Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Armenia
Armenia: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 4.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Armenia, 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 Armenia is 4.9%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 17.1% on the previous year and down 80.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Armenia peaked at 39.5% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 4.9%, in 2025.
Armenia ranks 87th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Armenia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 37.6% | — |
| 1992 | 38.2% | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 38.9% | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 39.2% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 39.4% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 39.5% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 39.3% | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 38.6% | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 38.0% | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 37.3% | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 36.6% | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 35.8% | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 34.9% | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 34.0% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 33.0% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 32.0% | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 30.8% | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 30.0% | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 29.1% | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 27.4% | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 24.5% | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 25.8% | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 25.0% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 24.6% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 25.7% | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 23.7% | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 18.1% | -23.5% |
| 2018 | 17.7% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 11.7% | -34.0% |
| 2020 | 9.3% | -20.2% |
| 2021 | 6.8% | -26.6% |
| 2022 | 6.6% | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 6.8% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 5.9% | -12.9% |
| 2025 | 4.9% | -17.1% |
Armenia compared with similar countries
- Armenia's 4.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.7%, 1.0× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Armenia's 4.9% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9%, 5.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Armenia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -34.0% | 17.7% | 11.7% |
| 2021 | -26.6% | 9.3% | 6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38.7% | 37.6% | 39.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 33.4% | 29.1% | 37.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.4% | 11.7% | 27.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.7% | 4.9% | 9.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
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- 89 Suriname 4.7% compare
- 90 Equatorial Guinea 4.7% compare
More work & labour data for Armenia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7088 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.6966 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.721 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.0634 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 2,005 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 695.21 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 854.22 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 837.98 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 1,692 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Armenia?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Armenia was 4.9% 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 Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 39.5% in 1996.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.9% in 2025.
- How does Armenia rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Armenia ranks 87th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Armenia 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.