Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Senegal
Senegal: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 15.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Senegal, 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 Senegal is 15.7%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 45.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Senegal peaked at 39.2% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 15.7%, in 2025.
That places Senegal 47th 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 Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 33.8% | — |
| 1992 | 33.7% | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 33.5% | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 33.4% | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 33.2% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 33.1% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 32.9% | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 32.7% | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 32.6% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 32.4% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 32.3% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 32.1% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 32.0% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 31.8% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 31.7% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 31.5% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 31.3% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 31.2% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 31.1% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 30.8% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 30.5% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 30.9% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 30.6% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 29.6% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 28.9% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 39.2% | +35.6% |
| 2017 | 28.4% | -27.6% |
| 2018 | 22.9% | -19.4% |
| 2019 | 17.5% | -23.7% |
| 2020 | 17.5% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 16.8% | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 16.5% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 16.3% | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 16.0% | -1.7% |
| 2025 | 15.7% | -2.0% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 15.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.9%, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 15.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.0%, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Senegal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +35.6% | 28.9% | 39.2% |
| 2017 | -27.6% | 39.2% | 28.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.2% | 32.6% | 33.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 31.8% | 31.1% | 32.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.9% | 17.5% | 39.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.4% | 15.7% | 17.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More work & labour data for Senegal
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.3558 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.335 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.3759 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3778 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 21,943 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 12,088 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 23,953 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 23,061 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 47,014 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Senegal?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Senegal was 15.7% 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 39.2% in 2016.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.7% in 2025.
- How does Senegal rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Senegal ranks 47th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal 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.