Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Zambia
Zambia: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 2.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Zambia, 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 Zambia is 2.1%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.5% on the previous year and down 70.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Zambia peaked at 12.7% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2025.
Zambia ranks 104th 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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 11.9% | — |
| 1992 | 12.1% | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 12.2% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 12.4% | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 12.6% | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 12.7% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 12.6% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 12.7% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 12.7% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 12.6% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 12.5% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 12.4% | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 12.2% | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 11.9% | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 11.6% | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 11.3% | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 11.0% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 10.6% | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 10.1% | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 9.5% | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 9.2% | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 8.8% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 8.3% | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 7.8% | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 7.2% | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 6.8% | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 6.7% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 6.4% | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | -54.8% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | +32.7% |
| 2022 | 3.2% | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 2.4% | -22.8% |
| 2024 | 2.3% | -6.2% |
| 2025 | 2.1% | -6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.4% | 11.9% | 12.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 11.6% | 10.1% | 12.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.3% | 2.9% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 2.1% | 3.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Zambia?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Zambia was 2.1% 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.7% in 1998.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2025.
- How does Zambia rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Zambia ranks 104th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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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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.