Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Colombia
Colombia: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 1.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Colombia, 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 Colombia is 1.9%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and down 38.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Colombia peaked at 5.2% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 2025.
Colombia ranks 105th 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 Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5.2% | — |
| 1992 | 5.1% | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 5.0% | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 4.8% | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 4.8% | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 4.7% | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 4.7% | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 4.7% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 4.6% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 4.5% | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 4.4% | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 4.4% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 4.3% | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 3.8% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 3.5% | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 3.4% | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 4.0% | +18.4% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 3.9% | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 3.5% | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 3.1% | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 2.7% | -13.2% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 2.3% | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 2.2% | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 2.1% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 2.0% | -6.6% |
| 2023 | 2.0% | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 2.0% | -1.6% |
| 2025 | 1.9% | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.8% | 4.6% | 5.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 4.0% | 3.4% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 2.3% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Colombia?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Colombia was 1.9% 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 2025.
- How does Colombia rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Colombia ranks 105th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia 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.