Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Cameroon

Vulnerable employment in Cameroon in 2025 — 67.56%. Ranked 152 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 14.7 pp.

2025 67.56% −0.29 pp vs 2024
World rank 152of 182
Period maximum 82.61%1995
Period minimum 67.56%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Cameroon, 1991–2025657075808519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 82.26%1992: 82.36%1993: 82.54%1994: 82.57%1995: 82.61%1996: 82.48%1997: 82.36%1998: 82.17%1999: 81.92%2000: 81.61%2001: 81.41%2002: 81.07%2003: 80.73%2004: 80.4%2005: 80.03%2006: 79.63%2007: 79.26%2008: 78.56%2009: 77.94%2010: 77.3%2011: 76.67%2012: 75.96%2013: 75.26%2014: 74.56%2015: 73.58%2016: 72.62%2017: 71.65%2018: 70.66%2019: 69.73%2020: 69.7%2021: 68.47%2022: 68.18%2023: 68.04%2024: 67.85%2025: 67.56%
Change over the period: −14.7 pp Annual average: -0.43 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Cameroon 67.56%
World 42.38%
Middle Africa computed 75.8%
Vulnerable employment — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 67.56 −0.29 pp
2024 67.85 −0.19 pp
2023 68.04 −0.14 pp
2022 68.18 −0.29 pp
2021 68.47 −1.23 pp
2020 69.7 −0.03 pp
2019 69.73 −0.93 pp
2018 70.66 −0.99 pp
2017 71.65 −0.97 pp
2016 72.62 −0.95 pp
2015 73.58 −0.99 pp
2014 74.56 −0.7 pp
2013 75.26 −0.7 pp
2012 75.96 −0.71 pp
2011 76.67 −0.63 pp
2010 77.3 −0.64 pp
2009 77.94 −0.62 pp
2008 78.56 −0.7 pp
2007 79.26 −0.37 pp
2006 79.63 −0.4 pp
2005 80.03 −0.37 pp
2004 80.4 −0.33 pp
2003 80.73 −0.34 pp
2002 81.07 −0.34 pp
2001 81.41 −0.2 pp
2000 81.61 −0.31 pp
1999 81.92 −0.24 pp
1998 82.17 −0.19 pp
1997 82.36 −0.12 pp
1996 82.48 −0.13 pp
1995 82.61 +0.04 pp
1994 82.57 +0.03 pp
1993 82.54 +0.18 pp
1992 82.36 +0.1 pp
1991 82.26

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.