Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Iraq
Iraq: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 4.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Iraq, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Iraq stood at 4.0%.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Iraq peaked at 4.4% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2013.
Iraq ranks 67th 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 Iraq, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 4.0% | — |
| 1992 | 4.2% | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 4.4% | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 4.4% | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 4.4% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 4.3% | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 3.9% | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 3.4% | -13.8% |
| 1999 | 2.8% | -18.3% |
| 2000 | 2.2% | -20.6% |
| 2001 | 1.8% | -18.6% |
| 2002 | 1.5% | -13.4% |
| 2003 | 1.4% | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | -9.2% |
| 2008 | 1.0% | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -30.5% |
| 2014 | 2.7% | +349.3% |
| 2015 | 3.2% | +17.2% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | -9.7% |
| 2019 | 3.6% | +21.6% |
| 2020 | 3.8% | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 3.7% | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 3.8% | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 3.9% | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 3.9% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 4.0% | +1.3% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 4.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.2%, 1.8× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 4.0% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.2%, 3.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Iraq 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +349.3% | 0.6% | 2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.0% | 2.8% | 4.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2% | 0.6% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 64 Morocco 4.2% compare
- 65 Philippines 4.1% compare
- 66 Namibia 4.0% compare
- 68 Sao Tome and Principe 3.9% compare
- 69 Panama 3.8% compare
- 70 Turkmenistan 3.8% compare
More work & labour data for Iraq
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.1891 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.1939 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.1833 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2038 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 65,560 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 15,931 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 50,009 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 50,640 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 100,649 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Iraq?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Iraq was 4.0% 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 4.4% in 1994.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2013.
- How does Iraq rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Iraq ranks 67th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iraq 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.