Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Peru
Peru: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 15.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Peru, 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 Peru is 15.6%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Peru peaked at 32.7% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 15.6%, in 2025.
Peru ranks 48th 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 31.1% | — |
| 1992 | 31.3% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 31.3% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 31.2% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 31.0% | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 30.8% | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 30.5% | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 31.1% | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 31.9% | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 31.6% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 30.2% | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 31.1% | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 31.9% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 32.7% | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 31.8% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 31.2% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 28.2% | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 26.9% | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 26.8% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 26.5% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 26.0% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 25.3% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 24.7% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 24.2% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 24.3% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 24.2% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 23.0% | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 22.6% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 22.4% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 22.7% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 17.6% | -22.3% |
| 2022 | 17.6% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 16.8% | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 16.2% | -3.5% |
| 2025 | 15.6% | -3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.1% | 30.5% | 31.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 30.2% | 26.8% | 32.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 22.4% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.7% | 15.6% | 22.7% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Peru?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Peru was 15.6% 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 32.7% in 2004.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.6% in 2025.
- How does Peru rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Peru ranks 48th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru 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.