Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 7.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Nicaragua, 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 Nicaragua is 7.9%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Nicaragua peaked at 11.8% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 7.9%, in 2025.
That places Nicaragua 55th 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 Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 11.3% | — |
| 1992 | 11.5% | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 11.7% | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 11.7% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 11.7% | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 11.5% | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 11.3% | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 11.1% | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 10.8% | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 10.6% | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 10.4% | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 10.8% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 11.1% | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 11.5% | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 11.8% | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 11.5% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 11.3% | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 11.0% | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 10.9% | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 10.8% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 10.6% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 10.4% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 10.1% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 9.8% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 9.5% | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 9.2% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 8.9% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 8.8% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 9.0% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 8.7% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 8.6% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 8.3% | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 8.1% | -2.8% |
| 2025 | 7.9% | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.4% | 10.8% | 11.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 11.1% | 10.4% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.7% | 8.8% | 10.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.4% | 7.9% | 9.0% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Nicaragua?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Nicaragua was 7.9% 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 Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 11.8% in 2005.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.9% in 2025.
- How does Nicaragua rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Nicaragua ranks 55th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.