Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Uruguay
Uruguay: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 0.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Uruguay, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 0.5% for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in 2025.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Uruguay peaked at 1.3% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2020.
Uruguay ranks 133rd 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 Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.2% | — |
| 1992 | 1.2% | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 1.1% | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 1.1% | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 1.0% | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 1.0% | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 0.9% | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.9% | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 1.0% | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8% | -23.4% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +39.6% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | -16.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 1.3% | +49.0% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | -17.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -11.2% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -14.7% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +24.7% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -22.1% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -25.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +27.6% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | -4.7% |
| 2025 | 0.5% | -5.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.8× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 0.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.0%, 26% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Uruguay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +49.0% | 0.9% | 1.3% |
| 2002 | +39.6% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Uruguay
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Uruguay?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Uruguay was 0.5% 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2006.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2020.
- How does Uruguay rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Uruguay ranks 133rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.