Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Togo
Togo: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 22.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Togo, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Togo recorded 22.4% for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Togo peaked at 33.4% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 22.4%, in 2025.
That places Togo 36th 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 Togo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 33.4% | — |
| 1992 | 33.3% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 33.2% | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 32.9% | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 32.7% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 32.6% | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 32.5% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 32.3% | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 32.2% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 32.1% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 32.0% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 31.9% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 31.9% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 31.9% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 31.8% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 31.6% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 31.5% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 31.4% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 31.2% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 31.0% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 30.8% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 30.6% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 30.4% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 30.1% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 29.8% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 29.4% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 28.9% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 28.4% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 28.0% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 27.1% | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 25.3% | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 23.6% | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 23.3% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 23.0% | -1.3% |
| 2025 | 22.4% | -2.5% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 22.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.9%, 2.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Togo's 22.4% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.0%, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.8% | 32.2% | 33.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 31.7% | 31.2% | 32.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.8% | 28.0% | 31.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.1% | 22.4% | 27.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More work & labour data for Togo
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.5481 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.6114 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.1445 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 9,267 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 6,031 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 11,881 1000 No (2100)
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 23,640 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Togo?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Togo was 22.4% 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 33.4% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.4% in 2025.
- How does Togo rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Togo ranks 36th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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.