Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Ireland
Ireland: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 0.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Ireland, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Ireland stood at 0.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Ireland peaked at 1.9% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2019.
That places Ireland 126th 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 Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.9% | — |
| 1992 | 1.6% | -18.7% |
| 1993 | 1.7% | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 1.5% | -8.2% |
| 1995 | 1.3% | -12.8% |
| 1996 | 1.1% | -19.5% |
| 1997 | 1.3% | +17.6% |
| 1998 | 1.3% | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 1.3% | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.0% | -18.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | -14.2% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 0.7% | -25.5% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | -20.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | +35.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | +17.9% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | -20.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | +28.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -9.5% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | -21.7% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -11.9% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +19.8% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | +83.7% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | +31.6% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | -30.3% |
| 2025 | 0.9% | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 123 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.0% compare
- 124 Italy 1.0% compare
- 125 New Caledonia 0.9% compare
- 127 Latvia 0.9% compare
- 128 Uruguay 0.8% compare
- 129 Costa Rica 0.8% compare
More work & labour data for Ireland
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.4488 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.4574 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.4405 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.23 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.9335 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 4,354 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,447 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,638 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,649 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,286 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Ireland?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Ireland was 0.9% 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.9% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2019.
- How does Ireland rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Ireland ranks 126th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland 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.