Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 17.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Côte d'Ivoire, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Côte d'Ivoire recorded 17.4% for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Côte d'Ivoire peaked at 22.3% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 12.8%, in 2016.
That places Côte d'Ivoire 28th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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) in Côte d'Ivoire, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 21.2% | — |
| 1992 | 21.4% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 21.6% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 21.9% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 22.0% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 21.9% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 21.8% | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 21.7% | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 21.6% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 21.5% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 21.6% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 21.8% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 22.1% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 22.2% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 22.3% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 22.3% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 22.3% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 22.2% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 21.7% | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 21.2% | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 20.9% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 20.4% | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 15.8% | -22.6% |
| 2014 | 14.8% | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 13.8% | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 12.8% | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 13.0% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 13.5% | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 14.0% | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 15.7% | +12.5% |
| 2021 | 16.9% | +7.8% |
| 2022 | 18.2% | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 17.9% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 17.5% | -1.8% |
| 2025 | 17.4% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.7% | 21.2% | 22.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 22.0% | 21.5% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.0% | 12.8% | 21.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.3% | 15.7% | 18.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Côte d'Ivoire
- 25 Chad 19.5% compare
- 26 Central African Republic 17.8% compare
- 27 Fiji 17.6% compare
- 29 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 16.6% compare
- 30 Angola 16.0% compare
- 31 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 16.0% compare
More work & labour data for Côte d'Ivoire
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 6,814 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 67.05 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 13,867 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 2.41 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.53 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 19,166 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 6,805 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 65.43 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 3.05 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 2.96 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Côte d'Ivoire?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Côte d'Ivoire was 17.4% 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 Côte d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 22.3% in 2006.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Côte d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.8% in 2016.
- How does Côte d'Ivoire rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Côte d'Ivoire ranks 28th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Côte d'Ivoire?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Côte d'Ivoire 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.