Afghanistan vs Low & middle income: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)

Afghanistan
21.9%
in 2025
Low & middle income
11.6%
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
18th
Low & middle income rank
18th

Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Low & middle income
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How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 21.9% against 11.6% in Low & middle income, a difference of 10.3%.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.9 times Low & middle income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 18th and Low & middle income ranks 18th of 187 countries.

Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Low & middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 33.4% 20.0% 13.4% Afghanistan
2000s 31.3% 17.0% 14.3% Afghanistan
2010s 23.6% 13.8% 9.8% Afghanistan
2020s 21.5% 12.0% 9.5% Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher contributing family workers, total (% of total employment), Afghanistan or Low & middle income?
Afghanistan, at 21.9% against 11.6% in Low & middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between Afghanistan and Low & middle income?
10.3%, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Low & middle income?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Afghanistan and Low & middle income rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
Afghanistan ranks 18th and Low & middle income ranks 18th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
Source
ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 8,211 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

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.