Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Uganda

Vulnerable employment in Uganda in 2025 — 74.39%. Ranked 160 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 7.81 pp.

2025 74.39% −0.18 pp vs 2024
World rank 160of 182
Period maximum 82.21%1991
Period minimum 74.39%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Uganda, 1991–202574767880828419911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 82.21%1992: 82.04%1993: 81.84%1994: 81.61%1995: 81.32%1996: 80.99%1997: 80.69%1998: 80.44%1999: 80.16%2000: 79.95%2001: 79.75%2002: 79.51%2003: 79.28%2004: 79.03%2005: 78.78%2006: 78.49%2007: 78.16%2008: 77.83%2009: 77.6%2010: 77.28%2011: 76.98%2012: 76.77%2013: 76.48%2014: 76.56%2015: 76.45%2016: 76.46%2017: 76.48%2018: 76.19%2019: 75.89%2020: 75.82%2021: 75.21%2022: 75.03%2023: 74.83%2024: 74.58%2025: 74.39%
Change over the period: −7.81 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Uganda 74.39%
World 42.38%
Eastern Africa computed 76.17%
Low-income countries computed 75.71%
Vulnerable employment — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 74.39 −0.18 pp
2024 74.58 −0.25 pp
2023 74.83 −0.21 pp
2022 75.03 −0.18 pp
2021 75.21 −0.61 pp
2020 75.82 −0.07 pp
2019 75.89 −0.31 pp
2018 76.19 −0.28 pp
2017 76.48 +0.02 pp
2016 76.46 +0 pp
2015 76.45 −0.11 pp
2014 76.56 +0.08 pp
2013 76.48 −0.29 pp
2012 76.77 −0.2 pp
2011 76.98 −0.3 pp
2010 77.28 −0.32 pp
2009 77.6 −0.24 pp
2008 77.83 −0.33 pp
2007 78.16 −0.33 pp
2006 78.49 −0.3 pp
2005 78.78 −0.25 pp
2004 79.03 −0.25 pp
2003 79.28 −0.23 pp
2002 79.51 −0.24 pp
2001 79.75 −0.2 pp
2000 79.95 −0.22 pp
1999 80.16 −0.27 pp
1998 80.44 −0.26 pp
1997 80.69 −0.3 pp
1996 80.99 −0.33 pp
1995 81.32 −0.29 pp
1994 81.61 −0.22 pp
1993 81.84 −0.2 pp
1992 82.04 −0.17 pp
1991 82.21

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.