Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled) in Bolivia
Bolivia: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled) was 16.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Bolivia, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Bolivia stood at 16.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Bolivia peaked at 26.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 16.6%, in 2022.
Bolivia ranks 29th 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) (modeled) in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 26.6% | — |
| 1992 | 26.3% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 26.1% | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 25.9% | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 25.6% | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 25.3% | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 25.0% | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 24.7% | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 24.4% | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 23.1% | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 23.0% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 22.5% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 23.4% | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 23.2% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 23.0% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 24.0% | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 21.8% | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 22.2% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 20.7% | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 21.0% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 21.2% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 17.3% | -18.5% |
| 2013 | 18.6% | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 20.6% | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 17.3% | -15.9% |
| 2016 | 17.1% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 19.0% | +11.4% |
| 2018 | 20.3% | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 18.8% | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 19.0% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 18.7% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 16.6% | -11.1% |
| 2023 | 16.9% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 16.8% | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 16.6% | -1.1% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 16.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7.4%, 2.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 16.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.9%, 8.7× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.5% | 24.4% | 26.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 22.7% | 20.7% | 24.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.1% | 17.1% | 21.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.4% | 16.6% | 19.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
- 26 Central African Republic 17.8% compare
- 27 Fiji 17.6% compare
- 28 Cote d'Ivoire 17.4% compare
- 30 Angola 16.0% compare
- 31 North Korea 16.0% compare
- 32 India 15.7% compare
More work & labour data for Bolivia
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1,928 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 79.04 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 7,271 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.58 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.823 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 17,718 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 5,806 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 77 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.9059 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Bolivia?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Bolivia was 16.6% 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 Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 26.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.6% in 2022.
- How does Bolivia rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Bolivia ranks 29th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bolivia 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.