Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Portugal
Portugal: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 0.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Portugal, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Portugal recorded 0.1% for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 89.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Portugal peaked at 2.8% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2025.
That places Portugal 173rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.8% | — |
| 1992 | 2.2% | -20.6% |
| 1993 | 2.3% | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 2.6% | +12.6% |
| 1995 | 2.5% | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 2.1% | -15.1% |
| 1997 | 2.0% | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 2.7% | +39.2% |
| 1999 | 2.5% | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 2.7% | +10.4% |
| 2001 | 2.8% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 2.3% | -16.0% |
| 2003 | 2.0% | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 1.9% | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | -12.4% |
| 2007 | 1.5% | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 1.4% | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 1.4% | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -23.2% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.0% | -11.8% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +13.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | -14.9% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -23.4% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -23.3% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | -80.3% |
| 2025 | 0.1% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.4% | 2.0% | 2.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.0% | 1.3% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Portugal
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.0538 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.055 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.0528 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.28 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.1795 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 7,134 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,861 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 4,504 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 4,250 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 8,754 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Portugal?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Portugal 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2025.
- How does Portugal rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Portugal ranks 173rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 89.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.