Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Albania
Albania: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 16.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Albania, 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 Albania is 16.0%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Albania peaked at 25.1% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 9.6%, in 2003.
Albania ranks 20th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Albania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9.6% | — |
| 1992 | 9.8% | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 10.3% | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 10.6% | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 10.8% | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 10.5% | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 10.4% | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 10.4% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 10.2% | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 10.0% | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 9.9% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 9.7% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 9.6% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 9.7% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 9.7% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 9.6% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 9.9% | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 14.9% | +50.5% |
| 2009 | 15.8% | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 13.6% | -13.7% |
| 2011 | 22.0% | +61.6% |
| 2012 | 25.1% | +14.2% |
| 2013 | 24.7% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 24.6% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 22.1% | -10.3% |
| 2016 | 18.0% | -18.5% |
| 2017 | 14.9% | -17.1% |
| 2018 | 15.8% | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 16.4% | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 15.5% | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 14.4% | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 15.9% | +10.3% |
| 2023 | 16.3% | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 16.1% | -1.1% |
| 2025 | 16.0% | -0.7% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 16.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.2%, 7.1× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Albania's 16.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7%, 23.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Albania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +61.6% | 13.6% | 22.0% |
| 2008 | +50.5% | 9.9% | 14.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.3% | 9.6% | 10.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 10.9% | 9.6% | 15.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.7% | 13.6% | 25.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.7% | 14.4% | 16.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 17 Burkina Faso 17.3% compare
- 18 Fiji 17.2% compare
- 19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 16.1% compare
- 21 Guinea-Bissau 15.8% compare
- 22 Burundi 14.9% compare
- 23 Benin 14.1% compare
More work & labour data for Albania
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.31 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.32 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.29 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.33 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.217 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 2,083 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 580.32 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 580.03 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 604.96 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 1,185 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Albania?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Albania was 16.0% 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 Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 25.1% in 2012.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.6% in 2003.
- How does Albania rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Albania ranks 20th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania 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.