Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Morocco
Morocco: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 4.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Morocco, 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 Morocco is 4.8%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Morocco peaked at 17.8% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 4.8%, in 2025.
Morocco ranks 75th 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 17.8% | — |
| 1992 | 17.5% | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 17.6% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 17.3% | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 17.4% | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 17.3% | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 17.2% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 17.1% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 17.0% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 16.9% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 16.7% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 16.6% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 16.3% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 16.2% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 15.3% | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 14.3% | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 13.4% | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 12.5% | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 11.6% | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 10.7% | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 9.0% | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 8.1% | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 7.2% | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 6.9% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 6.8% | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 6.5% | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 6.2% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 5.9% | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 5.8% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 5.5% | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 5.4% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 5.3% | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 5.1% | -4.1% |
| 2025 | 4.8% | -5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.3% | 17.0% | 17.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 15.0% | 11.6% | 16.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.7% | 5.9% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.3% | 4.8% | 5.8% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Morocco?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Morocco was 4.8% 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 17.8% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.8% in 2025.
- How does Morocco rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Morocco ranks 75th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.