Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 3.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 3.9% for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 9.2% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 2025.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 35th out of 47 groups 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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9.2% | — |
| 1992 | 9.1% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 9.1% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 8.9% | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 8.7% | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 8.4% | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 8.4% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 8.1% | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 8.3% | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 7.7% | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 7.4% | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 7.4% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 7.3% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 7.3% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 7.1% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 6.8% | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 6.4% | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 5.9% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 5.7% | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 5.4% | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 5.3% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 5.1% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 5.0% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 4.9% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 4.6% | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 4.8% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 4.8% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 4.7% | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 4.8% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 4.7% | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 4.3% | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | -5.0% |
| 2024 | 4.0% | -3.5% |
| 2025 | 3.9% | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.7% | 8.1% | 9.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 6.9% | 5.9% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.0% | 4.6% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.3% | 3.9% | 4.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More work & labour data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 51.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 62.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 56.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 47.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.6% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 69.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 57.5% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 68.9% (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 3.9% 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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.9% in 2025.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 35th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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.