Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Suriname

Vulnerable employment in Suriname in 2025 — 18.38%. Ranked 65 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 2.02 pp.

2025 18.38% −0.29 pp vs 2024
World rank 65of 182
Period maximum 19.61%2019
Period minimum 13.75%1995

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Suriname, 1991–2025121416182019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 16.35%1992: 16.17%1993: 15.84%1994: 15.25%1995: 13.75%1996: 17.06%1997: 18.23%1998: 17.16%1999: 17.44%2000: 17.65%2001: 17.82%2002: 18.19%2003: 18.23%2004: 18.23%2005: 18.15%2006: 18.01%2007: 17.89%2008: 17.86%2009: 17.88%2010: 17.97%2011: 18.06%2012: 18.22%2013: 18.43%2014: 18.66%2015: 19.1%2016: 19.3%2017: 19.45%2018: 19.55%2019: 19.61%2020: 19.39%2021: 18.73%2022: 18.88%2023: 18.85%2024: 18.67%2025: 18.38%
Change over the period: +2.02 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Suriname 18.38%
World 42.38%
South America computed 32.24%
Vulnerable employment — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.38 −0.29 pp
2024 18.67 −0.19 pp
2023 18.85 −0.03 pp
2022 18.88 +0.15 pp
2021 18.73 −0.66 pp
2020 19.39 −0.21 pp
2019 19.61 +0.06 pp
2018 19.55 +0.1 pp
2017 19.45 +0.15 pp
2016 19.3 +0.21 pp
2015 19.1 +0.44 pp
2014 18.66 +0.23 pp
2013 18.43 +0.21 pp
2012 18.22 +0.15 pp
2011 18.06 +0.1 pp
2010 17.97 +0.09 pp
2009 17.88 +0.02 pp
2008 17.86 −0.03 pp
2007 17.89 −0.12 pp
2006 18.01 −0.14 pp
2005 18.15 −0.08 pp
2004 18.23 −0.01 pp
2003 18.23 +0.05 pp
2002 18.19 +0.36 pp
2001 17.82 +0.17 pp
2000 17.65 +0.21 pp
1999 17.44 +0.28 pp
1998 17.16 −1.08 pp
1997 18.23 +1.18 pp
1996 17.06 +3.31 pp
1995 13.75 −1.51 pp
1994 15.25 −0.58 pp
1993 15.84 −0.33 pp
1992 16.17 −0.19 pp
1991 16.35

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.