Ethiopia vs Timor-Leste: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
Ethiopia
29.6%
in 2025
Timor-Leste
32.1%
in 2025
Ethiopia rank
10th
Timor-Leste rank
7th
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Ethiopia
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 32.1% against 29.6% in Ethiopia, a difference of 2.5%.
That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Timor-Leste ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 10th and Timor-Leste ranks 7th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 2 and Timor-Leste in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38.1% | 38.1% | 0.0% | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 41.4% | 35.9% | 5.5% | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 37.7% | 33.4% | 4.3% | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 30.5% | 32.3% | 1.8% | Timor-Leste |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, total (% of total employment), Ethiopia or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 32.1% against 29.6% in Ethiopia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between Ethiopia and Timor-Leste?
- 2.5%, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Timor-Leste?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Ethiopia and Timor-Leste rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Ethiopia ranks 10th and Timor-Leste ranks 7th 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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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.