Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Madagascar

Vulnerable employment in Madagascar in 2025 — 84.42%. Ranked 180 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 4.82 pp.

2025 84.42% −0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 180of 182
Period maximum 86.19%2010
Period minimum 79.59%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Madagascar, 1991–202578808284868819911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 79.59%1992: 79.63%1993: 79.65%1994: 79.73%1995: 79.8%1996: 79.85%1997: 79.9%1998: 79.92%1999: 79.91%2000: 79.93%2001: 79.95%2002: 80.23%2003: 80.45%2004: 81.34%2005: 82.17%2006: 82.96%2007: 83.75%2008: 84.45%2009: 85.32%2010: 86.19%2011: 86.15%2012: 86.11%2013: 85.95%2014: 85.76%2015: 85.57%2016: 85.44%2017: 85.28%2018: 85.13%2019: 84.94%2020: 85.59%2021: 85.08%2022: 84.94%2023: 84.79%2024: 84.61%2025: 84.42%
Change over the period: +4.82 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Madagascar 84.42%
World 42.38%
Eastern Africa computed 76.17%
Low-income countries computed 75.71%
Vulnerable employment — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 84.42 −0.2 pp
2024 84.61 −0.18 pp
2023 84.79 −0.15 pp
2022 84.94 −0.13 pp
2021 85.08 −0.52 pp
2020 85.59 +0.66 pp
2019 84.94 −0.19 pp
2018 85.13 −0.16 pp
2017 85.28 −0.15 pp
2016 85.44 −0.13 pp
2015 85.57 −0.19 pp
2014 85.76 −0.19 pp
2013 85.95 −0.16 pp
2012 86.11 −0.05 pp
2011 86.15 −0.04 pp
2010 86.19 +0.87 pp
2009 85.32 +0.87 pp
2008 84.45 +0.7 pp
2007 83.75 +0.78 pp
2006 82.96 +0.8 pp
2005 82.17 +0.83 pp
2004 81.34 +0.89 pp
2003 80.45 +0.22 pp
2002 80.23 +0.29 pp
2001 79.95 +0.02 pp
2000 79.93 +0.01 pp
1999 79.91 −0 pp
1998 79.92 +0.02 pp
1997 79.9 +0.05 pp
1996 79.85 +0.05 pp
1995 79.8 +0.07 pp
1994 79.73 +0.07 pp
1993 79.65 +0.02 pp
1992 79.63 +0.04 pp
1991 79.59

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.