Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Sweden
Sweden: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 0.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Sweden, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Sweden recorded 0.4% for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
That represents a change of down 8.0% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Sweden peaked at 0.8% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2018.
Sweden ranks 148th of 187 countries on this measure, 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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.6% | — |
| 1992 | 0.6% | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 0.7% | +16.8% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 0.7% | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 0.8% | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 0.7% | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 0.7% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.7% | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 0.7% | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 0.7% | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | -19.3% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | -13.6% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +14.8% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +14.5% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | -4.2% |
| 2025 | 0.4% | -8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Sweden?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Sweden was 0.4% 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1996.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2018.
- How does Sweden rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Sweden ranks 148th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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.