Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 11.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Low & middle income, 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 Low & middle income is 11.6%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Low & middle income peaked at 21.2% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 11.6%, in 2025.
Low & middle income ranks 18th of 47 groups 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 Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 21.2% | — |
| 1992 | 20.9% | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 20.6% | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 20.3% | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 20.0% | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 19.7% | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 19.3% | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 19.0% | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 18.7% | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 18.4% | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 18.1% | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 17.8% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 17.7% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 17.3% | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 16.8% | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 16.4% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 16.1% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 15.8% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 15.5% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 15.3% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 14.9% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 14.6% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 14.2% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 14.0% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 13.5% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 13.2% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 12.9% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 12.6% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 12.4% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 12.4% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 12.1% | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 11.9% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 12.2% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 11.8% | -2.9% |
| 2025 | 11.6% | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.0% | 18.7% | 21.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 17.0% | 15.5% | 18.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.8% | 12.4% | 15.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.0% | 11.6% | 12.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
- 15 Haiti 24.4% compare
- 16 Myanmar 23.9% compare
- 17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 22.3% compare
- 18 Afghanistan 21.9% compare
- 19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 21.2% compare
- 20 Papua New Guinea 21.2% compare
- 21 Albania 20.8% compare
More work & labour data for Low & middle income
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 61.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 33.9% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 52.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 65.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.0% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 67.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 47.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Low & middle income?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Low & middle income was 11.6% 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 Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 21.2% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.6% in 2025.
- How does Low & middle income rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Low & middle income ranks 18th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low & middle 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.