Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Vanuatu

Vulnerable employment in Vanuatu in 2025 — 57.99%. Ranked 140 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 17.75 pp.

2025 57.99% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 140of 182
Period maximum 75.74%1991
Period minimum 57.94%2022

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Vanuatu, 1991–202555606570758019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 75.74%1992: 75.59%1993: 75.48%1994: 75.26%1995: 75.09%1996: 74.94%1997: 74.76%1998: 74.64%1999: 74.51%2000: 74.22%2001: 74.26%2002: 74.3%2003: 74.32%2004: 74.26%2005: 74.15%2006: 73.64%2007: 72.97%2008: 72.21%2009: 71.48%2010: 69.51%2011: 68.33%2012: 67.18%2013: 65.98%2014: 64.82%2015: 63.58%2016: 62.41%2017: 61.13%2018: 59.88%2019: 58.56%2020: 58.53%2021: 57.96%2022: 57.94%2023: 57.98%2024: 57.99%2025: 57.99%
Change over the period: −17.75 pp Annual average: -0.52 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Vanuatu 57.99%
World 42.38%
Melanesia computed 65.95%
Vulnerable employment — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 57.99 −0 pp
2024 57.99 +0.02 pp
2023 57.98 +0.04 pp
2022 57.94 −0.02 pp
2021 57.96 −0.58 pp
2020 58.53 −0.03 pp
2019 58.56 −1.32 pp
2018 59.88 −1.26 pp
2017 61.13 −1.28 pp
2016 62.41 −1.18 pp
2015 63.58 −1.23 pp
2014 64.82 −1.16 pp
2013 65.98 −1.2 pp
2012 67.18 −1.16 pp
2011 68.33 −1.17 pp
2010 69.51 −1.98 pp
2009 71.48 −0.73 pp
2008 72.21 −0.75 pp
2007 72.97 −0.67 pp
2006 73.64 −0.51 pp
2005 74.15 −0.12 pp
2004 74.26 −0.05 pp
2003 74.32 +0.02 pp
2002 74.3 +0.04 pp
2001 74.26 +0.04 pp
2000 74.22 −0.29 pp
1999 74.51 −0.13 pp
1998 74.64 −0.13 pp
1997 74.76 −0.18 pp
1996 74.94 −0.15 pp
1995 75.09 −0.17 pp
1994 75.26 −0.22 pp
1993 75.48 −0.12 pp
1992 75.59 −0.15 pp
1991 75.74

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.