Vulnerable employment — all countries

Vulnerable employment — Comoros

Vulnerable employment in the Comoros in 2025 — 56.84%. Ranked 138 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 10.25 pp.

2025 56.84% −0.12 pp vs 2024
World rank 138of 182
Period maximum 67.25%1996
Period minimum 56.84%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Vulnerable employment — Comoros, 1991–20255560657019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 67.1%1992: 67.09%1993: 67.07%1994: 67.17%1995: 67.2%1996: 67.25%1997: 67.24%1998: 67.23%1999: 67.19%2000: 67.06%2001: 66.82%2002: 66.54%2003: 66.26%2004: 65.96%2005: 65.12%2006: 64.27%2007: 63.43%2008: 62.61%2009: 61.82%2010: 60.97%2011: 60.12%2012: 59.28%2013: 58.43%2014: 57.61%2015: 57.59%2016: 57.54%2017: 57.48%2018: 57.39%2019: 57.32%2020: 57.68%2021: 57.17%2022: 57.12%2023: 57.04%2024: 56.96%2025: 56.84%
Change over the period: −10.25 pp Annual average: -0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Comoros 56.84%
World 42.38%
Eastern Africa computed 76.17%
Vulnerable employment — Comoros, by year Comoros All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 56.84 −0.12 pp
2024 56.96 −0.08 pp
2023 57.04 −0.08 pp
2022 57.12 −0.06 pp
2021 57.17 −0.51 pp
2020 57.68 +0.37 pp
2019 57.32 −0.08 pp
2018 57.39 −0.09 pp
2017 57.48 −0.06 pp
2016 57.54 −0.04 pp
2015 57.59 −0.02 pp
2014 57.61 −0.82 pp
2013 58.43 −0.86 pp
2012 59.28 −0.83 pp
2011 60.12 −0.85 pp
2010 60.97 −0.85 pp
2009 61.82 −0.8 pp
2008 62.61 −0.82 pp
2007 63.43 −0.84 pp
2006 64.27 −0.85 pp
2005 65.12 −0.84 pp
2004 65.96 −0.3 pp
2003 66.26 −0.28 pp
2002 66.54 −0.28 pp
2001 66.82 −0.24 pp
2000 67.06 −0.13 pp
1999 67.19 −0.03 pp
1998 67.23 −0.02 pp
1997 67.24 −0 pp
1996 67.25 +0.05 pp
1995 67.2 +0.02 pp
1994 67.17 +0.1 pp
1993 67.07 −0.02 pp
1992 67.09 −0.01 pp
1991 67.1

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.