Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO) in Brunei
Brunei: Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO) was 4.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) in Brunei, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Brunei recorded 4.5% for vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) in Brunei peaked at 7.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 2022.
Brunei ranks 176th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO) in Brunei, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 4.8% | — |
| 1992 | 4.8% | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 5.0% | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 5.1% | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 5.1% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 5.1% | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 5.0% | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 5.2% | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 5.1% | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 4.9% | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 4.9% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 4.9% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 4.8% | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 4.7% | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 4.6% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 4.6% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 4.7% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 4.7% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 5.0% | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 5.1% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 5.1% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 5.1% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 5.2% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 5.3% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 5.6% | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 5.9% | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 6.1% | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 4.8% | -21.1% |
| 2019 | 6.3% | +30.5% |
| 2020 | 7.0% | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 5.4% | -22.5% |
| 2022 | 4.5% | -17.0% |
| 2023 | 4.7% | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 4.6% | -2.3% |
| 2025 | 4.5% | -2.2% |
Brunei compared with similar countries
- Brunei's 4.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 9.5%, 47% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Brunei's 4.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 33.6%, 13% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO) in Brunei 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +30.5% | 4.8% | 6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.0% | 4.8% | 5.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 4.8% | 4.6% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 4.8% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.1% | 4.5% | 7.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brunei
More work & labour data for Brunei
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 137.72 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 63.56 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 240.28 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.43 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.08 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 172,284 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 64,415 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 60.11 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 2.06 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.5234 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) in Brunei?
- Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) in Brunei was 4.5% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) recorded in Brunei?
- The highest recorded value was 7.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) recorded in Brunei?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 2022.
- How does Brunei rank for vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment)?
- Brunei ranks 176th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Brunei?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brunei data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Vulnerable employment is contributing family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.