Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in North America
North America: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 0.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in North America, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in North America stood at 0.1%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in North America peaked at 0.2% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2025.
North America ranks 47th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in North America, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.2% | — |
| 1992 | 0.2% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | -18.9% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | -11.5% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | +10.6% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 0.1% | -15.8% |
| 1999 | 0.1% | -11.2% |
| 2000 | 0.1% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1% | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.1% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near North America
More work & labour data for North America
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 56.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 62.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 51.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 52.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 52.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 78.8% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 84.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 69.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 74.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in North America?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in North America was 0.1% 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 North America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 1992.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2025.
- How does North America rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- North America ranks 47th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North America 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.