Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in World
World: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 9.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in World, 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 World is 9.4%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in World peaked at 16.7% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 9.4%, in 2025.
That places World 26th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 World, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 16.7% | — |
| 1992 | 16.6% | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 16.4% | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 16.2% | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 16.0% | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 15.7% | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 15.5% | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 15.3% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 15.0% | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 14.8% | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 14.6% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 14.3% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 14.2% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 13.9% | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 13.6% | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 13.2% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 12.7% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 12.6% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 12.1% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 11.9% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 11.6% | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 11.4% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 11.0% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 10.7% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 10.4% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 10.2% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 10.1% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 10.1% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 9.9% | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 9.7% | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 9.9% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 9.6% | -2.9% |
| 2025 | 9.4% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.9% | 15.0% | 16.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 13.7% | 12.6% | 14.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.2% | 10.1% | 12.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.8% | 9.4% | 10.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near World
- 23 Pakistan 19.7% compare
- 24 Guinea-Bissau 19.7% compare
- 25 Chad 19.5% compare
- 26 Central African Republic 17.8% compare
- 27 Fiji 17.6% compare
- 28 Côte d'Ivoire 17.4% compare
- 29 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 16.6% compare
More work & labour data for World
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.1226 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.1316 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.1143 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.688 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6.68 million 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 3.09 million 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 5.10 million 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5.08 million 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 10.18 million 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in World?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in World was 9.4% 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 16.7% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.4% in 2025.
- How does World rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- World ranks 26th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.