Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 0.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Saudi Arabia, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Saudi Arabia stood at 0.1%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.6% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.6% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2016.
That places Saudi Arabia 165th 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 Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.3% | — |
| 1992 | 0.3% | +18.5% |
| 1993 | 0.3% | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 0.4% | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | +8.2% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | +11.8% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.5% | +12.8% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | +13.7% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -21.3% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -16.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -19.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -22.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | -48.7% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +68.1% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | -40.5% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +178.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -24.6% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | -19.1% |
| 2025 | 0.1% | -10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Saudi Arabia?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2005.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2016.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 165th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.