Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Singapore
Singapore: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 0.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Singapore, 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 Singapore is 0.1%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 35.1% on the previous year and down 67.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Singapore peaked at 1.2% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2025.
That places Singapore 168th 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 Singapore, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.1% | — |
| 1992 | 0.9% | -12.1% |
| 1993 | 0.9% | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 1.1% | +21.4% |
| 1995 | 1.2% | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 1.2% | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 1.1% | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 1.1% | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 1.2% | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 1.1% | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 1.0% | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | -15.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | +18.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | -18.3% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -10.6% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | +34.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -16.3% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | -29.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -11.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +18.1% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +37.6% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -46.8% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | +54.3% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | -45.8% |
| 2025 | 0.1% | -35.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Singapore?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Singapore 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 1996.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2025.
- How does Singapore rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Singapore ranks 168th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Singapore 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.