Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO) in Syria
Syria: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO) was 7.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Syria, 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 Syria is 7.1%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Syria peaked at 13.5% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 2.3%, in 2011.
Syria ranks 49th 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) (modeled ILO) in Syria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 13.5% | — |
| 1992 | 13.0% | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 12.4% | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 12.4% | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 12.0% | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 12.0% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 12.0% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 11.7% | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 11.0% | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 10.5% | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 10.8% | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 10.2% | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 9.6% | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 8.9% | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 8.1% | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 7.2% | -11.9% |
| 2007 | 7.4% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 4.7% | -36.7% |
| 2009 | 3.2% | -32.2% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | -14.4% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | -13.8% |
| 2012 | 2.8% | +20.5% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | +47.5% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | +29.7% |
| 2015 | 6.1% | +12.6% |
| 2016 | 6.6% | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 7.1% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 7.1% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 7.3% | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 7.1% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 7.0% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 7.0% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 7.0% | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 7.1% | +0.9% |
Syria compared with similar countries
- Syria's 7.1% is below the median for low income countries, which is 10.6%, 67% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Syria's 7.1% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.2%, 5.9× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO) in Syria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +47.5% | 2.8% | 4.2% |
| 2008 | -36.7% | 7.4% | 4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.2% | 11.0% | 13.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 8.0% | 3.2% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.1% | 2.3% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.1% | 7.0% | 7.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Syria
More work & labour data for Syria
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 12,499 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 36.74 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 7,259 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 13.9 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 3.36 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 14,788 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 2,364 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 31.63 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 3.65 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 3.31 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Syria?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Syria was 7.1% 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 Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 13.5% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3% in 2011.
- How does Syria rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Syria ranks 49th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Syria 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.