Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Argentina
Argentina: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 0.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Argentina, 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 Argentina is 0.3%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.8% on the previous year and down 68.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Argentina peaked at 2.4% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2025.
That places Argentina 158th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Argentina, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.1% | — |
| 1992 | 2.0% | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 2.0% | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 1.8% | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 1.8% | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 2.4% | +35.5% |
| 1997 | 2.0% | -15.7% |
| 1998 | 1.7% | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 1.7% | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 1.4% | -14.0% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 2.1% | +73.5% |
| 2004 | 2.0% | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 1.7% | -16.0% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | -16.4% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -27.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +20.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -20.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | +18.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -28.6% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -22.1% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | -14.2% |
| 2025 | 0.3% | -26.8% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 0.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.7%, 6% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 0.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.0%, 10% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Argentina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +73.5% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.9% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More work & labour data for Argentina
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7783 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7715 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7851 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.514 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 52,564 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 2,664 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 19,145 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 19,111 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 38,256 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Argentina?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Argentina was 0.3% 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 Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4% in 1996.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2025.
- How does Argentina rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Argentina ranks 158th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina 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.