Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Gambia

Vulnerable employment in the Gambia in 2025 — 63.51%. Ranked 148 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 14 pp.

2025 63.51% −0.38 pp vs 2024
World rank 148of 182
Period maximum 77.51%1991
Period minimum 63.51%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Gambia, 1991–2025606570758019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 77.51%1992: 77.36%1993: 77.23%1994: 77.17%1995: 77.11%1996: 76.98%1997: 76.9%1998: 76.74%1999: 76.56%2000: 76.33%2001: 76.08%2002: 75.94%2003: 75.76%2004: 75.56%2005: 75.45%2006: 75.37%2007: 75.28%2008: 75.18%2009: 74.97%2010: 74.66%2011: 74.5%2012: 74.27%2013: 73.23%2014: 72.23%2015: 71.16%2016: 70.11%2017: 69.07%2018: 67.96%2019: 66.81%2020: 67.63%2021: 66.28%2022: 65.17%2023: 64.14%2024: 63.88%2025: 63.51%
Change over the period: −14 pp Annual average: -0.41 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Gambia 63.51%
World 42.38%
Western Africa computed 69.4%
Low-income countries computed 75.71%
Vulnerable employment — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 63.51 −0.38 pp
2024 63.88 −0.26 pp
2023 64.14 −1.03 pp
2022 65.17 −1.11 pp
2021 66.28 −1.35 pp
2020 67.63 +0.82 pp
2019 66.81 −1.15 pp
2018 67.96 −1.11 pp
2017 69.07 −1.04 pp
2016 70.11 −1.05 pp
2015 71.16 −1.06 pp
2014 72.23 −1.01 pp
2013 73.23 −1.04 pp
2012 74.27 −0.22 pp
2011 74.5 −0.16 pp
2010 74.66 −0.31 pp
2009 74.97 −0.21 pp
2008 75.18 −0.1 pp
2007 75.28 −0.09 pp
2006 75.37 −0.07 pp
2005 75.45 −0.11 pp
2004 75.56 −0.2 pp
2003 75.76 −0.17 pp
2002 75.94 −0.14 pp
2001 76.08 −0.25 pp
2000 76.33 −0.22 pp
1999 76.56 −0.18 pp
1998 76.74 −0.16 pp
1997 76.9 −0.09 pp
1996 76.98 −0.13 pp
1995 77.11 −0.06 pp
1994 77.17 −0.06 pp
1993 77.23 −0.14 pp
1992 77.36 −0.15 pp
1991 77.51

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.