Middle income vs Papua New Guinea: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
Middle income
10.6%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
21.2%
in 2025
Middle income rank
22nd
Papua New Guinea rank
20th
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Middle income
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 21.2% against 10.6% in Middle income, a difference of 10.6%.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 2.0 times Middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Middle income ranks 22nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 20th of 47 groups.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle income | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.6% | 23.6% | 3.9% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 16.4% | 24.5% | 8.2% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 12.9% | 22.9% | 10.0% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 11.0% | 21.4% | 10.4% | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, total (% of total employment), Middle income or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 21.2% against 10.6% in Middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between Middle income and Papua New Guinea?
- 10.6%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and Papua New Guinea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Middle income and Papua New Guinea rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Middle income ranks 22nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 20th of 47 groups.
- 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.