Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 18.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Afghanistan, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Afghanistan is 18.9%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 53.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Afghanistan peaked at 23.9% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 10.7%, in 2017.
Afghanistan ranks 15th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 23.5% | — |
| 1992 | 23.6% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 23.7% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 23.9% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 23.9% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 23.9% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 23.9% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 23.9% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 23.8% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 23.7% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 23.7% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 23.4% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 23.1% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 22.7% | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 22.2% | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 21.7% | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 21.1% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 20.3% | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 19.2% | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 17.9% | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 16.9% | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 15.9% | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 14.5% | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 13.3% | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 12.3% | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 11.6% | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 10.7% | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 11.1% | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 11.7% | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 12.5% | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 12.7% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 18.3% | +43.2% |
| 2023 | 18.6% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 18.8% | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 18.9% | +0.6% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 18.9% is above the median for low income countries, which is 10.6%, 1.8× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 18.9% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.2%, 15.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +43.2% | 12.7% | 18.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.8% | 23.5% | 23.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 22.1% | 19.2% | 23.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.6% | 10.7% | 17.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.6% | 12.5% | 18.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 12 Haiti 20.4% compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 20.3% compare
- 14 Tanzania, United Republic of 19.4% compare
- 16 Myanmar 17.5% compare
- 17 Burkina Faso 17.3% compare
- 18 Fiji 17.2% compare
More work & labour data for Afghanistan
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.4637 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.4511 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.4755 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.088 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.67 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 25,498 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 36,430 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 65,039 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 65,177 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 130,217 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Afghanistan?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Afghanistan was 18.9% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 23.9% in 1997.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.7% in 2017.
- How does Afghanistan rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Afghanistan ranks 15th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Contributing family workers, male (% of male 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.