: 53.63%2020: 53.76%2021: 53.35%2022: 53.06%2023: 52.86%2024: 52.59%2025: 52.32%
Change over the period: −10.61 pp Annual average: -0.31 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cambodia 52.32%
World 42.38%
South-Eastern Asia computed 46.83%
Vulnerable employment — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 52.32 −0.27 pp
2024 52.59 −0.27 pp
2023 52.86 −0.2 pp
2022 53.06 −0.29 pp
2021 53.35 −0.41 pp
2020 53.76 +0.12 pp
2019 53.63 −0.39 pp
2018 54.02 −0.4 pp
2017 54.43 −0.37 pp
2016 54.79 −0.38 pp
2015 55.17 −0.38 pp
2014 55.55 −0.36 pp
2013 55.91 −0.37 pp
2012 56.28 −0.35 pp
2011 56.63 −0.37 pp
2010 57 −0.37 pp
2009 57.38 −0.35 pp
2008 57.73 −0.28 pp
2007 58.01 −0.33 pp
2006 58.34 −0.41 pp
2005 58.75 −0.36 pp
2004 59.11 −0.39 pp
2003 59.5 −0.36 pp
2002 59.86 −0.36 pp
2001 60.22 −1.55 pp
2000 61.77 −0.41 pp
1999 62.18 −0.23 pp
1998 62.41 −0.21 pp
1997 62.63 −0.25 pp
1996 62.87 −0.06 pp
1995 62.93 +0.03 pp
1994 62.9 +0.03 pp
1993 62.87 −0.02 pp
1992 62.9 −0.04 pp
1991 62.93

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.