Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Japan
Japan: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 1.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Japan, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Japan recorded 1.7% for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Japan peaked at 7.7% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2025.
Japan ranks 110th 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 Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 7.7% | — |
| 1992 | 7.1% | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 6.5% | -8.6% |
| 1994 | 6.3% | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 6.1% | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 5.9% | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 5.7% | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 5.7% | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 5.6% | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 5.2% | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 5.0% | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 4.8% | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 4.6% | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 4.6% | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 4.4% | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 3.8% | -12.3% |
| 2007 | 3.7% | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 3.5% | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 3.2% | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 2.9% | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 2.9% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 2.7% | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 2.6% | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 2.3% | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 2.1% | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 2.1% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 2.0% | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 1.9% | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 1.8% | -6.0% |
| 2025 | 1.7% | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.3% | 5.6% | 7.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 4.3% | 3.2% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 2.1% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Japan?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Japan was 1.7% 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 7.7% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2025.
- How does Japan rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Japan ranks 110th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan 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.