Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 0.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Bulgaria, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 0.2% for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 45.7% on the previous year and down 76.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Bulgaria peaked at 3.0% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2025.
That places Bulgaria 163rd 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 Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.8% | — |
| 1992 | 1.9% | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 2.1% | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 2.3% | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 2.4% | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 2.5% | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 2.7% | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 2.6% | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 2.6% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 2.4% | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 2.0% | -18.5% |
| 2002 | 2.3% | +17.0% |
| 2003 | 2.7% | +17.7% |
| 2004 | 3.0% | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 2.3% | -24.1% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | -18.9% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | -10.1% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | -12.8% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -23.7% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -21.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +13.2% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | +21.1% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | -12.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -12.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -30.3% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | +13.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | -37.0% |
| 2025 | 0.2% | -45.7% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 0.2% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.4%, 56% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 0.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9%, 26% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.3% | 1.8% | 2.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.5% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More work & labour data for Bulgaria
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7248 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7055 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7441 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.5 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.5166 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 4,606 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 817.52 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 1,761 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 1,770 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 3,531 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Bulgaria?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Bulgaria was 0.2% 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 Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 3.0% in 2004.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2025.
- How does Bulgaria rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Bulgaria ranks 163rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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.