Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Djibouti

Vulnerable employment in Djibouti in 2025 — 30.29%. Ranked 96 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 2.69 pp.

2025 30.29% −0.07 pp vs 2024
World rank 96of 182
Period maximum 34.77%2001
Period minimum 30.29%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Djibouti, 1991–20253032343619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 32.98%1992: 33.18%1993: 33.29%1994: 33.57%1995: 33.67%1996: 33.91%1997: 34.14%1998: 34.39%1999: 34.57%2000: 34.69%2001: 34.77%2002: 34.77%2003: 34.7%2004: 34.6%2005: 34.43%2006: 34.27%2007: 33.96%2008: 33.59%2009: 33.47%2010: 33.28%2011: 33.05%2012: 32.86%2013: 32.55%2014: 32.27%2015: 31.94%2016: 31.58%2017: 31.16%2018: 30.75%2019: 30.34%2020: 31.27%2021: 30.9%2022: 30.66%2023: 30.43%2024: 30.36%2025: 30.29%
Change over the period: −2.69 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Djibouti 30.29%
World 42.38%
Eastern Africa computed 76.17%
Vulnerable employment — Djibouti, by year Djibouti All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 30.29 −0.07 pp
2024 30.36 −0.07 pp
2023 30.43 −0.23 pp
2022 30.66 −0.24 pp
2021 30.9 −0.37 pp
2020 31.27 +0.93 pp
2019 30.34 −0.41 pp
2018 30.75 −0.41 pp
2017 31.16 −0.43 pp
2016 31.58 −0.36 pp
2015 31.94 −0.33 pp
2014 32.27 −0.28 pp
2013 32.55 −0.31 pp
2012 32.86 −0.19 pp
2011 33.05 −0.23 pp
2010 33.28 −0.19 pp
2009 33.47 −0.12 pp
2008 33.59 −0.37 pp
2007 33.96 −0.31 pp
2006 34.27 −0.16 pp
2005 34.43 −0.17 pp
2004 34.6 −0.1 pp
2003 34.7 −0.07 pp
2002 34.77 −0.01 pp
2001 34.77 +0.08 pp
2000 34.69 +0.12 pp
1999 34.57 +0.18 pp
1998 34.39 +0.25 pp
1997 34.14 +0.23 pp
1996 33.91 +0.24 pp
1995 33.67 +0.1 pp
1994 33.57 +0.28 pp
1993 33.29 +0.11 pp
1992 33.18 +0.19 pp
1991 32.98

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.