Malawi vs Sierra Leone: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
Malawi
5.6%
in 2025
Sierra Leone
5.7%
in 2025
Malawi rank
64th
Sierra Leone rank
63rd
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Malawi
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 5.7% against 5.6% in Malawi, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 64th and Sierra Leone ranks 63rd of 187 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.1% | 9.1% | 0.1% | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 8.2% | 8.8% | 0.6% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 6.8% | 0.0% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 5.7% | 6.2% | 0.4% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, total (% of total employment), Malawi or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 5.7% against 5.6% in Malawi as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 0.1%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Malawi and Sierra Leone rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Malawi ranks 64th and Sierra Leone ranks 63rd 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.