Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 0.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Bulgaria, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Bulgaria stood at 0.2%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 45.5% on the previous year and down 74.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Bulgaria peaked at 2.2% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2025.
Bulgaria ranks 163rd of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.2% | — |
| 1992 | 1.3% | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 1.4% | +9.2% |
| 1994 | 1.6% | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 1.7% | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 1.7% | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 1.9% | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 1.8% | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 1.8% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 1.7% | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 1.6% | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 2.0% | +19.0% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 1.5% | -28.2% |
| 2006 | 1.3% | -17.2% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -21.9% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | -12.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +29.5% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -22.3% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | -36.8% |
| 2025 | 0.2% | -45.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.0% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Bulgaria
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7055 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.7441 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.5 % change on previous year (2050)
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 817.52 1000 No (2050)
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 3,531 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Bulgaria?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Bulgaria was 0.2% 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 Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 2004.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2025.
- How does Bulgaria rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Bulgaria ranks 163rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 74.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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.