Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Middle income
Middle income: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 17.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Middle income, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Middle income recorded 17.0% for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Middle income peaked at 33.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 17.0%, in 2025.
That places Middle income 22nd out of 47 groups 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 Middle income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 33.6% | — |
| 1992 | 33.1% | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 32.5% | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 32.1% | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 31.6% | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 31.1% | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 30.6% | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 30.2% | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 29.6% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 29.2% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 28.5% | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 27.9% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 27.6% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 26.9% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 26.2% | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 25.5% | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 25.1% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 24.5% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 24.0% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 23.7% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 23.1% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 22.4% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 21.9% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 21.4% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 20.7% | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 20.2% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 19.7% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 19.2% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 18.9% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 18.8% | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 18.2% | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 17.9% | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 18.1% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 17.4% | -3.4% |
| 2025 | 17.0% | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.6% | 29.6% | 33.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 26.5% | 24.0% | 29.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.1% | 18.9% | 23.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.9% | 17.0% | 18.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
- 19 Chad 32.8% compare
- 20 India 31.6% compare
- 21 Papua New Guinea 30.3% compare
- 22 Haiti 29.4% compare
- 23 Côte d'Ivoire 28.2% compare
- 24 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 28.1% compare
- 25 Sudan 27.2% compare
More work & labour data for Middle income
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 51.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 41.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 49.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 32.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 60.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 65.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 47.0% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 65.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Middle income?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Middle income was 17.0% 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 Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 33.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.0% in 2025.
- How does Middle income rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Middle income ranks 22nd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle income 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.