Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 1.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Caribbean Small States, 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 Caribbean Small States is 1.4%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Caribbean Small States peaked at 3.9% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2025.
Caribbean Small States ranks 40th of 47 groups 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 Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3.9% | — |
| 1992 | 3.9% | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 3.9% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 3.7% | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 3.4% | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 3.1% | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 3.0% | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 2.7% | -10.4% |
| 1999 | 2.6% | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 2.4% | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 2.3% | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 2.3% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 2.2% | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 2.1% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 2.1% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 2.1% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 2.1% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 2.1% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 2.1% | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 2.0% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 2.0% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 2.0% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 1.8% | -12.0% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -12.7% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | -4.1% |
| 2025 | 1.4% | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.4% | 2.6% | 3.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
More work & labour data for Caribbean Small States
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 75.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 51.4% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 75.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 68.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 59.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 67.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 45.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 59.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Caribbean Small States?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Caribbean Small States was 1.4% 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 Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 3.9% in 1993.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2025.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 40th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States 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.