Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Greece
Greece: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 3.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Greece, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Greece stood at 3.3%.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Greece peaked at 9.1% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2020.
That places Greece 90th out of 187 countries 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 Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 8.4% | — |
| 1992 | 8.8% | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 8.8% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 9.0% | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 9.1% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 8.8% | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 8.7% | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 8.6% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 7.4% | -14.3% |
| 2000 | 6.9% | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 6.8% | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 6.3% | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 6.4% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 6.3% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 6.2% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 6.4% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 6.2% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 5.7% | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 5.8% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 5.6% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 5.4% | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | -8.4% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 4.6% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 4.3% | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 3.9% | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 3.9% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | -13.9% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 3.0% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 3.1% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 3.5% | +13.5% |
| 2024 | 3.4% | -2.9% |
| 2025 | 3.3% | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.6% | 7.4% | 9.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 6.3% | 5.7% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 3.1% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Greece?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Greece was 3.3% 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 9.1% in 1995.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2020.
- How does Greece rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Greece ranks 90th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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.