Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Indonesia

Vulnerable employment in Indonesia in 2025 — 49.96%. Ranked 130 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 16.85 pp.

2025 49.96% −0.35 pp vs 2024
World rank 130of 182
Period maximum 66.8%1991
Period minimum 48.21%2015

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Indonesia, 1991–202545505560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 66.8%1992: 66.38%1993: 65.94%1994: 65.63%1995: 65.18%1996: 64.68%1997: 63.15%1998: 65.72%1999: 64.36%2000: 65.22%2001: 61.29%2002: 61.13%2003: 62.91%2004: 61.25%2005: 59.08%2006: 58.58%2007: 58.98%2008: 58.46%2009: 58.37%2010: 57.25%2011: 54.1%2012: 51.29%2013: 50.88%2014: 50.45%2015: 48.21%2016: 48.33%2017: 48.49%2018: 49.12%2019: 49.14%2020: 50.31%2021: 49.9%2022: 50.28%2023: 50.67%2024: 50.31%2025: 49.96%
Change over the period: −16.85 pp Annual average: -0.5 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Indonesia 49.96%
World 42.38%
South-Eastern Asia computed 46.83%
Vulnerable employment — Indonesia, by year Indonesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49.96 −0.35 pp
2024 50.31 −0.36 pp
2023 50.67 +0.39 pp
2022 50.28 +0.38 pp
2021 49.9 −0.41 pp
2020 50.31 +1.18 pp
2019 49.14 +0.02 pp
2018 49.12 +0.63 pp
2017 48.49 +0.16 pp
2016 48.33 +0.12 pp
2015 48.21 −2.24 pp
2014 50.45 −0.44 pp
2013 50.88 −0.4 pp
2012 51.29 −2.81 pp
2011 54.1 −3.15 pp
2010 57.25 −1.12 pp
2009 58.37 −0.09 pp
2008 58.46 −0.52 pp
2007 58.98 +0.4 pp
2006 58.58 −0.5 pp
2005 59.08 −2.17 pp
2004 61.25 −1.66 pp
2003 62.91 +1.78 pp
2002 61.13 −0.15 pp
2001 61.29 −3.93 pp
2000 65.22 +0.86 pp
1999 64.36 −1.36 pp
1998 65.72 +2.58 pp
1997 63.15 −1.53 pp
1996 64.68 −0.51 pp
1995 65.18 −0.45 pp
1994 65.63 −0.31 pp
1993 65.94 −0.44 pp
1992 66.38 −0.42 pp
1991 66.8

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.