Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 9.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Côte d'Ivoire, 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 Côte d'Ivoire is 9.1%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Côte d'Ivoire peaked at 15.9% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 8.1%, in 2016.
That places Côte d'Ivoire 40th 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, male (% of male employment) in Côte d'Ivoire, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 15.1% | — |
| 1992 | 15.2% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 15.5% | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 15.7% | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 15.9% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 15.8% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 15.7% | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 15.5% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 15.3% | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 15.2% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 15.1% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 15.2% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 15.4% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 15.5% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 15.5% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 15.5% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 15.4% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 15.2% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 14.8% | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 14.3% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 14.1% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 13.7% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 9.6% | -29.9% |
| 2014 | 9.1% | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 8.7% | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 8.1% | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 10.3% | +26.9% |
| 2018 | 9.8% | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 9.3% | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 9.9% | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 9.8% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 9.6% | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 9.4% | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 9.2% | -2.2% |
| 2025 | 9.1% | -0.7% |
Côte d'Ivoire compared with similar countries
- Côte d'Ivoire's 9.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.6%, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Côte d'Ivoire's 9.1% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7.2%, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Côte d'Ivoire 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | -29.9% | 13.7% | 9.6% |
| 2017 | +26.9% | 8.1% | 10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.5% | 15.1% | 15.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 15.3% | 14.8% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.7% | 8.1% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.5% | 9.1% | 9.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Côte d'Ivoire
More work & labour data for Côte d'Ivoire
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 6,814 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 67.05 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 13,867 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.41 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.53 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 19,166 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 6,805 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 65.43 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 3.05 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.96 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Côte d'Ivoire?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Côte d'Ivoire was 9.1% 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 Côte d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 15.9% in 1995.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Côte d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1% in 2016.
- How does Côte d'Ivoire rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Côte d'Ivoire ranks 40th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Côte d'Ivoire?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Côte d'Ivoire 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.