Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Zambia
Zambia: Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) was 1.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Zambia, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Zambia recorded 1.3% for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 74.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Zambia peaked at 9.5% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2025.
That places Zambia 109th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 8.9% | — |
| 1992 | 9.0% | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 9.0% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 9.2% | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 9.4% | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 9.5% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 9.4% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 9.5% | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 9.5% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 9.4% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 9.4% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 9.3% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 9.1% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 9.0% | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 8.8% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 8.5% | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 8.3% | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 8.0% | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 7.5% | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 7.0% | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 6.8% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 6.5% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 6.0% | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 5.7% | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 5.2% | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 4.9% | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 4.8% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 4.6% | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | -67.9% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | +47.3% |
| 2022 | 2.4% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -36.2% |
| 2024 | 1.4% | -6.0% |
| 2025 | 1.3% | -6.6% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 1.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.6%, 20% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 1.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7.2%, 18% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Zambia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -67.9% | 4.6% | 1.5% |
| 2021 | +47.3% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| 2023 | -36.2% | 2.4% | 1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.3% | 8.9% | 9.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 8.7% | 7.5% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.3% | 1.5% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.3% | 2.4% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Zambia?
- Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) in Zambia was 1.3% 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 9.5% in 1998.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2025.
- How does Zambia rank for contributing family workers, male (% of male employment)?
- Zambia ranks 109th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 74.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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.