Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in OECD members
OECD members: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 0.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in OECD members, 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 OECD members is 0.8%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in OECD members peaked at 2.4% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2025.
That places OECD members 41st out of 47 groups 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 OECD members, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.3% | — |
| 1992 | 2.4% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 2.4% | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 2.2% | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 2.1% | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 2.1% | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 2.1% | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 1.9% | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 1.8% | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 1.7% | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 1.7% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 1.5% | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 1.5% | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -9.8% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 0.8% | -1.8% |
| 2025 | 0.8% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
More work & labour data for OECD members
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 53.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 68.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 60.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 47.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.4% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 78.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 66.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 73.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in OECD members?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in OECD members was 0.8% 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 OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4% in 1993.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2025.
- How does OECD members rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- OECD members ranks 41st out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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.