Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Thailand
Thailand: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 11.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Thailand, 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 Thailand is 11.1%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Thailand peaked at 26.9% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 11.1%, in 2025.
Thailand ranks 29th 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 26.3% | — |
| 1992 | 26.9% | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 22.7% | -15.5% |
| 1994 | 22.9% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 19.5% | -15.0% |
| 1996 | 16.9% | -12.9% |
| 1997 | 18.8% | +11.0% |
| 1998 | 19.1% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 17.1% | -10.6% |
| 2000 | 15.4% | -10.2% |
| 2001 | 16.2% | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 16.6% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 16.6% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 15.3% | -7.9% |
| 2005 | 14.3% | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 14.7% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 11.6% | -20.7% |
| 2008 | 15.5% | +33.0% |
| 2009 | 14.3% | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 14.2% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 16.3% | +14.6% |
| 2012 | 17.0% | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 11.7% | -31.0% |
| 2014 | 11.8% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 11.5% | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 11.4% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 11.4% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 11.9% | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 11.5% | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 11.4% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 11.9% | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 11.4% | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 11.4% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 11.2% | -2.5% |
| 2025 | 11.1% | -0.3% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 11.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.2%, 5.0× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 11.1% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.8%, 4.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +33.0% | 11.6% | 15.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.1% | 16.9% | 26.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 15.1% | 11.6% | 16.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.9% | 11.4% | 17.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.4% | 11.1% | 11.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 26 Angola 12.9% compare
- 27 Papua New Guinea 12.7% compare
- 28 Tajikistan 11.5% compare
- 30 Chad 10.6% compare
- 31 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 10.5% compare
- 32 Senegal 10.3% compare
More work & labour data for Thailand
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.7473 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7165 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7773 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.09 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.1451 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 45,410 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 19,963 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 23,079 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 22,476 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 45,555 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Thailand?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Thailand was 11.1% 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 26.9% in 1992.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.1% in 2025.
- How does Thailand rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Thailand ranks 29th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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.