Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Yemen

Vulnerable employment in Yemen in 2025 — 45.59%. Ranked 124 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 1.2 pp.

2025 45.59% +0.07 pp vs 2024
World rank 124of 182
Period maximum 45.91%2020
Period minimum 41.58%2008

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Yemen, 1991–20254042444619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 44.39%1992: 44.2%1993: 44.03%1994: 43.82%1995: 43.53%1996: 43.23%1997: 43.01%1998: 42.95%1999: 42.69%2000: 42.38%2001: 42.25%2002: 42.11%2003: 41.97%2004: 41.83%2005: 41.69%2006: 41.63%2007: 41.62%2008: 41.58%2009: 41.65%2010: 41.58%2011: 41.86%2012: 42.15%2013: 42.34%2014: 42.53%2015: 43.33%2016: 43.93%2017: 44.55%2018: 45.03%2019: 45.35%2020: 45.91%2021: 45.14%2022: 45.3%2023: 45.42%2024: 45.52%2025: 45.59%
Change over the period: +1.2 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Yemen 45.59%
World 42.38%
Western Asia computed 20.54%
Low-income countries computed 75.71%
Vulnerable employment — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 45.59 +0.07 pp
2024 45.52 +0.09 pp
2023 45.42 +0.12 pp
2022 45.3 +0.16 pp
2021 45.14 −0.77 pp
2020 45.91 +0.57 pp
2019 45.35 +0.32 pp
2018 45.03 +0.47 pp
2017 44.55 +0.62 pp
2016 43.93 +0.6 pp
2015 43.33 +0.8 pp
2014 42.53 +0.18 pp
2013 42.34 +0.2 pp
2012 42.15 +0.29 pp
2011 41.86 +0.27 pp
2010 41.58 −0.07 pp
2009 41.65 +0.07 pp
2008 41.58 −0.04 pp
2007 41.62 −0.01 pp
2006 41.63 −0.06 pp
2005 41.69 −0.14 pp
2004 41.83 −0.14 pp
2003 41.97 −0.14 pp
2002 42.11 −0.14 pp
2001 42.25 −0.13 pp
2000 42.38 −0.31 pp
1999 42.69 −0.26 pp
1998 42.95 −0.07 pp
1997 43.01 −0.22 pp
1996 43.23 −0.3 pp
1995 43.53 −0.29 pp
1994 43.82 −0.21 pp
1993 44.03 −0.17 pp
1992 44.2 −0.19 pp
1991 44.39

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.