Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Suriname
Suriname: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 4.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Suriname, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Suriname recorded 4.7% for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in 2025.
The figure is down 9.2% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Suriname peaked at 6.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 1998.
Suriname ranks 89th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3.4% | — |
| 1992 | 3.6% | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 3.6% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 1.9% | -46.9% |
| 1995 | 2.4% | +24.3% |
| 1996 | 2.7% | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 4.0% | +52.7% |
| 1998 | 1.7% | -58.8% |
| 1999 | 2.0% | +20.9% |
| 2000 | 2.3% | +16.1% |
| 2001 | 2.6% | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 2.8% | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 2.9% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 2.9% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 2.9% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 3.0% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 3.2% | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 3.4% | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 4.0% | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 4.9% | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 5.5% | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 5.8% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 6.0% | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 6.2% | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 6.0% | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 5.7% | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 5.6% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 5.5% | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 5.2% | -5.9% |
| 2025 | 4.7% | -9.2% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 4.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.7%, 100% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 4.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.0%, 1.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | -58.8% | 4.0% | 1.7% |
| 1994 | -46.9% | 3.6% | 1.9% |
| 1997 | +52.7% | 2.7% | 4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.8% | 1.7% | 4.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.9% | 2.3% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.0% | 3.4% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.4% | 4.7% | 6.0% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Suriname
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.3451 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.3213 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.368 % 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 0.4854 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 480.04 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 168.36 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 358.14 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 350.87 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 709 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Suriname?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Suriname was 4.7% 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 1998.
- How does Suriname rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Suriname ranks 89th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.