Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Albania
Albania: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 26.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Albania, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Albania is 26.4%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Albania peaked at 50.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 26.4%, in 2025.
Albania ranks 29th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Albania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 38.2% | — |
| 1992 | 37.5% | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 37.8% | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 37.9% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 38.3% | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 37.9% | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 37.1% | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 36.8% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 36.3% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 35.9% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 35.6% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 35.1% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 34.6% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 35.2% | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 35.3% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 34.6% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 35.2% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 49.2% | +39.7% |
| 2009 | 45.3% | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 43.7% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 43.1% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 50.0% | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 45.3% | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 41.4% | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 39.6% | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 30.8% | -22.2% |
| 2017 | 26.5% | -14.0% |
| 2018 | 28.6% | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 29.0% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 26.9% | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 27.2% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 28.1% | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 27.1% | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 26.7% | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 26.4% | -1.3% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 26.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.7%, 5.6× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Albania's 26.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9%, 27.8× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Albania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +39.7% | 35.2% | 49.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.5% | 36.3% | 38.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 37.6% | 34.6% | 49.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.8% | 26.5% | 50.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.1% | 26.4% | 28.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 26.4% compare
- 27 Central African Republic 26.4% compare
- 28 Benin 26.4% compare
- 30 Lao People's Democratic Republic 24.5% compare
- 31 Indonesia 24.2% compare
- 32 Guinea-Bissau 23.8% compare
More work & labour data for Albania
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.31 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.32 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.29 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.33 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.217 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 2,083 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 580.32 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 580.03 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 604.96 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 1,185 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Albania?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Albania was 26.4% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 50.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.4% in 2025.
- How does Albania rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Albania ranks 29th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.