Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Panama
Panama: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 5.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Panama, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Panama stood at 5.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Panama peaked at 6.5% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 2011.
That places Panama 72nd 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 Panama, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 6.5% | — |
| 1992 | 6.4% | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 6.4% | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 6.3% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 6.3% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 6.2% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 6.2% | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 6.0% | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 5.8% | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 5.6% | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 5.4% | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 5.2% | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 5.0% | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 4.8% | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 4.6% | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 4.4% | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 4.6% | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 4.4% | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 4.5% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 4.3% | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 3.7% | -15.4% |
| 2012 | 4.7% | +28.9% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 4.4% | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 4.2% | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 4.5% | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 4.6% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 5.4% | +16.4% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 4.9% | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 5.5% | +11.5% |
| 2023 | 5.1% | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 5.1% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 5.1% | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.2% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 4.9% | 4.4% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 3.7% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.2% | 4.9% | 5.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Panama?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Panama was 5.1% 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 Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 6.5% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 2011.
- How does Panama rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Panama ranks 72nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama 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.