Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in OECD members
OECD members: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 1.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in OECD members, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in OECD members stood at 1.3%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in OECD members peaked at 4.2% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2025.
OECD members ranks 41st 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 OECD members, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 4.2% | — |
| 1992 | 4.2% | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 4.0% | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 3.9% | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 3.8% | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 3.7% | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 3.6% | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 3.4% | -5.2% |
| 1999 | 3.3% | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 3.1% | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 3.0% | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 2.8% | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 2.3% | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 2.1% | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 2.1% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 2.1% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2.1% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 2.0% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 2.0% | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 1.9% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 1.8% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 1.7% | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 1.5% | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 1.5% | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 1.4% | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 1.4% | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 1.3% | -2.5% |
| 2025 | 1.3% | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.8% | 3.3% | 4.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.5% | 2.1% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
More work & labour data for OECD members
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 53.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 68.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 60.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 47.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 80.4% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 78.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 66.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 73.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in OECD members?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in OECD members was 1.3% 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 OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2025.
- How does OECD members rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- OECD members ranks 41st out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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.