Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Paraguay
Paraguay: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 7.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Paraguay, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Paraguay stood at 7.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Paraguay peaked at 11.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 5.6%, in 2014.
That places Paraguay 67th out of 187 countries 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 Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 10.6% | — |
| 1992 | 10.6% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 10.6% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 10.6% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 10.6% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 10.6% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 10.6% | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 10.6% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 10.4% | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 10.3% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 10.1% | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 9.8% | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 8.7% | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 9.2% | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 8.4% | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 9.4% | +11.3% |
| 2007 | 7.5% | -20.2% |
| 2008 | 9.0% | +21.0% |
| 2009 | 8.1% | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 7.7% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | -17.2% |
| 2013 | 7.1% | +12.3% |
| 2014 | 5.6% | -21.9% |
| 2015 | 11.6% | +108.3% |
| 2016 | 9.8% | -15.2% |
| 2017 | 10.7% | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 11.1% | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 10.6% | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 11.3% | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 10.5% | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 8.3% | -20.7% |
| 2023 | 8.7% | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 8.2% | -5.7% |
| 2025 | 7.8% | -4.8% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 7.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.7%, 1.7× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 7.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.0%, 2.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Paraguay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +108.3% | 5.6% | 11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.6% | 10.4% | 10.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 9.0% | 7.5% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 5.6% | 11.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.2% | 7.8% | 11.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 64 Philippines 9.0% compare
- 65 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8.5% compare
- 66 Serbia 7.9% compare
- 68 Palestine, State of 7.7% compare
- 69 Uganda 7.6% compare
- 70 Cameroon 7.5% compare
More work & labour data for Paraguay
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.23 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.2175 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.2425 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.2 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.9753 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6,607 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 2,290 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 4,534 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 4,514 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 9,048 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Paraguay?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Paraguay was 7.8% 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 11.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6% in 2014.
- How does Paraguay rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Paraguay ranks 67th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.