Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 4.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, 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 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of is 4.8%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and up 498.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of peaked at 4.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2016.
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ranks 76th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.3% | — |
| 1992 | 2.3% | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 2.2% | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 2.2% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 1.9% | -13.3% |
| 1996 | 2.0% | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 1.5% | -26.3% |
| 1998 | 2.1% | +39.4% |
| 1999 | 2.8% | +34.7% |
| 2000 | 2.4% | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 3.0% | +26.3% |
| 2002 | 3.3% | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 3.4% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | -22.4% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | -9.2% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | -27.0% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | -33.6% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -12.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | -17.1% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | +14.4% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | -22.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +107.2% |
| 2018 | 2.5% | +52.1% |
| 2019 | 3.3% | +33.8% |
| 2020 | 3.8% | +16.5% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | -7.5% |
| 2022 | 4.0% | +13.6% |
| 2023 | 4.4% | +8.4% |
| 2024 | 4.6% | +5.3% |
| 2025 | 4.8% | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.2% | 1.1% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 0.8% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.2% | 3.5% | 4.8% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 10,601 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 51.65 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 11,326 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.73 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.69 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 30,625 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 10,899 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 48.69 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.43 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.9762 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of was 4.8% 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 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 4.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2016.
- How does Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ranks 76th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 498.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 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.