Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Philippines

Vulnerable employment in the Philippines in 2025 — 33.62%. Ranked 104 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 9.93 pp.

2025 33.62% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 104of 182
Period maximum 43.78%1999
Period minimum 31.99%2018

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Philippines, 1991–20253035404519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 43.56%1992: 43.59%1993: 43.6%1994: 43.58%1995: 43.57%1996: 43.38%1997: 43.17%1998: 43.16%1999: 43.78%2000: 42.71%2001: 42.61%2002: 42.71%2003: 42.08%2004: 40.21%2005: 42.18%2006: 41.91%2007: 41%2008: 40.75%2009: 39.91%2010: 38.95%2011: 38.42%2012: 36.59%2013: 35.61%2014: 36.24%2015: 34.85%2016: 34.5%2017: 33.19%2018: 31.99%2019: 32.3%2020: 33.97%2021: 33.59%2022: 34.52%2023: 34.26%2024: 33.93%2025: 33.62%
Change over the period: −9.93 pp Annual average: -0.29 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Philippines 33.62%
World 42.38%
South-Eastern Asia computed 46.83%
Vulnerable employment — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 33.62 −0.3 pp
2024 33.93 −0.33 pp
2023 34.26 −0.26 pp
2022 34.52 +0.93 pp
2021 33.59 −0.38 pp
2020 33.97 +1.68 pp
2019 32.3 +0.31 pp
2018 31.99 −1.21 pp
2017 33.19 −1.31 pp
2016 34.5 −0.35 pp
2015 34.85 −1.39 pp
2014 36.24 +0.63 pp
2013 35.61 −0.98 pp
2012 36.59 −1.83 pp
2011 38.42 −0.53 pp
2010 38.95 −0.96 pp
2009 39.91 −0.84 pp
2008 40.75 −0.25 pp
2007 41 −0.9 pp
2006 41.91 −0.27 pp
2005 42.18 +1.97 pp
2004 40.21 −1.87 pp
2003 42.08 −0.63 pp
2002 42.71 +0.1 pp
2001 42.61 −0.09 pp
2000 42.71 −1.07 pp
1999 43.78 +0.62 pp
1998 43.16 −0.01 pp
1997 43.17 −0.21 pp
1996 43.38 −0.19 pp
1995 43.57 −0.01 pp
1994 43.58 −0.03 pp
1993 43.6 +0.01 pp
1992 43.59 +0.03 pp
1991 43.56

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.