Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Indonesia
Indonesia: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 24.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Indonesia, 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 Indonesia is 24.2%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Indonesia peaked at 41.9% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 24.2%, in 2025.
Indonesia ranks 31st of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 36.6% | — |
| 1992 | 35.7% | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 35.4% | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 35.0% | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 34.4% | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 34.0% | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 36.4% | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 37.1% | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 34.7% | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 39.4% | +13.8% |
| 2001 | 39.1% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 36.8% | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 41.9% | +13.9% |
| 2004 | 39.0% | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 37.8% | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 34.5% | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 34.0% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 32.9% | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 33.2% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 33.7% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 33.1% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 32.4% | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 31.7% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 31.0% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 29.1% | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 27.0% | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 26.1% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 25.2% | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 25.0% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 26.0% | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 25.3% | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 26.0% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 25.5% | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 24.8% | -2.5% |
| 2025 | 24.2% | -2.6% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 24.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.7%, 5.1× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 24.2% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.9%, 4.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.5% | 34.0% | 37.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 36.9% | 32.9% | 41.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.4% | 25.0% | 33.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.3% | 24.2% | 26.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
- 28 Benin 26.4% compare
- 29 Albania 26.4% compare
- 30 Lao People's Democratic Republic 24.5% compare
- 32 Guinea-Bissau 23.8% compare
- 33 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 23.7% compare
- 34 Guinea 22.5% compare
More work & labour data for Indonesia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.3782 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.3533 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.4033 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.4 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.8065 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 234,105 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 87,446 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 147,430 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 148,081 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 295,511 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Indonesia?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Indonesia was 24.2% 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 Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 41.9% in 2003.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.2% in 2025.
- How does Indonesia rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Indonesia ranks 31st out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.