Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Albania
Albania: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 20.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Albania, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Albania stood at 20.8%.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Albania peaked at 36.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 20.0%, in 2017.
Albania ranks 21st of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Albania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 22.0% | — |
| 1992 | 22.4% | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 22.6% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 22.7% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 22.6% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 22.3% | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 22.1% | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 21.9% | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 21.5% | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 21.2% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 20.9% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 20.5% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 20.2% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 20.6% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 20.6% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 20.3% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 20.9% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 29.8% | +42.8% |
| 2009 | 28.1% | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 26.4% | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 31.4% | +19.0% |
| 2012 | 36.3% | +15.5% |
| 2013 | 33.8% | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 31.9% | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 29.7% | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 23.8% | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 20.0% | -15.6% |
| 2018 | 21.5% | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 22.0% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 20.7% | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 20.1% | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 21.5% | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 21.3% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 21.0% | -1.3% |
| 2025 | 20.8% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.2% | 21.5% | 22.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 22.3% | 20.2% | 29.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.7% | 20.0% | 36.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.9% | 20.1% | 21.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 18 Afghanistan 21.9% compare
- 19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 21.2% compare
- 20 Papua New Guinea 21.2% compare
- 22 Benin 20.2% compare
- 23 Pakistan 19.7% compare
- 24 Guinea-Bissau 19.7% compare
More work & labour data for Albania
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.31 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.32 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.29 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.33 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.217 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 2,083 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 580.32 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 580.03 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 604.96 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 1,185 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Albania?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Albania was 20.8% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 36.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.0% in 2017.
- How does Albania rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Albania ranks 21st out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Contributing family workers, total (% of total 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.