Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Somalia

Vulnerable employment in Somalia in 2025 — 45.97%. Ranked 125 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 5.64 pp.

2025 45.97% −0.07 pp vs 2024
World rank 125of 182
Period maximum 51.92%1997
Period minimum 45.54%2019

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Somalia, 1991–2025444648505219911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 51.61%1992: 51.47%1993: 51.34%1994: 51.59%1995: 51.77%1996: 51.85%1997: 51.92%1998: 51.9%1999: 51.81%2000: 51.67%2001: 51.46%2002: 51.23%2003: 50.92%2004: 50.59%2005: 50.24%2006: 49.91%2007: 50.01%2008: 49.55%2009: 49.09%2010: 48.62%2011: 48.13%2012: 47.78%2013: 47.39%2014: 47.03%2015: 46.66%2016: 46.35%2017: 45.99%2018: 45.73%2019: 45.54%2020: 46.66%2021: 46.13%2022: 46.12%2023: 46.09%2024: 46.04%2025: 45.97%
Change over the period: −5.64 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Somalia 45.97%
World 42.38%
Eastern Africa computed 76.17%
Low-income countries computed 75.71%
Vulnerable employment — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 45.97 −0.07 pp
2024 46.04 −0.05 pp
2023 46.09 −0.03 pp
2022 46.12 −0.01 pp
2021 46.13 −0.53 pp
2020 46.66 +1.12 pp
2019 45.54 −0.18 pp
2018 45.73 −0.26 pp
2017 45.99 −0.37 pp
2016 46.35 −0.31 pp
2015 46.66 −0.37 pp
2014 47.03 −0.36 pp
2013 47.39 −0.38 pp
2012 47.78 −0.36 pp
2011 48.13 −0.49 pp
2010 48.62 −0.47 pp
2009 49.09 −0.46 pp
2008 49.55 −0.45 pp
2007 50.01 +0.1 pp
2006 49.91 −0.34 pp
2005 50.24 −0.34 pp
2004 50.59 −0.33 pp
2003 50.92 −0.31 pp
2002 51.23 −0.24 pp
2001 51.46 −0.2 pp
2000 51.67 −0.15 pp
1999 51.81 −0.09 pp
1998 51.9 −0.01 pp
1997 51.92 +0.07 pp
1996 51.85 +0.08 pp
1995 51.77 +0.18 pp
1994 51.59 +0.25 pp
1993 51.34 −0.13 pp
1992 51.47 −0.14 pp
1991 51.61

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.