Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Zimbabwe

Vulnerable employment in Zimbabwe in 2025 — 68.21%. Ranked 153 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 2.41 pp.

2025 68.21% −0.13 pp vs 2024
World rank 153of 182
Period maximum 68.93%2022
Period minimum 65.46%1999

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Zimbabwe, 1991–2025656667686919911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 65.81%1992: 65.77%1993: 65.82%1994: 65.75%1995: 65.7%1996: 65.58%1997: 65.52%1998: 65.47%1999: 65.46%2000: 65.53%2001: 65.53%2002: 65.73%2003: 66.24%2004: 66.65%2005: 66.94%2006: 66.99%2007: 67.44%2008: 67.97%2009: 68.4%2010: 68.43%2011: 68.24%2012: 68.39%2013: 68.57%2014: 68.83%2015: 68.63%2016: 68.49%2017: 68.23%2018: 68.11%2019: 68.04%2020: 68.46%2021: 68.45%2022: 68.93%2023: 68.43%2024: 68.34%2025: 68.21%
Change over the period: +2.41 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Zimbabwe 68.21%
World 42.38%
Eastern Africa computed 76.17%
Vulnerable employment — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 68.21 −0.13 pp
2024 68.34 −0.09 pp
2023 68.43 −0.5 pp
2022 68.93 +0.48 pp
2021 68.45 −0.01 pp
2020 68.46 +0.42 pp
2019 68.04 −0.07 pp
2018 68.11 −0.12 pp
2017 68.23 −0.27 pp
2016 68.49 −0.13 pp
2015 68.63 −0.2 pp
2014 68.83 +0.26 pp
2013 68.57 +0.18 pp
2012 68.39 +0.15 pp
2011 68.24 −0.19 pp
2010 68.43 +0.03 pp
2009 68.4 +0.44 pp
2008 67.97 +0.53 pp
2007 67.44 +0.44 pp
2006 66.99 +0.06 pp
2005 66.94 +0.29 pp
2004 66.65 +0.41 pp
2003 66.24 +0.52 pp
2002 65.73 +0.19 pp
2001 65.53 +0.01 pp
2000 65.53 +0.07 pp
1999 65.46 −0.01 pp
1998 65.47 −0.06 pp
1997 65.52 −0.06 pp
1996 65.58 −0.12 pp
1995 65.7 −0.05 pp
1994 65.75 −0.07 pp
1993 65.82 +0.05 pp
1992 65.77 −0.04 pp
1991 65.81

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.