Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Nigeria
Nigeria: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 9.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Nigeria, 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 Nigeria is 9.9%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Nigeria peaked at 16.2% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 9.9%, in 2025.
Nigeria ranks 48th 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 Nigeria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 16.2% | — |
| 1992 | 15.9% | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 15.9% | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 15.9% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 16.0% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 16.0% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 16.0% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 15.9% | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 15.9% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 15.7% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 15.6% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 15.2% | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 14.6% | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 14.1% | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 13.5% | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 13.1% | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 12.6% | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 12.2% | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 11.8% | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 11.4% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 11.1% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 10.8% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 10.6% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 10.3% | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 10.1% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 10.1% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 10.2% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 10.2% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 10.5% | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 10.2% | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 10.2% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 10.1% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 10.0% | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 9.9% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.0% | 15.9% | 16.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 13.8% | 11.8% | 15.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.5% | 10.1% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.2% | 9.9% | 10.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Nigeria?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Nigeria was 9.9% 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 16.2% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.9% in 2025.
- How does Nigeria rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Nigeria ranks 48th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.