Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 8.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Syrian Arab Republic, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Syrian Arab Republic stood at 8.5%.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Syrian Arab Republic peaked at 20.3% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 3.2%, in 2011.
Syrian Arab Republic ranks 52nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Syrian Arab Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 20.3% | — |
| 1992 | 20.1% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 19.8% | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 19.5% | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 19.1% | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 18.6% | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 18.0% | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 17.2% | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 16.8% | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 16.6% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 16.5% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 15.2% | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 13.7% | -9.6% |
| 2004 | 12.1% | -11.7% |
| 2005 | 10.5% | -13.8% |
| 2006 | 8.8% | -16.1% |
| 2007 | 8.9% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 6.3% | -29.2% |
| 2009 | 4.2% | -32.9% |
| 2010 | 3.8% | -10.1% |
| 2011 | 3.2% | -16.9% |
| 2012 | 3.8% | +18.8% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | +43.7% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | +26.7% |
| 2015 | 7.6% | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 8.2% | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 8.6% | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 8.7% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 8.7% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 8.9% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 8.6% | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 8.5% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 8.4% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 8.5% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 8.5% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.8% | 16.8% | 20.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 11.3% | 4.2% | 16.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 3.2% | 8.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.6% | 8.4% | 8.9% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Syrian Arab Republic
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 12,499 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 36.74 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 7,259 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 13.9 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 3.36 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 14,788 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 2,364 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 31.63 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 3.65 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 3.31 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Syrian Arab Republic was 8.5% 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 Syrian Arab Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 20.3% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.2% in 2011.
- How does Syrian Arab Republic rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Syrian Arab Republic ranks 52nd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Syrian Arab Republic 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.