Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Zambia
Zambia: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) was 3.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Zambia, 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 Zambia is 3.1%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 67.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Zambia peaked at 16.5% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2025.
Zambia ranks 101st 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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 15.8% | — |
| 1992 | 16.0% | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 16.1% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 16.2% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 16.4% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 16.5% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 16.5% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 16.5% | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 16.4% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 16.3% | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 16.1% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 16.0% | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 15.7% | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 15.4% | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 15.1% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 14.7% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 14.2% | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 13.8% | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 13.2% | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 12.5% | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 12.1% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 11.7% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 11.0% | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 10.4% | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 9.6% | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 9.1% | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 8.9% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 8.5% | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 4.6% | -45.7% |
| 2020 | 3.9% | -15.9% |
| 2021 | 4.9% | +25.0% |
| 2022 | 4.1% | -15.5% |
| 2023 | 3.5% | -14.0% |
| 2024 | 3.3% | -6.2% |
| 2025 | 3.1% | -6.5% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 3.1% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.9%, 29% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 3.1% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13.0%, 24% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Zambia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -45.7% | 8.5% | 4.6% |
| 2021 | +25.0% | 3.9% | 4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.3% | 15.8% | 16.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 15.0% | 13.2% | 16.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.9% | 4.6% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.8% | 3.1% | 4.9% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Zambia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.5254 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.5224 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.5281 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7611 % change on previous year (2050)
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 15,424 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 32,895 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 31,579 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 64,474 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Zambia?
- Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) in Zambia was 3.1% 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.5% in 1996.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2025.
- How does Zambia rank for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Zambia ranks 101st out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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.