Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Gabon
Gabon: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 0.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Gabon, 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 Gabon is 0.5%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Gabon peaked at 2.3% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2021.
Gabon ranks 131st 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 Gabon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.3% | — |
| 1992 | 2.2% | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 2.2% | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 2.0% | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 1.9% | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 1.8% | -6.9% |
| 1997 | 1.7% | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 1.5% | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 1.5% | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 1.4% | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 1.4% | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 1.3% | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -8.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -28.1% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | -1.1% |
| 2025 | 0.5% | -2.6% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 0.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.2%, 24% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 0.5% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7.2%, 8% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Gabon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -28.1% | 0.7% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.9% | 1.5% | 2.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More work & labour data for Gabon
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.6318 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.6403 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.6237 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4321 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 3,339 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 176.73 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 3,488 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 3,415 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 6,903 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Gabon?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Gabon was 0.5% 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 2.3% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2021.
- How does Gabon rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Gabon ranks 131st out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Gabon 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.