Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Mauritius

Vulnerable employment in Mauritius in 2025 — 14.88%. Ranked 58 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 8.89 pp.

2025 14.88% −0.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 58of 182
Period maximum 23.77%1991
Period minimum 14.88%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Mauritius, 1991–202512.51517.52022.52519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 23.77%1992: 23.5%1993: 23.27%1994: 23.07%1995: 22.87%1996: 22.66%1997: 22.45%1998: 22.25%1999: 22.11%2000: 21.81%2001: 21.55%2002: 21.91%2003: 21.7%2004: 18.25%2005: 18.22%2006: 17.81%2007: 18.54%2008: 17.97%2009: 17.5%2010: 17.76%2011: 16.98%2012: 18.4%2013: 18.72%2014: 17.77%2015: 18.48%2016: 17.66%2017: 17.84%2018: 17.88%2019: 18.16%2020: 17.96%2021: 16.17%2022: 15.84%2023: 15.57%2024: 15.28%2025: 14.88%
Change over the period: −8.89 pp Annual average: -0.26 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritius 14.88%
World 42.38%
Eastern Africa computed 76.17%
Vulnerable employment — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 14.88 −0.4 pp
2024 15.28 −0.29 pp
2023 15.57 −0.27 pp
2022 15.84 −0.33 pp
2021 16.17 −1.79 pp
2020 17.96 −0.2 pp
2019 18.16 +0.28 pp
2018 17.88 +0.04 pp
2017 17.84 +0.18 pp
2016 17.66 −0.82 pp
2015 18.48 +0.71 pp
2014 17.77 −0.95 pp
2013 18.72 +0.32 pp
2012 18.4 +1.42 pp
2011 16.98 −0.78 pp
2010 17.76 +0.25 pp
2009 17.5 −0.47 pp
2008 17.97 −0.57 pp
2007 18.54 +0.74 pp
2006 17.81 −0.41 pp
2005 18.22 −0.03 pp
2004 18.25 −3.45 pp
2003 21.7 −0.21 pp
2002 21.91 +0.35 pp
2001 21.55 −0.25 pp
2000 21.81 −0.3 pp
1999 22.11 −0.14 pp
1998 22.25 −0.2 pp
1997 22.45 −0.2 pp
1996 22.66 −0.21 pp
1995 22.87 −0.2 pp
1994 23.07 −0.2 pp
1993 23.27 −0.23 pp
1992 23.5 −0.27 pp
1991 23.77

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.