Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Angola
Angola: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 16.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Angola, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
The most recent figure for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Angola is 16.0%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 86.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Angola peaked at 18.6% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 8.4%, in 2014.
Angola ranks 30th 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, total (% of total employment) in Angola, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 18.4% | — |
| 1992 | 18.4% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 18.5% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 18.5% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 18.6% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 18.5% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 18.5% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 18.4% | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 18.1% | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 18.0% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 17.8% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 17.6% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 17.3% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 17.0% | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 16.6% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 16.3% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 15.9% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 15.4% | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 14.8% | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 14.1% | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 13.6% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 11.8% | -13.0% |
| 2013 | 10.1% | -14.4% |
| 2014 | 8.4% | -16.9% |
| 2015 | 8.6% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 8.8% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 9.1% | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 9.4% | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 11.5% | +18.4% |
| 2021 | 13.1% | +14.2% |
| 2022 | 15.3% | +16.6% |
| 2023 | 15.5% | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 15.6% | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 16.0% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.4% | 18.1% | 18.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 16.7% | 14.8% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.4% | 8.4% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.5% | 11.5% | 16.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 27 Fiji 17.6% compare
- 28 Côte d'Ivoire 17.4% compare
- 29 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 16.6% compare
- 31 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 16.0% compare
- 32 India 15.7% compare
- 33 Guinea 15.3% compare
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.7449 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.7758 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6791 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.8 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 61,132 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 14,914 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 76,286 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 73,759 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 150,046 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Angola?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Angola was 16.0% 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 Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 18.6% in 1995.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4% in 2014.
- How does Angola rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Angola ranks 30th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 86.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Angola 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.