Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Jamaica
Jamaica: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 0.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica is 0.5%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.1% on the previous year and down 52.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Jamaica peaked at 3.1% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2025.
That places Jamaica 144th out of 187 countries 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 Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 3.1% | — |
| 1992 | 3.0% | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 2.2% | -26.3% |
| 1994 | 2.4% | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 2.8% | +17.7% |
| 1996 | 2.5% | -13.4% |
| 1997 | 2.1% | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 2.2% | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 2.2% | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 2.0% | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 2.1% | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 1.4% | -31.5% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 1.3% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 1.0% | -18.2% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | +26.0% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -13.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -15.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -26.5% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | -10.3% |
| 2025 | 0.5% | -10.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.5% | 2.1% | 3.1% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Jamaica
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.76 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.69 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.83 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.25 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.0152 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 1,904 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 799.47 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 544.43 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 522.35 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 1,067 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Jamaica?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Jamaica was 0.5% 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 3.1% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2025.
- How does Jamaica rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Jamaica ranks 144th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.