Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — North Macedonia

Vulnerable employment in North Macedonia in 2025 — 12.34%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 4.83 pp.

2025 12.34% −0.24 pp vs 2024
World rank 49of 182
Period maximum 23.83%2001
Period minimum 9.94%2023

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — North Macedonia, 1991–202551015202519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 17.17%1992: 17.18%1993: 17.47%1994: 17.68%1995: 18.05%1996: 18.42%1997: 18.87%1998: 19.28%1999: 21.31%2000: 21.61%2001: 23.83%2002: 22.75%2003: 19.9%2004: 18.94%2005: 22.69%2006: 22.42%2007: 21.8%2008: 22.89%2009: 22.41%2010: 22.12%2011: 21.94%2012: 22.01%2013: 23.43%2014: 22.77%2015: 21.75%2016: 19.44%2017: 18.65%2018: 18.32%2019: 16.7%2020: 13.77%2021: 12.66%2022: 12.15%2023: 9.94%2024: 12.58%2025: 12.34%
Change over the period: −4.83 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

North Macedonia 12.34%
World 42.38%
Southern Europe computed 13.86%
Vulnerable employment — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.34 −0.24 pp
2024 12.58 +2.64 pp
2023 9.94 −2.22 pp
2022 12.15 −0.51 pp
2021 12.66 −1.11 pp
2020 13.77 −2.92 pp
2019 16.7 −1.63 pp
2018 18.32 −0.32 pp
2017 18.65 −0.8 pp
2016 19.44 −2.31 pp
2015 21.75 −1.02 pp
2014 22.77 −0.66 pp
2013 23.43 +1.43 pp
2012 22.01 +0.06 pp
2011 21.94 −0.17 pp
2010 22.12 −0.29 pp
2009 22.41 −0.49 pp
2008 22.89 +1.09 pp
2007 21.8 −0.62 pp
2006 22.42 −0.27 pp
2005 22.69 +3.74 pp
2004 18.94 −0.96 pp
2003 19.9 −2.85 pp
2002 22.75 −1.08 pp
2001 23.83 +2.22 pp
2000 21.61 +0.3 pp
1999 21.31 +2.03 pp
1998 19.28 +0.41 pp
1997 18.87 +0.45 pp
1996 18.42 +0.38 pp
1995 18.05 +0.37 pp
1994 17.68 +0.2 pp
1993 17.47 +0.29 pp
1992 17.18 +0.01 pp
1991 17.17

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.