Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 1.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Saint Lucia, 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 Saint Lucia is 1.2%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 4.0% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Saint Lucia peaked at 3.0% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 1998.
Saint Lucia ranks 126th 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 Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3.0% | — |
| 1992 | 2.9% | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 2.8% | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 1.9% | -31.6% |
| 1995 | 2.8% | +45.3% |
| 1996 | 1.4% | -51.9% |
| 1997 | 1.5% | +10.5% |
| 1998 | 0.9% | -40.6% |
| 1999 | 1.8% | +106.5% |
| 2000 | 1.8% | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 1.8% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 1.7% | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 1.7% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 1.6% | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.5% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 2.1% | +46.0% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | -48.6% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | +53.2% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | +18.2% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | -14.1% |
| 2023 | 1.6% | -5.0% |
| 2024 | 1.2% | -23.4% |
| 2025 | 1.2% | -4.0% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 1.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.7%, 25% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 1.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.0%, 40% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Saint Lucia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +106.5% | 0.9% | 1.8% |
| 2020 | +53.2% | 1.1% | 1.7% |
| 1996 | -51.9% | 2.8% | 1.4% |
| 2018 | +46.0% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| 2019 | -48.6% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| 1995 | +45.3% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 6 |
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.9107 % change on previous year (2100)
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 133.72 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 55.65 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 52.55 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 108.21 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Saint Lucia?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Saint Lucia was 1.2% 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 Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.0% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 1998.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Saint Lucia ranks 126th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.