Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Moldova

Vulnerable employment in Moldova in 2025 — 58.62%. Ranked 141 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 32.45 pp.

2025 58.62% +0.07 pp vs 2024
World rank 141of 182
Period maximum 61.56%2016
Period minimum 26.17%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Moldova, 1991–202520304050607019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 26.17%1992: 26.55%1993: 26.83%1994: 27.68%1995: 28.47%1996: 29.41%1997: 30.22%1998: 31.07%1999: 31.79%2000: 36.46%2001: 38.86%2002: 40.69%2003: 42.89%2004: 42.87%2005: 44.15%2006: 47.58%2007: 49.76%2008: 49.75%2009: 51.36%2010: 55.3%2011: 55.12%2012: 56.68%2013: 57.38%2014: 59.15%2015: 60.51%2016: 61.56%2017: 60.15%2018: 59.62%2019: 59.25%2020: 59.13%2021: 58.78%2022: 58.58%2023: 58.49%2024: 58.54%2025: 58.62%
Change over the period: +32.45 pp Annual average: 0.95 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Moldova 58.62%
World 42.38%
Eastern Europe computed 8.36%
Vulnerable employment — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 58.62 +0.07 pp
2024 58.54 +0.05 pp
2023 58.49 −0.09 pp
2022 58.58 −0.19 pp
2021 58.78 −0.35 pp
2020 59.13 −0.12 pp
2019 59.25 −0.37 pp
2018 59.62 −0.52 pp
2017 60.15 −1.41 pp
2016 61.56 +1.05 pp
2015 60.51 +1.36 pp
2014 59.15 +1.78 pp
2013 57.38 +0.69 pp
2012 56.68 +1.56 pp
2011 55.12 −0.18 pp
2010 55.3 +3.95 pp
2009 51.36 +1.6 pp
2008 49.75 −0 pp
2007 49.76 +2.18 pp
2006 47.58 +3.42 pp
2005 44.15 +1.28 pp
2004 42.87 −0.02 pp
2003 42.89 +2.2 pp
2002 40.69 +1.83 pp
2001 38.86 +2.41 pp
2000 36.46 +4.67 pp
1999 31.79 +0.71 pp
1998 31.07 +0.85 pp
1997 30.22 +0.82 pp
1996 29.41 +0.94 pp
1995 28.47 +0.79 pp
1994 27.68 +0.85 pp
1993 26.83 +0.28 pp
1992 26.55 +0.38 pp
1991 26.17

Eastern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.