Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
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.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
70.6%
Solomon Islands
Lowest
0.1%
Jordan
Median
4.2%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,176
What the numbers show
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 70.6% in Solomon Islands; the lowest is 0.1% in Jordan.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.2%, and the mean is 10.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,357.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 152 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 966.6%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 98.0%).
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 70.6% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 68.8% | 2025 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 3 | Nepal | 65.0% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 4 | Burundi | 58.5% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 5 | Madagascar | 56.8% | 2025 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 53.4% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 7 | South Sudan | 45.6% | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 8 | Bhutan | 43.9% | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 9 | Yemen | 40.7% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 38.9% | 2025 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 11 | Niger | 38.8% | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 12 | Tanzania | 38.6% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 13 | Mali | 38.0% | 2025 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 37.4% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | 37.1% | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 16 | East Timor | 36.2% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 17 | Myanmar | 34.6% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 18 | Kenya | 33.6% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 19 | Chad | 32.8% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 20 | India | 31.6% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 21 | Papua New Guinea | 30.3% | 2025 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 22 | Haiti | 29.4% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 28.2% | 2025 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 24 | North Korea | 28.1% | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 25 | Sudan | 27.2% | 2022 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 26 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 26.4% | 2025 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 27 | Central African Republic | 26.4% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 28 | Benin | 26.4% | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 29 | Albania | 26.4% | 2025 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 30 | Laos | 24.5% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 31 | Indonesia | 24.2% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 32 | Guinea-Bissau | 23.8% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 33 | Bolivia | 23.7% | 2025 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea | 22.5% | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 35 | Ecuador | 22.4% | 2025 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 36 | Togo | 22.4% | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 37 | Tajikistan | 20.7% | 2025 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 38 | Georgia | 20.2% | 2025 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 39 | Angola | 19.3% | 2025 | up 63.2% | falling |
| 40 | Thailand | 19.1% | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 41 | Fiji | 18.5% | 2025 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 42 | Eritrea | 17.1% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 43 | Syria | 16.3% | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Vietnam | 16.2% | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 45 | Egypt | 16.1% | 2025 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 46 | Turkey | 15.9% | 2025 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 47 | Senegal | 15.7% | 2025 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 48 | Peru | 15.6% | 2025 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 14.4% | 2025 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 50 | Cape Verde | 13.9% | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 51 | Mozambique | 13.7% | 2025 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 52 | Cambodia | 13.0% | 2025 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 53 | Somalia | 13.0% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 54 | Iraq | 12.7% | 2025 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 55 | China | 12.3% | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 56 | Iran | 12.1% | 2025 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 57 | Samoa | 11.9% | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 58 | Guatemala | 11.3% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 11.0% | 2025 | down 70.8% | falling |
| 60 | Mauritania | 10.8% | 2025 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 61 | Nigeria | 10.1% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 9.8% | 2025 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 63 | Liberia | 9.6% | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 64 | Philippines | 9.0% | 2025 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 65 | Venezuela | 8.5% | 2025 | up 561.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Serbia | 7.9% | 2025 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 67 | Paraguay | 7.8% | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 68 | Palestine | 7.7% | 2022 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 69 | Uganda | 7.6% | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 70 | Cameroon | 7.5% | 2025 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 71 | Turkmenistan | 7.4% | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 72 | Honduras | 7.2% | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 73 | Nicaragua | 7.2% | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 74 | Belize | 7.1% | 2025 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 75 | Morocco | 6.9% | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 76 | Panama | 6.9% | 2025 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 77 | Congo | 6.8% | 2025 | up 35.3% | flat |
| 78 | Gambia | 6.4% | 2025 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 79 | Malawi | 6.1% | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 80 | Libya | 6.0% | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 81 | Guam | 5.9% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 82 | South Korea | 5.7% | 2025 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 83 | Namibia | 5.4% | 2025 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Mexico | 5.3% | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 85 | Sierra Leone | 5.2% | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 86 | El Salvador | 4.9% | 2025 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 87 | Armenia | 4.9% | 2025 | down 80.9% | falling |
