Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Rwanda

Vulnerable employment in Rwanda in 2025 — 39.36%. Ranked 119 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 8.53 pp.

2025 39.36% −0.48 pp vs 2024
World rank 119of 182
Period maximum 48.08%1995
Period minimum 37.08%2021

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Rwanda, 1991–20253540455019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 47.88%1992: 47.88%1993: 47.95%1994: 47.82%1995: 48.08%1996: 47.98%1997: 47.96%1998: 47.84%1999: 47.7%2000: 47.44%2001: 47.05%2002: 46.55%2003: 46.22%2004: 45.88%2005: 45.54%2006: 45.21%2007: 44.94%2008: 44.6%2009: 44.33%2010: 44.05%2011: 43.75%2012: 43.47%2013: 43.24%2014: 43.03%2015: 42.8%2016: 42.58%2017: 42.15%2018: 42.14%2019: 41.88%2020: 42.49%2021: 37.08%2022: 37.98%2023: 40.17%2024: 39.84%2025: 39.36%
Change over the period: −8.53 pp Annual average: -0.25 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Rwanda 39.36%
World 42.38%
Eastern Africa computed 76.17%
Low-income countries computed 75.71%
Vulnerable employment — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 39.36 −0.48 pp
2024 39.84 −0.33 pp
2023 40.17 +2.19 pp
2022 37.98 +0.91 pp
2021 37.08 −5.42 pp
2020 42.49 +0.62 pp
2019 41.88 −0.26 pp
2018 42.14 −0.01 pp
2017 42.15 −0.43 pp
2016 42.58 −0.22 pp
2015 42.8 −0.23 pp
2014 43.03 −0.21 pp
2013 43.24 −0.23 pp
2012 43.47 −0.28 pp
2011 43.75 −0.3 pp
2010 44.05 −0.28 pp
2009 44.33 −0.27 pp
2008 44.6 −0.34 pp
2007 44.94 −0.28 pp
2006 45.21 −0.33 pp
2005 45.54 −0.34 pp
2004 45.88 −0.34 pp
2003 46.22 −0.33 pp
2002 46.55 −0.5 pp
2001 47.05 −0.39 pp
2000 47.44 −0.25 pp
1999 47.7 −0.14 pp
1998 47.84 −0.12 pp
1997 47.96 −0.02 pp
1996 47.98 −0.1 pp
1995 48.08 +0.26 pp
1994 47.82 −0.12 pp
1993 47.95 +0.06 pp
1992 47.88 +0 pp
1991 47.88

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.