Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Thailand
Thailand: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 14.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Thailand, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Thailand stood at 14.8%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Thailand peaked at 39.2% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 14.8%, in 2025.
Thailand ranks 35th of 187 countries on this measure, 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 38.7% | — |
| 1992 | 39.2% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 35.1% | -10.4% |
| 1994 | 34.8% | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 32.0% | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 29.7% | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 31.1% | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 30.6% | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 27.9% | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 28.1% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 25.5% | -9.4% |
| 2002 | 26.4% | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 25.4% | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 23.0% | -9.6% |
| 2005 | 22.4% | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 22.3% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 21.8% | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 23.1% | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 21.2% | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 21.0% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 23.6% | +12.4% |
| 2012 | 24.0% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 20.4% | -15.0% |
| 2014 | 17.9% | -12.0% |
| 2015 | 17.1% | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 16.6% | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 16.5% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 16.9% | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 16.3% | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 16.1% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 16.5% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 15.6% | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 15.5% | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 14.9% | -4.1% |
| 2025 | 14.8% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.2% | 27.9% | 39.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 23.9% | 21.2% | 28.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.0% | 16.3% | 24.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.6% | 14.8% | 16.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Thailand?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Thailand was 14.8% 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 39.2% in 1992.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.8% in 2025.
- How does Thailand rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Thailand ranks 35th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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.