Middle income vs Papua New Guinea: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)
Middle income
17.0%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
30.3%
in 2025
Middle income rank
22nd
Papua New Guinea rank
21st
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) over time
- Middle income
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 30.3% against 17.0% in Middle income, a difference of 13.3%.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.8 times Middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Middle income ahead.
Middle income ranks 22nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 21st of 47 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, Middle income averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle income | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.6% | 31.0% | 0.6% | Middle income |
| 2000s | 26.5% | 34.9% | 8.4% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 21.1% | 33.2% | 12.1% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 17.9% | 30.7% | 12.8% | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, female (% of female employment), Middle income or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 30.3% against 17.0% in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) between Middle income and Papua New Guinea?
- 13.3%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and Papua New Guinea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Middle income and Papua New Guinea rank globally for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Middle income ranks 22nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 21st of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.