Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Saint Lucia

Vulnerable employment in Saint Lucia in 2025 — 21.99%. Ranked 73 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 4.46 pp.

2025 21.99% −0.12 pp vs 2024
World rank 73of 182
Period maximum 24.77%2019
Period minimum 17.34%1992

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Saint Lucia, 1991–202516182022242619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 17.53%1992: 17.34%1993: 17.37%1994: 19.26%1995: 19%1996: 22.68%1997: 20.07%1998: 20.47%1999: 19.71%2000: 22.48%2001: 22.65%2002: 22.77%2003: 22.69%2004: 22.59%2005: 22.59%2006: 22.54%2007: 22.69%2008: 22.78%2009: 22.81%2010: 22.89%2011: 22.86%2012: 22.82%2013: 22.82%2014: 22.72%2015: 22.68%2016: 22.64%2017: 22.65%2018: 23.02%2019: 24.77%2020: 23.7%2021: 22.84%2022: 24.11%2023: 23.92%2024: 22.1%2025: 21.99%
Change over the period: +4.46 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Saint Lucia 21.99%
World 42.38%
Vulnerable employment — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 21.99 −0.12 pp
2024 22.1 −1.82 pp
2023 23.92 −0.19 pp
2022 24.11 +1.27 pp
2021 22.84 −0.86 pp
2020 23.7 −1.07 pp
2019 24.77 +1.75 pp
2018 23.02 +0.37 pp
2017 22.65 +0 pp
2016 22.64 −0.04 pp
2015 22.68 −0.04 pp
2014 22.72 −0.1 pp
2013 22.82 −0 pp
2012 22.82 −0.03 pp
2011 22.86 −0.04 pp
2010 22.89 +0.08 pp
2009 22.81 +0.03 pp
2008 22.78 +0.09 pp
2007 22.69 +0.16 pp
2006 22.54 −0.05 pp
2005 22.59 −0 pp
2004 22.59 −0.1 pp
2003 22.69 −0.08 pp
2002 22.77 +0.12 pp
2001 22.65 +0.17 pp
2000 22.48 +2.78 pp
1999 19.71 −0.76 pp
1998 20.47 +0.4 pp
1997 20.07 −2.61 pp
1996 22.68 +3.68 pp
1995 19 −0.26 pp
1994 19.26 +1.89 pp
1993 17.37 +0.03 pp
1992 17.34 −0.19 pp
1991 17.53

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.