Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Yemen
Yemen: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 14.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Yemen, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Yemen stood at 14.5%. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Yemen peaked at 14.5% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 2007.
Yemen ranks 37th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Yemen, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 12.0% | — |
| 1992 | 11.9% | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 11.8% | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 11.6% | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 11.5% | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 11.3% | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 11.2% | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 11.0% | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 10.9% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 10.7% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 10.6% | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 10.5% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 10.4% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 10.3% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 10.1% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 10.1% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 10.1% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 10.2% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 10.3% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 10.5% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 10.8% | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 11.1% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 11.4% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 12.0% | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 12.5% | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 13.0% | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 13.4% | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 13.8% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 14.2% | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 14.0% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 14.2% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 14.3% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 14.4% | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 14.5% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.5% | 10.9% | 12.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 10.3% | 10.1% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.9% | 10.3% | 13.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.3% | 14.0% | 14.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Yemen?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Yemen was 14.5% 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2025.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.1% in 2007.
- How does Yemen rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Yemen ranks 37th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen 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.