Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal
Senegal: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 10.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal, 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 Senegal is 10.3%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 51.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal peaked at 23.3% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 2025.
Senegal ranks 32nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 22.9% | — |
| 1992 | 23.0% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 23.0% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 23.1% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 23.2% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 23.2% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 23.2% | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 23.2% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 23.1% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 22.9% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 22.8% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 22.8% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 22.7% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 22.7% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 22.6% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 22.5% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 22.4% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 22.4% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 22.3% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 22.2% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 22.1% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 22.3% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 22.0% | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 21.4% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 21.0% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 23.3% | +11.1% |
| 2017 | 16.5% | -29.3% |
| 2018 | 14.1% | -14.6% |
| 2019 | 11.5% | -18.2% |
| 2020 | 11.9% | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 11.3% | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 10.8% | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 10.7% | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 10.5% | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 10.3% | -2.2% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 10.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.6%, 1.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 10.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7.2%, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -29.3% | 23.3% | 16.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.1% | 22.9% | 23.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 22.6% | 22.3% | 22.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.6% | 11.5% | 23.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.9% | 10.3% | 11.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More work & labour data for Senegal
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.3558 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.335 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.3759 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3778 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 21,943 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 12,088 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 23,953 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 23,061 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 47,014 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Senegal was 10.3% 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 23.3% in 2016.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 2025.
- How does Senegal rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Senegal ranks 32nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal 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.