Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Equatorial Guinea

Vulnerable employment in Equatorial Guinea in 2025 — 23.08%. Ranked 76 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 24.66 pp.

2025 23.08% +0.23 pp vs 2024
World rank 76of 182
Period maximum 47.74%1991
Period minimum 17.75%2009

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Equatorial Guinea, 1991–2025102030405019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 47.74%1992: 46.85%1993: 45.78%1994: 44.46%1995: 42.76%1996: 40.61%1997: 37.51%1998: 34.39%1999: 31.39%2000: 28.73%2001: 26.1%2002: 23.91%2003: 22.18%2004: 20.66%2005: 19.51%2006: 18.75%2007: 18.22%2008: 17.85%2009: 17.75%2010: 18.03%2011: 18.34%2012: 18.65%2013: 19.26%2014: 19.9%2015: 20.64%2016: 21.42%2017: 22.17%2018: 22.86%2019: 23.48%2020: 22.94%2021: 22.08%2022: 22.36%2023: 22.64%2024: 22.85%2025: 23.08%
Change over the period: −24.66 pp Annual average: -0.73 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Equatorial Guinea 23.08%
World 42.38%
Middle Africa computed 75.8%
Vulnerable employment — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 23.08 +0.23 pp
2024 22.85 +0.21 pp
2023 22.64 +0.28 pp
2022 22.36 +0.27 pp
2021 22.08 −0.86 pp
2020 22.94 −0.54 pp
2019 23.48 +0.63 pp
2018 22.86 +0.69 pp
2017 22.17 +0.74 pp
2016 21.42 +0.78 pp
2015 20.64 +0.74 pp
2014 19.9 +0.64 pp
2013 19.26 +0.61 pp
2012 18.65 +0.3 pp
2011 18.34 +0.31 pp
2010 18.03 +0.29 pp
2009 17.75 −0.1 pp
2008 17.85 −0.37 pp
2007 18.22 −0.52 pp
2006 18.75 −0.76 pp
2005 19.51 −1.15 pp
2004 20.66 −1.52 pp
2003 22.18 −1.72 pp
2002 23.91 −2.2 pp
2001 26.1 −2.63 pp
2000 28.73 −2.66 pp
1999 31.39 −2.99 pp
1998 34.39 −3.12 pp
1997 37.51 −3.1 pp
1996 40.61 −2.15 pp
1995 42.76 −1.69 pp
1994 44.46 −1.32 pp
1993 45.78 −1.07 pp
1992 46.85 −0.89 pp
1991 47.74

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.