Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Iraq
Iraq: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 12.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Iraq, 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 Iraq is 12.7%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Iraq peaked at 17.9% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2013.
Iraq ranks 54th 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 Iraq, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 17.3% | — |
| 1992 | 17.8% | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 17.9% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 17.7% | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 17.0% | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 15.9% | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 14.4% | -9.5% |
| 1998 | 12.9% | -10.3% |
| 1999 | 11.2% | -13.6% |
| 2000 | 9.5% | -15.1% |
| 2001 | 8.2% | -13.9% |
| 2002 | 7.2% | -11.9% |
| 2003 | 6.4% | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 5.8% | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 5.4% | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 4.9% | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 4.4% | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 4.2% | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 4.1% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 3.9% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 3.6% | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 2.5% | -32.6% |
| 2014 | 10.1% | +312.1% |
| 2015 | 11.2% | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 10.9% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 10.6% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 9.7% | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 11.8% | +22.5% |
| 2020 | 12.4% | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 12.3% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 12.5% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 12.7% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 12.7% | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 12.7% | -0.1% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 12.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.7%, 2.7× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 12.7% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2.1%, 6.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Iraq 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +312.1% | 2.5% | 10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.8% | 11.2% | 17.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 6.0% | 4.1% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.8% | 2.5% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.5% | 12.3% | 12.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More work & labour data for Iraq
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.1891 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.1939 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.1833 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2038 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 65,560 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 15,931 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 50,009 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 50,640 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 100,649 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Iraq?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Iraq was 12.7% 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 17.9% in 1993.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2013.
- How does Iraq rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Iraq ranks 54th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq 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.