Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Senegal
Senegal: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 12.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Senegal, 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 Senegal is 12.2%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 49.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Senegal peaked at 29.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 12.2%, in 2025.
That places Senegal 42nd 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 Senegal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 26.4% | — |
| 1992 | 26.4% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 26.4% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 26.5% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 26.5% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 26.4% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 26.4% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 26.3% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 26.2% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 26.1% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 26.0% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 25.9% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 25.9% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 25.8% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 25.7% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 25.6% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 25.5% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 25.5% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 25.4% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 25.3% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 25.1% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 25.5% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 25.2% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 24.4% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 24.0% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 29.5% | +23.1% |
| 2017 | 21.1% | -28.4% |
| 2018 | 17.4% | -17.6% |
| 2019 | 13.7% | -21.3% |
| 2020 | 13.9% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 13.3% | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 12.8% | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 12.7% | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 12.5% | -1.5% |
| 2025 | 12.2% | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.4% | 26.2% | 26.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 25.7% | 25.4% | 26.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.1% | 13.7% | 29.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.9% | 12.2% | 13.9% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Senegal?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Senegal was 12.2% 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 29.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.2% in 2025.
- How does Senegal rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Senegal ranks 42nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal 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.