| 88 | Ukraine | 4.7% | 2021 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 89 | Suriname | 4.7% | 2025 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 90 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.7% | 2025 | up 190.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Greece | 4.6% | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 92 | Tonga | 4.6% | 2025 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 93 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.2% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 4.1% | 2025 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 95 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.0% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 96 | Comoros | 3.8% | 2025 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Romania | 3.7% | 2025 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Ghana | 3.6% | 2025 | down 75.4% | falling |
| 99 | Belarus | 3.3% | 2025 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 100 | Moldova | 3.1% | 2025 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Zambia | 3.1% | 2025 | down 67.5% | falling |
| 102 | Colombia | 3.0% | 2025 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 103 | Japan | 3.0% | 2025 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 104 | Rwanda | 2.9% | 2025 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 105 | Switzerland | 2.7% | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 106 | Eswatini | 2.6% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 107 | Tunisia | 2.5% | 2025 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Botswana | 2.3% | 2025 | down 39.3% | rising |
| 109 | Mauritius | 2.2% | 2025 | down 67.3% | falling |
| 110 | Lebanon | 2.1% | 2023 | up 877.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Luxembourg | 2.0% | 2025 | up 71.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Slovenia | 1.8% | 2025 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | 1.7% | 2025 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 114 | Brazil | 1.7% | 2025 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 1.6% | 2025 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 116 | Montenegro | 1.6% | 2025 | down 51.4% | rising |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.6% | 2025 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Oman | 1.5% | 2025 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 119 | Algeria | 1.5% | 2025 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Vanuatu | 1.5% | 2025 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 1.4% | 2025 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 122 | Italy | 1.3% | 2025 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 123 | Uruguay | 1.2% | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 124 | Barbados | 1.2% | 2025 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Gabon | 1.2% | 2025 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Saint Lucia | 1.2% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 127 | Austria | 1.0% | 2025 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Belgium | 1.0% | 2025 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Latvia | 0.9% | 2025 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Lesotho | 0.9% | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 131 | New Caledonia | 0.9% | 2025 | up 60.6% | falling |
| 132 | Ireland | 0.9% | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 133 | Poland | 0.8% | 2025 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.8% | 2025 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 0.8% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 136 | Brunei | 0.8% | 2025 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 0.8% | 2025 | down 77.0% | volatile |
| 138 | United Arab Emirates | 0.7% | 2025 | up 966.6% | volatile |
| 139 | New Zealand | 0.7% | 2025 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 140 | South Africa | 0.7% | 2025 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Chile | 0.7% | 2025 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Qatar | 0.7% | 2025 | up 193.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Cuba | 0.7% | 2025 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 144 | Kuwait | 0.6% | 2025 | up 402.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Croatia | 0.6% | 2025 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Cyprus | 0.6% | 2025 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Jamaica | 0.5% | 2025 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 148 | Finland | 0.5% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 149 | Maldives | 0.4% | 2025 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Netherlands | 0.4% | 2025 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4% | 2025 | up 218.3% | falling |
| 152 | Denmark | 0.4% | 2025 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Bahrain | 0.3% | 2025 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Sweden | 0.3% | 2025 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 155 | Macao | 0.3% | 2025 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2025 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 157 | France | 0.3% | 2025 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Argentina | 0.3% | 2025 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 159 | Bahamas | 0.3% | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 160 | Germany | 0.3% | 2025 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 161 | United Kingdom | 0.3% | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 162 | Spain | 0.2% | 2025 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Bulgaria | 0.2% | 2025 | down 76.5% | falling |
| 164 | Djibouti | 0.2% | 2025 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Estonia | 0.2% | 2025 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 166 | French Polynesia | 0.2% | 2025 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Czechia | 0.2% | 2025 | down 83.2% | falling |
| 168 | Guyana | 0.2% | 2025 | down 98.0% | falling |
| 169 | Singapore | 0.2% | 2025 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Hungary | 0.2% | 2025 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Malaysia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Canada | 0.1% | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Hong Kong | 0.1% | 2025 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Malta | 0.1% | 2025 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Israel | 0.1% | 2025 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 176 | United States | 0.1% | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 177 | Norway | 0.1% | 2025 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 178 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.1% | 2025 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 179 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2025 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Australia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2025 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Russia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 75.6% | flat |
| 184 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2025 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2025 | down 92.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Pacific island small states 41.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 32.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 32.1%
- Low income 29.4%
- South Asia 29.3%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 29.3%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 27.0%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 26.9%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 26.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 26.2%
- IDA only 25.7%
- Lower middle income 25.3%
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.