Employers, male (% of male employment) in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Employers, male (% of male employment) was 3.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, male (% of male employment) in Vanuatu, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for employers, male (% of male employment) in Vanuatu is 3.5%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 63.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, male (% of male employment) in Vanuatu peaked at 3.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2010.
Vanuatu ranks 120th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, male (% of male employment) in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.4% | — |
| 1992 | 2.4% | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 2.4% | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 2.4% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 2.4% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 2.4% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 2.4% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2.4% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 2.4% | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 2.5% | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 2.4% | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 2.4% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 2.4% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 2.3% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 2.3% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 2.3% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2.1% | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 1.8% | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -53.6% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | +18.4% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | +19.1% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | +23.6% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | +17.0% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | +23.0% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | +13.4% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | +13.0% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 3.4% | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 3.5% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 3.5% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 3.5% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 3.5% | -0.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 3.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.6%, 98% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 3.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3.6%, 96% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Employers, male (% of male employment) in Vanuatu changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | -53.6% | 1.8% | 0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.3% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 0.8% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
More work & labour data for Vanuatu
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.5174 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.5226 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.5115 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6054 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.46 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 163.02 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 311.57 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 431.36 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 444.12 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 875.48 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, male (% of male employment) in Vanuatu?
- Employers, male (% of male employment) in Vanuatu was 3.5% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest employers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2010.
- How does Vanuatu rank for employers, male (% of male employment)?
- Vanuatu ranks 120th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).