Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Mauritius
Mauritius: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 1.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Mauritius, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Mauritius stood at 1.0%.
The figure is down 20.4% on the previous year and down 71.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Mauritius peaked at 5.8% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2021.
Mauritius ranks 120th 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 Mauritius, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5.8% | — |
| 1992 | 5.6% | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 5.4% | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 5.1% | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 4.9% | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 4.7% | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 4.5% | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 4.3% | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 4.1% | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 3.9% | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 3.7% | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 3.7% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 3.2% | -8.9% |
| 2005 | 3.2% | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 3.2% | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 3.3% | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 3.3% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 3.3% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 3.6% | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 3.1% | -12.3% |
| 2012 | 3.4% | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 3.3% | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 3.3% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 3.1% | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 3.2% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -71.4% |
| 2022 | 1.6% | +80.0% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | -10.4% |
| 2025 | 1.0% | -20.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.9% | 4.1% | 5.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 3.4% | 3.2% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 0.9% | 3.1% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Mauritius?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Mauritius was 1.0% 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 5.8% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2021.
- How does Mauritius rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Mauritius ranks 120th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius 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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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.