Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 12.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Early-demographic dividend, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Early-demographic dividend stood at 12.7%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 19.5% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 12.7%, in 2025.
That places Early-demographic dividend 17th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 19.5% | — |
| 1992 | 19.3% | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 19.2% | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 19.0% | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 18.8% | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 18.6% | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 18.4% | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 18.4% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 18.1% | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 18.0% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 17.9% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 17.6% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 17.9% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 17.7% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 17.3% | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 17.0% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 16.9% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 16.7% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 16.7% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 16.5% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 16.2% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 15.9% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 15.7% | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 15.3% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 14.9% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 14.5% | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 14.1% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 13.8% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 13.6% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 13.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 13.2% | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 12.8% | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 13.5% | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 13.0% | -3.5% |
| 2025 | 12.7% | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.8% | 18.1% | 19.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 17.4% | 16.7% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 13.6% | 16.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.1% | 12.7% | 13.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
- 14 Burkina Faso 26.6% compare
- 15 Haiti 24.4% compare
- 16 Myanmar 23.9% compare
- 17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 22.3% compare
- 18 Afghanistan 21.9% compare
- 19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 21.2% compare
- 20 Papua New Guinea 21.2% compare
More work & labour data for Early-demographic dividend
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 75.9% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 50.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 37.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 60.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 39.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 36.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 24.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 48.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 56.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Early-demographic dividend?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Early-demographic dividend was 12.7% 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 Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 19.5% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.7% in 2025.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 17th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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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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.