Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Türkiye
Türkiye: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 7.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Türkiye, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Türkiye stood at 7.8%.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Türkiye peaked at 23.5% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 7.8%, in 2023.
Türkiye ranks 56th 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 Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 23.5% | — |
| 1992 | 23.4% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 23.3% | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 23.2% | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 23.0% | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 22.9% | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 22.8% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 22.6% | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 22.3% | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 21.9% | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 22.9% | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 21.1% | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 19.8% | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 17.4% | -12.2% |
| 2005 | 15.4% | -11.5% |
| 2006 | 13.4% | -13.1% |
| 2007 | 12.9% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 12.9% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 13.7% | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 13.9% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 13.9% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 13.4% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 12.8% | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 12.6% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 12.1% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 11.7% | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 11.6% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 10.9% | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 10.7% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 9.7% | -10.1% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 8.5% | -8.9% |
| 2023 | 7.8% | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 8.0% | +3.0% |
| 2025 | 7.8% | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.0% | 22.3% | 23.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 17.1% | 12.9% | 22.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.4% | 10.7% | 13.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.5% | 7.8% | 9.7% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Türkiye
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 31,966 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 54.63 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 38,497 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 8.78 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.51 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 95,928 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 41,171 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 49.84 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.6505 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Türkiye?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Türkiye was 7.8% 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 Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 23.5% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.8% in 2023.
- How does Türkiye rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Türkiye ranks 56th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Türkiye 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.