Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Mauritania

Vulnerable employment in Mauritania in 2025 — 53.35%. Ranked 134 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 3.81 pp.

2025 53.35% −0.27 pp vs 2024
World rank 134of 182
Period maximum 57.32%1994
Period minimum 53.35%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Mauritania, 1991–202553545556575819911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 57.16%1992: 57.25%1993: 57.14%1994: 57.32%1995: 57.29%1996: 57.2%1997: 57.14%1998: 57.11%1999: 57.11%2000: 57.27%2001: 57.3%2002: 57.25%2003: 57.13%2004: 56.87%2005: 56.39%2006: 55.5%2007: 55.33%2008: 55.07%2009: 55.07%2010: 54.76%2011: 54.41%2012: 54.47%2013: 54.4%2014: 54.72%2015: 54.85%2016: 54.7%2017: 54.71%2018: 54.38%2019: 53.93%2020: 54.73%2021: 54.21%2022: 54.15%2023: 53.84%2024: 53.62%2025: 53.35%
Change over the period: −3.81 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritania 53.35%
World 42.38%
Western Africa computed 69.4%
Vulnerable employment — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 53.35 −0.27 pp
2024 53.62 −0.22 pp
2023 53.84 −0.31 pp
2022 54.15 −0.06 pp
2021 54.21 −0.53 pp
2020 54.73 +0.8 pp
2019 53.93 −0.45 pp
2018 54.38 −0.33 pp
2017 54.71 +0.01 pp
2016 54.7 −0.15 pp
2015 54.85 +0.13 pp
2014 54.72 +0.32 pp
2013 54.4 −0.07 pp
2012 54.47 +0.06 pp
2011 54.41 −0.35 pp
2010 54.76 −0.31 pp
2009 55.07 −0 pp
2008 55.07 −0.26 pp
2007 55.33 −0.17 pp
2006 55.5 −0.89 pp
2005 56.39 −0.48 pp
2004 56.87 −0.26 pp
2003 57.13 −0.12 pp
2002 57.25 −0.05 pp
2001 57.3 +0.03 pp
2000 57.27 +0.16 pp
1999 57.11 −0.01 pp
1998 57.11 −0.03 pp
1997 57.14 −0.05 pp
1996 57.2 −0.1 pp
1995 57.29 −0.03 pp
1994 57.32 +0.18 pp
1993 57.14 −0.1 pp
1992 57.25 +0.09 pp
1991 57.16

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.