Ireland

Ireland — Vulnerable employment

Name: Vulnerable employment (% of employment)
Creator: World Bank

IE desk: Ireland first; euro area, United Kingdom and United States alongside.

9.64%

−0.08 pp

As of 2025 | % of total employment

Latest: 9.64% 2025
Previous year: 9.72% 2024
Min: 9.64% 2025
Max: 20.96% 1992

Year	Value
2025	9.64%
2024	9.72%
2023	10.32%
2022	10.18%
2021	10.52%
2020	10.77%
2019	10.42%
2018	11.02%
2017	11.54%
2016	12.36%
2015	12.69%
2014	13.30%
2013	13.52%
2012	13.37%
2011	13.31%
2010	13.67%
2009	13.85%
2008	13.19%
2007	12.77%
2006	12.76%
2005	13.73%
2004	14.24%
2003	14.16%
2002	14.46%

#CountryVulnerable employmentChangeYear

143United Kingdom11.53%−0.08 pp2025 151Ireland9.64%−0.08 pp2025 155Euro area9.34%−0.08 pp2025 159France8.50%−0.07 pp2025 178Germany4.34%−0.03 pp2025 182United States3.81%−0.04 pp2025

What vulnerable employment is

Vulnerable employment (SL.EMP.VULN.ZS, modelled ILO estimate) is own-account and contributing-family workers as a share of employment. Latest: 9.64% in 2025.

These jobs usually lack formal contracts and social insurance. A high share is not the same as a low wage, but it is the usual companion of informal work. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): latest 9.64% (2025), previous year 9.72% (2024); low 9.64% (2025), high 20.96% (1992).

Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).