Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Mozambique

Vulnerable employment in Mozambique in 2025 — 83.68%. Ranked 177 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 7.43 pp.

2025 83.68% −0.16 pp vs 2024
World rank 177of 182
Period maximum 91.11%1991
Period minimum 83.68%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Mozambique, 1991–202582848688909219911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 91.11%1992: 90.97%1993: 90.83%1994: 90.61%1995: 90.51%1996: 90.28%1997: 89.96%1998: 89.61%1999: 89.21%2000: 88.9%2001: 88.47%2002: 88.19%2003: 87.75%2004: 87.38%2005: 87.06%2006: 86.69%2007: 86.37%2008: 86.04%2009: 85.73%2010: 85.42%2011: 85.15%2012: 84.85%2013: 84.6%2014: 84.31%2015: 83.93%2016: 83.85%2017: 83.79%2018: 83.79%2019: 83.86%2020: 84.37%2021: 84%2022: 84.07%2023: 83.97%2024: 83.84%2025: 83.68%
Change over the period: −7.43 pp Annual average: -0.22 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mozambique 83.68%
World 42.38%
Eastern Africa computed 76.17%
Low-income countries computed 75.71%
Vulnerable employment — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 83.68 −0.16 pp
2024 83.84 −0.13 pp
2023 83.97 −0.1 pp
2022 84.07 +0.07 pp
2021 84 −0.37 pp
2020 84.37 +0.51 pp
2019 83.86 +0.07 pp
2018 83.79 +0 pp
2017 83.79 −0.06 pp
2016 83.85 −0.08 pp
2015 83.93 −0.38 pp
2014 84.31 −0.29 pp
2013 84.6 −0.25 pp
2012 84.85 −0.3 pp
2011 85.15 −0.27 pp
2010 85.42 −0.3 pp
2009 85.73 −0.31 pp
2008 86.04 −0.33 pp
2007 86.37 −0.32 pp
2006 86.69 −0.36 pp
2005 87.06 −0.32 pp
2004 87.38 −0.37 pp
2003 87.75 −0.44 pp
2002 88.19 −0.28 pp
2001 88.47 −0.42 pp
2000 88.9 −0.31 pp
1999 89.21 −0.4 pp
1998 89.61 −0.36 pp
1997 89.96 −0.32 pp
1996 90.28 −0.23 pp
1995 90.51 −0.1 pp
1994 90.61 −0.22 pp
1993 90.83 −0.15 pp
1992 90.97 −0.14 pp
1991 91.11

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.