Afghanistan vs Lower middle income: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)
Afghanistan
18.9%
in 2025
Lower middle income
9.1%
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
15th
Lower middle income rank
14th
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) over time
- Afghanistan
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 18.9% against 9.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 9.8%.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 2.1 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 15th and Lower middle income ranks 14th of 187 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.8% | 14.1% | 9.7% | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 22.1% | 12.5% | 9.6% | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 13.6% | 10.5% | 3.0% | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 16.6% | 9.2% | 7.4% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, male (% of male employment), Afghanistan or Lower middle income?
- Afghanistan, at 18.9% against 9.1% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) between Afghanistan and Lower middle income?
- 9.8%, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Lower middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Lower middle income rank globally for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Afghanistan ranks 15th and Lower middle income ranks 14th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Contributing family workers, male (% of male 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.