Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in High income
High income: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 0.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in High income, 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 High income is 0.6%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 34.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in High income peaked at 2.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2025.
That places High income 43rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in High income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.6% | — |
| 1992 | 2.6% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 2.5% | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 2.4% | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 2.4% | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 2.3% | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 2.2% | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 2.1% | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 2.1% | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 2.0% | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 1.9% | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 1.7% | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | -4.9% |
| 2006 | 1.5% | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 1.4% | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | -6.5% |
| 2025 | 0.6% | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.3% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near High income
More work & labour data for High income
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 54.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 61.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 42.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 46.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 44.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.8% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 80.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 69.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 75.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in High income?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in High income was 0.6% 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 High income?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2025.
- How does High income rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- High income ranks 43rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this High income 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.