Madagascar vs Pacific island small states: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
Madagascar
39.9%
in 2025
Pacific island small states
32.0%
in 2025
Madagascar rank
4th
Pacific island small states rank
1st
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Madagascar
- Pacific island small states
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 39.9% against 32.0% in Pacific island small states, a difference of 7.9%.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.2 times Pacific island small states's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 4th and Pacific island small states ranks 1st of 187 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Pacific island small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.2% | 24.2% | 13.0% | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 39.5% | 26.3% | 13.3% | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 42.0% | 30.4% | 11.6% | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 40.2% | 31.8% | 8.5% | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, total (% of total employment), Madagascar or Pacific island small states?
- Madagascar, at 39.9% against 32.0% in Pacific island small states as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between Madagascar and Pacific island small states?
- 7.9%, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Pacific island small states?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Madagascar and Pacific island small states rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Madagascar ranks 4th and Pacific island small states ranks 1st 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.