Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Bahamas
Bahamas: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 0.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Bahamas, 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 Bahamas is 0.3%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 14.1% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Bahamas peaked at 1.2% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2003.
Bahamas ranks 159th of 187 countries on this measure, 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 Bahamas, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.7% | — |
| 1992 | 0.6% | -14.6% |
| 1993 | 0.6% | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.5% | -20.0% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | +116.3% |
| 1996 | 1.2% | +16.8% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | -82.8% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | +112.4% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | -10.3% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | -23.2% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -41.1% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +307.1% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | -80.4% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | +261.3% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -12.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -22.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -15.6% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +20.4% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | -12.9% |
| 2025 | 0.3% | -14.1% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 0.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.4%, 66% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Bahamas'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 Bahamas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +307.1% | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| 2004 | +261.3% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| 1995 | +116.3% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| 1998 | +112.4% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Bahamas
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.2501 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.2148 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.2821 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.22 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.4187 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 419.94 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 54.95 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 200.05 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 184.9 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 384.95 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Bahamas?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Bahamas 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 Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 1996.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2003.
- How does Bahamas rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Bahamas ranks 159th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahamas 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.