Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Belgium
Belgium: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 0.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Belgium, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Belgium stood at 0.7%.
The figure is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Belgium peaked at 2.8% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2023.
Belgium 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, total (% of total employment) in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.3% | — |
| 1992 | 2.8% | +18.6% |
| 1993 | 2.5% | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 2.4% | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 2.5% | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 2.6% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 2.3% | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 2.0% | -14.9% |
| 1999 | 2.5% | +24.2% |
| 2000 | 2.1% | -15.4% |
| 2001 | 2.0% | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 1.8% | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 1.7% | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 1.7% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 1.7% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | -16.0% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | -21.9% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | +13.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -24.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -10.8% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +14.6% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | +9.7% |
| 2025 | 0.7% | -5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Belgium?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Belgium was 0.7% 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 1992.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2023.
- How does Belgium rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Belgium ranks 133rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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.