Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Guinea-Bissau

Vulnerable employment in Guinea-Bissau in 2025 — 74.94%. Ranked 161 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 3.57 pp.

2025 74.94% −0.22 pp vs 2024
World rank 161of 182
Period maximum 78.51%1991
Period minimum 74.94%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Guinea-Bissau, 1991–202574757677787919911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 78.51%1992: 78.38%1993: 78.29%1994: 78.21%1995: 78.13%1996: 77.94%1997: 77.62%1998: 77.84%1999: 77.82%2000: 77.82%2001: 77.73%2002: 77.64%2003: 77.56%2004: 77.53%2005: 77.44%2006: 77.32%2007: 77.22%2008: 77.09%2009: 76.99%2010: 76.87%2011: 76.65%2012: 76.52%2013: 76.39%2014: 76.33%2015: 76.24%2016: 76.07%2017: 75.91%2018: 75.69%2019: 75.5%2020: 76.26%2021: 75.79%2022: 75.59%2023: 75.38%2024: 75.16%2025: 74.94%
Change over the period: −3.57 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Guinea-Bissau 74.94%
World 42.38%
Western Africa computed 69.4%
Low-income countries computed 75.71%
Vulnerable employment — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 74.94 −0.22 pp
2024 75.16 −0.21 pp
2023 75.38 −0.22 pp
2022 75.59 −0.2 pp
2021 75.79 −0.47 pp
2020 76.26 +0.76 pp
2019 75.5 −0.19 pp
2018 75.69 −0.23 pp
2017 75.91 −0.16 pp
2016 76.07 −0.16 pp
2015 76.24 −0.09 pp
2014 76.33 −0.06 pp
2013 76.39 −0.13 pp
2012 76.52 −0.13 pp
2011 76.65 −0.22 pp
2010 76.87 −0.12 pp
2009 76.99 −0.09 pp
2008 77.09 −0.14 pp
2007 77.22 −0.1 pp
2006 77.32 −0.12 pp
2005 77.44 −0.1 pp
2004 77.53 −0.02 pp
2003 77.56 −0.08 pp
2002 77.64 −0.1 pp
2001 77.73 −0.09 pp
2000 77.82 −0 pp
1999 77.82 −0.02 pp
1998 77.84 +0.22 pp
1997 77.62 −0.32 pp
1996 77.94 −0.19 pp
1995 78.13 −0.07 pp
1994 78.21 −0.08 pp
1993 78.29 −0.09 pp
1992 78.38 −0.13 pp
1991 78.51

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.