Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — CIS

Vulnerable employment in the CIS in 2025 — 14.58%. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 1.89 pp.

2025 14.58% −0.04 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 16.42%1998
Period minimum 12.69%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — CIS, 1991–202512131415161719911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 12.69%1992: 13.26%1993: 13.93%1994: 14.75%1995: 15.29%1996: 15.63%1997: 16.31%1998: 16.42%1999: 16.04%2000: 15.97%2001: 16%2002: 15.82%2003: 15.76%2004: 15.43%2005: 15.23%2006: 15.09%2007: 14.86%2008: 14.73%2009: 14.95%2010: 14.96%2011: 15.23%2012: 15.1%2013: 15.33%2014: 15.28%2015: 15.17%2016: 15.35%2017: 14.71%2018: 14.79%2019: 14.72%2020: 14.95%2021: 14.76%2022: 14.78%2023: 14.7%2024: 14.62%2025: 14.58%
Change over the period: +1.89 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

CIS 14.58%
World 42.38%
Vulnerable employment — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.58 −0.04 pp
2024 14.62 −0.08 pp
2023 14.7 −0.08 pp
2022 14.78 +0.02 pp
2021 14.76 −0.19 pp
2020 14.95 +0.22 pp
2019 14.72 −0.07 pp
2018 14.79 +0.08 pp
2017 14.71 −0.64 pp
2016 15.35 +0.17 pp
2015 15.17 −0.11 pp
2014 15.28 −0.05 pp
2013 15.33 +0.23 pp
2012 15.1 −0.13 pp
2011 15.23 +0.27 pp
2010 14.96 +0.01 pp
2009 14.95 +0.22 pp
2008 14.73 −0.13 pp
2007 14.86 −0.23 pp
2006 15.09 −0.14 pp
2005 15.23 −0.2 pp
2004 15.43 −0.33 pp
2003 15.76 −0.06 pp
2002 15.82 −0.18 pp
2001 16 +0.02 pp
2000 15.97 −0.07 pp
1999 16.04 −0.38 pp
1998 16.42 +0.11 pp
1997 16.31 +0.68 pp
1996 15.63 +0.34 pp
1995 15.29 +0.53 pp
1994 14.75 +0.83 pp
1993 13.93 +0.67 pp
1992 13.26 +0.57 pp
1991 12.69

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.