Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Austria
Austria: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 1.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Austria, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Austria recorded 1.0% for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in 2025.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Austria peaked at 2.1% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2019.
Austria ranks 115th 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, male (% of male employment) in Austria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.7% | — |
| 1992 | 1.8% | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 1.9% | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 1.8% | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 1.9% | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 2.1% | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 1.5% | -25.7% |
| 1998 | 1.5% | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 1.5% | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 1.5% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 1.4% | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | -21.5% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | +44.9% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 1.6% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 1.5% | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | +16.8% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -28.5% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -9.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | -12.4% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | -18.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +19.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +13.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | +9.9% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | -0.7% |
| 2025 | 1.0% | +0.4% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 1.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3%, 3.4× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Austria's 1.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7%, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.7% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More work & labour data for Austria
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.2039 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.2126 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.1955 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.71 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.5124 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6,294 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 2,584 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 3,691 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 3,708 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 7,399 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Austria?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Austria was 1.0% 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 Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 1996.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2019.
- How does Austria rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Austria ranks 115th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria 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.