Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Rwanda
Rwanda: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 0.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Rwanda, 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 Rwanda is 0.6%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 18.0% on the previous year and down 57.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Rwanda peaked at 4.2% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2025.
Rwanda ranks 126th 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 Rwanda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3.9% | — |
| 1992 | 3.9% | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 4.1% | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 4.2% | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 4.1% | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 4.1% | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 4.1% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 4.1% | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 3.9% | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 3.7% | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 3.5% | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 3.3% | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 3.1% | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 2.9% | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 2.8% | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 2.4% | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 2.3% | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 1.9% | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 1.8% | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | +17.6% |
| 2019 | 1.1% | -30.3% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | +34.5% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -52.4% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +20.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 0.8% | -12.5% |
| 2025 | 0.6% | -18.0% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 0.6% is below the median for low income countries, which is 10.6%, 6% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 0.6% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7.2%, 9% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Rwanda 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 | -52.4% | 1.5% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | +34.5% | 1.1% | 1.5% |
| 2019 | -30.3% | 1.6% | 1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.0% | 3.9% | 4.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.9% | 2.2% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.1% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Rwanda
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Rwanda?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Rwanda was 0.6% 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 1994.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2025.
- How does Rwanda rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Rwanda ranks 126th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.