Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 5.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan stood at 5.4%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 9.2% on the previous year and down 52.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 13.3% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 2025.
That places Kyrgyzstan 70th 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 Kyrgyzstan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9.2% | — |
| 1992 | 9.7% | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 10.4% | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 11.5% | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 12.5% | +8.8% |
| 1996 | 13.1% | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 13.3% | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 13.3% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 13.2% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 12.9% | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 12.6% | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 12.3% | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 12.0% | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 11.6% | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 11.3% | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 11.1% | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 10.9% | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 10.5% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 10.4% | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 10.4% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 10.8% | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 10.9% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 12.9% | +18.5% |
| 2014 | 13.3% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 11.2% | -15.9% |
| 2016 | 10.2% | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 7.2% | -29.5% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 6.5% | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 7.3% | +12.5% |
| 2021 | 6.5% | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 6.5% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 6.4% | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 5.9% | -7.6% |
| 2025 | 5.4% | -9.2% |
Kyrgyzstan compared with similar countries
- Kyrgyzstan's 5.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7.4%, 72% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Kyrgyzstan's 5.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9%, 6.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -29.5% | 10.2% | 7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.8% | 9.2% | 13.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 11.6% | 10.4% | 12.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.0% | 6.5% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.3% | 5.4% | 7.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kyrgyzstan
More work & labour data for Kyrgyzstan
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.0196 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.0278 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.0124 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8283 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.79 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 4,346 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 3,767 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 5,899 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,831 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 11,730 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Kyrgyzstan 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 13.3% in 2014.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 2025.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 70th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan 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.