Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled) in Macao
Macao: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled) was 0.3% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Macao, 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 Macao is 0.3%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 39.0% on the previous year and down 43.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Macao peaked at 3.6% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2018.
That places Macao 155th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled) in Macao, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.7% | — |
| 1992 | 2.6% | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 2.5% | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 2.4% | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 2.4% | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 2.4% | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 3.2% | +36.6% |
| 1998 | 3.2% | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 3.2% | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 2.9% | -8.6% |
| 2001 | 2.8% | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 2.6% | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 2.9% | +13.0% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | +24.0% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | -33.4% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | -23.4% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | -28.2% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -9.6% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | -15.3% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | -40.2% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -15.7% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | +25.3% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -45.8% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +32.4% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -44.5% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +53.8% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | +110.5% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -9.2% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | -22.4% |
| 2025 | 0.3% | -39.0% |
Macao compared with similar countries
- Macao's 0.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.4%, 73% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Macao's 0.3% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.9%, 5% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled) in Macao 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +110.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.7% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.3% | 1.2% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Macao
More work & labour data for Macao
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 208.94 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.82 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 420.81 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.74 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.769 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 206,074 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 117,019 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.99 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 2.38 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.2761 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Macao?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Macao was 0.3% 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 Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 2004.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2018.
- How does Macao rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Macao ranks 155th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Macao 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.