Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Peru
Peru: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 11.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Peru, 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 Peru is 11.0%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Peru peaked at 22.3% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 2025.
That places Peru 45th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Peru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 21.1% | — |
| 1992 | 21.2% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 21.2% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 21.1% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 21.0% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 20.9% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 20.7% | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 20.8% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 21.1% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 21.0% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 19.8% | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 20.7% | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 21.5% | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 22.3% | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 21.3% | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 21.0% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 18.9% | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 18.3% | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 18.3% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 18.0% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 18.0% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 17.1% | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 16.8% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 16.7% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 16.2% | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 16.1% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 15.5% | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 15.6% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 15.5% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 15.5% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 12.4% | -20.2% |
| 2022 | 12.3% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 12.0% | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 11.3% | -5.4% |
| 2025 | 11.0% | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.0% | 20.7% | 21.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 20.3% | 18.3% | 22.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.6% | 15.5% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.4% | 11.0% | 15.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Peru?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Peru was 11.0% 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 22.3% in 2004.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 2025.
- How does Peru rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Peru ranks 45th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru 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.