Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Senegal

Vulnerable employment in Senegal in 2025 — 62.98%. Ranked 147 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 4.91 pp.

2025 62.98% −0.35 pp vs 2024
World rank 147of 182
Period maximum 70.61%2016
Period minimum 62.98%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Senegal, 1991–202562646668707219911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 67.89%1992: 67.92%1993: 67.95%1994: 67.93%1995: 67.92%1996: 67.89%1997: 67.86%1998: 67.78%1999: 67.67%2000: 67.54%2001: 67.41%2002: 67.34%2003: 67.23%2004: 67.08%2005: 66.96%2006: 66.86%2007: 66.76%2008: 66.7%2009: 66.64%2010: 66.52%2011: 66.4%2012: 66.76%2013: 66.68%2014: 66.2%2015: 65.79%2016: 70.61%2017: 68.29%2018: 66.07%2019: 63.86%2020: 64.9%2021: 64.19%2022: 63.73%2023: 63.55%2024: 63.33%2025: 62.98%
Change over the period: −4.91 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Senegal 62.98%
World 42.38%
Western Africa computed 69.4%
Vulnerable employment — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 62.98 −0.35 pp
2024 63.33 −0.22 pp
2023 63.55 −0.18 pp
2022 63.73 −0.46 pp
2021 64.19 −0.72 pp
2020 64.9 +1.05 pp
2019 63.86 −2.21 pp
2018 66.07 −2.22 pp
2017 68.29 −2.32 pp
2016 70.61 +4.82 pp
2015 65.79 −0.41 pp
2014 66.2 −0.48 pp
2013 66.68 −0.08 pp
2012 66.76 +0.35 pp
2011 66.4 −0.12 pp
2010 66.52 −0.12 pp
2009 66.64 −0.06 pp
2008 66.7 −0.06 pp
2007 66.76 −0.1 pp
2006 66.86 −0.1 pp
2005 66.96 −0.12 pp
2004 67.08 −0.15 pp
2003 67.23 −0.11 pp
2002 67.34 −0.07 pp
2001 67.41 −0.13 pp
2000 67.54 −0.13 pp
1999 67.67 −0.1 pp
1998 67.78 −0.09 pp
1997 67.86 −0.03 pp
1996 67.89 −0.03 pp
1995 67.92 −0.01 pp
1994 67.93 −0.02 pp
1993 67.95 +0.03 pp
1992 67.92 +0.03 pp
1991 67.89

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.