Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Chile
Chile: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 0.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Chile, 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 Chile is 0.5%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.1% on the previous year and down 51.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Chile peaked at 2.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2025.
Chile ranks 140th 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 Chile, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.6% | — |
| 1992 | 2.5% | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 2.3% | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 2.2% | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 2.2% | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 2.2% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 2.2% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 2.3% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 2.3% | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 2.4% | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 2.4% | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 2.4% | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 2.3% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 2.2% | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 1.5% | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -15.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -16.7% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | -7.4% |
| 2025 | 0.5% | -10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.0% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More work & labour data for Chile
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.14 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.14 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.15 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.62 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.2334 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 19,028 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,690 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 6,735 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 6,695 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 13,431 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Chile?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Chile was 0.5% 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 Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2025.
- How does Chile rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Chile ranks 140th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.