Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 1.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Dominican Republic, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 1.6% for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 8.4% on the previous year and down 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Dominican Republic peaked at 6.6% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2025.
That places Dominican Republic 115th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 4.2% | — |
| 1992 | 4.3% | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 4.8% | +12.1% |
| 1994 | 4.5% | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 3.9% | -12.9% |
| 1996 | 3.7% | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 3.5% | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 3.3% | -5.5% |
| 1999 | 3.1% | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 2.9% | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 2.9% | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 2.6% | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 2.5% | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 2.5% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 5.2% | +108.1% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | -28.0% |
| 2007 | 3.7% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 6.6% | +77.2% |
| 2009 | 3.8% | -42.8% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 3.1% | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 2.8% | -10.6% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | +18.7% |
| 2015 | 3.0% | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 2.9% | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 2.4% | -19.3% |
| 2018 | 2.5% | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | -20.8% |
| 2020 | 2.5% | +24.2% |
| 2021 | 2.9% | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 2.3% | -20.9% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | -12.3% |
| 2024 | 1.8% | -10.4% |
| 2025 | 1.6% | -8.4% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 1.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.7%, 35% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 1.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.0%, 55% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Dominican Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +108.1% | 2.5% | 5.2% |
| 2008 | +77.2% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.9% | 3.1% | 4.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 2.5% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.9% | 2.0% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2% | 1.6% | 2.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
- 112 Slovenia 1.8% compare
- 113 Uzbekistan 1.7% compare
- 114 Brazil 1.7% compare
- 116 Montenegro 1.6% compare
- 117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.6% compare
- 118 Oman 1.5% compare
More work & labour data for Dominican Republic
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.5342 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.5118 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.5561 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.3757 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 12,209 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,056 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 5,888 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,787 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 11,675 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Dominican Republic?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Dominican Republic was 1.6% 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 Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 2008.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2025.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Dominican Republic ranks 115th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.