Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Honduras
Honduras: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 5.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Honduras, 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 Honduras is 5.4%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Honduras peaked at 9.3% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 2025.
Honduras ranks 68th 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 Honduras, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9.3% | — |
| 1992 | 9.3% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 9.2% | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 9.2% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 9.1% | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 9.0% | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 8.9% | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 8.8% | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 8.7% | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 8.6% | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 8.5% | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 8.3% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 8.1% | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 7.9% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 7.7% | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 7.2% | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 6.3% | -12.9% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 6.5% | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 8.1% | +23.9% |
| 2011 | 8.9% | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 8.4% | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 7.2% | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 6.3% | -13.3% |
| 2015 | 7.6% | +21.3% |
| 2016 | 6.6% | -13.4% |
| 2017 | 6.9% | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 6.7% | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 6.4% | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 6.5% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 6.2% | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 6.0% | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 5.9% | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 5.6% | -3.6% |
| 2025 | 5.4% | -3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.0% | 8.7% | 9.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 7.5% | 6.0% | 8.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.3% | 6.3% | 8.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.0% | 5.4% | 6.5% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Honduras
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.1079 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.0917 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.1244 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 9,793 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 3,456 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 8,495 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 8,535 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 17,030 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Honduras?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Honduras was 5.4% 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 Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 9.3% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 2025.
- How does Honduras rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Honduras ranks 68th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras 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.