Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Solomon Islands

Vulnerable employment in the Solomon Islands in 2025 — 68.65%. Ranked 154 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 5.37 pp.

2025 68.65% −0.15 pp vs 2024
World rank 154of 182
Period maximum 74.02%1991
Period minimum 68.65%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Solomon Islands, 1991–2025687072747619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 74.02%1992: 73.73%1993: 73.5%1994: 73.13%1995: 72.56%1996: 72.26%1997: 72.17%1998: 72.11%1999: 72.02%2000: 72.33%2001: 72.75%2002: 73%2003: 73.09%2004: 72.98%2005: 72.85%2006: 72.5%2007: 72.16%2008: 71.76%2009: 71.35%2010: 70.88%2011: 70.24%2012: 69.97%2013: 69.79%2014: 69.55%2015: 69.5%2016: 69.34%2017: 69.14%2018: 68.98%2019: 68.84%2020: 69.78%2021: 69.14%2022: 69.04%2023: 68.95%2024: 68.8%2025: 68.65%
Change over the period: −5.37 pp Annual average: -0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Solomon Islands 68.65%
World 42.38%
Melanesia computed 65.95%
Vulnerable employment — Solomon Islands, by year Solomon Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 68.65 −0.15 pp
2024 68.8 −0.15 pp
2023 68.95 −0.09 pp
2022 69.04 −0.1 pp
2021 69.14 −0.63 pp
2020 69.78 +0.93 pp
2019 68.84 −0.14 pp
2018 68.98 −0.15 pp
2017 69.14 −0.2 pp
2016 69.34 −0.16 pp
2015 69.5 −0.05 pp
2014 69.55 −0.24 pp
2013 69.79 −0.17 pp
2012 69.97 −0.27 pp
2011 70.24 −0.64 pp
2010 70.88 −0.47 pp
2009 71.35 −0.41 pp
2008 71.76 −0.4 pp
2007 72.16 −0.34 pp
2006 72.5 −0.35 pp
2005 72.85 −0.13 pp
2004 72.98 −0.11 pp
2003 73.09 +0.08 pp
2002 73 +0.25 pp
2001 72.75 +0.42 pp
2000 72.33 +0.31 pp
1999 72.02 −0.09 pp
1998 72.11 −0.06 pp
1997 72.17 −0.09 pp
1996 72.26 −0.3 pp
1995 72.56 −0.57 pp
1994 73.13 −0.36 pp
1993 73.5 −0.24 pp
1992 73.73 −0.29 pp
1991 74.02

Melanesia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.