Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Mauritius
Mauritius: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 0.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Mauritius, 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 Mauritius is 0.3%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 19.7% on the previous year and down 84.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Mauritius peaked at 3.5% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2025.
That places Mauritius 149th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3.5% | — |
| 1992 | 3.4% | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 3.2% | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 3.1% | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 2.9% | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 2.8% | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 2.7% | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 2.6% | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 2.4% | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 2.3% | -5.2% |
| 2001 | 2.2% | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | -26.6% |
| 2003 | 1.5% | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 1.4% | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -19.9% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | +33.8% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | -21.1% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +23.6% |
| 2011 | 1.3% | -17.9% |
| 2012 | 1.4% | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 1.8% | +20.5% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | -14.7% |
| 2017 | 2.1% | +34.2% |
| 2018 | 1.5% | -28.4% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | +33.2% |
| 2020 | 2.0% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -77.3% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -12.2% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | -10.2% |
| 2025 | 0.3% | -19.7% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 0.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.2%, 13% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 0.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7.2%, 4% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Mauritius 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 | -77.3% | 2.0% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.9% | 2.4% | 3.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 2.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Mauritius?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Mauritius was 0.3% 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2025.
- How does Mauritius rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Mauritius ranks 149th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 84.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.