Guinea-Bissau vs Middle income: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
Guinea-Bissau
19.7%
in 2025
Middle income
10.6%
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau rank
24th
Middle income rank
22nd
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Middle income
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 19.7% against 10.6% in Middle income, a difference of 9.1%.
That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.8 times Middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Guinea-Bissau has been ahead every year.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 24th and Middle income ranks 22nd of 187 countries.
Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.6% | 19.6% | 3.0% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 22.1% | 16.4% | 5.8% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 21.3% | 12.9% | 8.4% | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 20.1% | 11.0% | 9.1% | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, total (% of total employment), Guinea-Bissau or Middle income?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 19.7% against 10.6% in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between Guinea-Bissau and Middle income?
- 9.1%, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Middle income rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 24th and Middle income ranks 22nd 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.