Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Belize
Belize: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 4.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Belize, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Belize stood at 4.8%.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Belize peaked at 5.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2014.
Belize ranks 77th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Belize, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 4.3% | — |
| 1992 | 4.1% | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 3.9% | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 3.8% | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 3.7% | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 3.9% | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 3.9% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 3.8% | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 3.8% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 3.8% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 3.8% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 3.8% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 3.8% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 3.8% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 3.8% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 3.8% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 3.7% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 3.8% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 3.8% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 3.9% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 3.9% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 2.8% | -29.2% |
| 2015 | 4.3% | +55.6% |
| 2016 | 4.0% | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | -18.1% |
| 2018 | 3.5% | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 4.9% | +39.1% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 5.0% | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 4.9% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 4.9% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 4.8% | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 4.8% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.9% | 3.7% | 4.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 3.8% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 2.8% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.0% | 4.8% | 5.3% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Belize?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Belize was 4.8% 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 Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 5.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2014.
- How does Belize rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Belize ranks 77th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize 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.