Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 24.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Lao People's Democratic Republic recorded 24.5% for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 46.5% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 24.5%, in 2025.
That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 30th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 46.5% | — |
| 1992 | 46.1% | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 45.8% | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 45.3% | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 44.8% | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 44.2% | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 43.5% | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 42.9% | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 42.3% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 41.7% | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 41.0% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 40.3% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 39.5% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 38.7% | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 37.9% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 37.1% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 36.2% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 35.3% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 34.4% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 33.5% | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 32.7% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 31.8% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 31.0% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 30.3% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 29.7% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 29.1% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 28.4% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 27.9% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 27.5% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 26.2% | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 25.6% | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 25.2% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 25.0% | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 24.8% | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 24.5% | -1.0% |
Lao People's Democratic Republic compared with similar countries
- Lao People's Democratic Republic's 24.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.9%, 2.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Lao People's Democratic Republic's 24.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.9%, 4.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 44.6% | 42.3% | 46.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 38.2% | 34.4% | 41.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.2% | 27.5% | 33.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.2% | 24.5% | 26.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 27 Central African Republic 26.4% compare
- 28 Benin 26.4% compare
- 29 Albania 26.4% compare
- 31 Indonesia 24.2% compare
- 32 Guinea-Bissau 23.8% compare
- 33 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 23.7% compare
More work & labour data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,934 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.2 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 3,788 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 1.25 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.16 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 19,084 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 6,038 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 65.37 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.63 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 24.5% 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 46.5% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.5% in 2025.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 30th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic 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.