Sierra Leone vs Sri Lanka: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
Sierra Leone
5.7%
in 2025
Sri Lanka
6.2%
in 2025
Sierra Leone rank
63rd
Sri Lanka rank
61st
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Sierra Leone
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 6.2% against 5.7% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 63rd and Sri Lanka ranks 61st of 187 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.1% | 11.5% | 2.4% | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 8.8% | 11.4% | 2.6% | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 8.6% | 1.9% | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 6.2% | 6.3% | 0.1% | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, total (% of total employment), Sierra Leone or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 6.2% against 5.7% in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka?
- 0.5%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Sierra Leone ranks 63rd and Sri Lanka ranks 61st 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.