Contributing family workers, male (% of male 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
44.3%
Solomon Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Guyana
Median
2.1%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,176
What the numbers show
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 44.3% in Solomon Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Guyana.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.1%, and the mean is 5.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,247.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 1,068.5%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 99.0%).
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 44.3% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 2 | South Sudan | 41.1% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 3 | East Timor | 28.7% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 27.3% | 2025 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 5 | Nepal | 26.8% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 6 | Madagascar | 23.9% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 7 | Bhutan | 23.9% | 2025 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 8 | Niger | 22.8% | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 22.8% | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 10 | Kenya | 21.5% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 11 | Mali | 21.4% | 2025 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 12 | Haiti | 20.4% | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 13 | Laos | 20.3% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 14 | Tanzania | 19.4% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 18.9% | 2025 | up 53.4% | falling |
| 16 | Myanmar | 17.5% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 17.3% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 18 | Fiji | 17.2% | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 16.1% | 2025 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 20 | Albania | 16.0% | 2025 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 21 | Guinea-Bissau | 15.8% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 22 | Burundi | 14.9% | 2025 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 23 | Benin | 14.1% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 24 | Mozambique | 13.0% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 25 | Yemen | 12.9% | 2025 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 26 | Angola | 12.9% | 2025 | up 134.5% | falling |
| 27 | Papua New Guinea | 12.7% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 11.5% | 2025 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 29 | Thailand | 11.1% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 30 | Chad | 10.6% | 2025 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 31 | Bolivia | 10.5% | 2025 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 32 | Senegal | 10.3% | 2025 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 33 | Guinea | 10.1% | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 34 | Pakistan | 10.0% | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 9.9% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 36 | Nigeria | 9.8% | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 37 | Somalia | 9.5% | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 38 | Georgia | 9.4% | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 39 | India | 9.4% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9.1% | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 8.3% | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 42 | Ecuador | 8.2% | 2025 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 43 | Togo | 8.0% | 2025 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 44 | Vietnam | 7.9% | 2025 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 45 | Liberia | 7.4% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 46 | Congo | 7.2% | 2025 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 47 | Peru | 7.2% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 48 | Eritrea | 7.2% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 49 | Syria | 7.1% | 2025 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 50 | Samoa | 6.9% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 51 | Sudan | 6.7% | 2022 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 6.3% | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 53 | Cambodia | 5.9% | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 54 | Indonesia | 5.6% | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 55 | Uganda | 5.4% | 2025 | up 84.3% | falling |
| 56 | Guatemala | 5.2% | 2025 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 57 | Mauritania | 5.1% | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 58 | Malawi | 5.1% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 59 | China | 4.8% | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 60 | North Korea | 4.8% | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 61 | Gambia | 4.7% | 2025 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 62 | Cape Verde | 4.6% | 2025 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 63 | Honduras | 4.5% | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 64 | Morocco | 4.2% | 2025 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 65 | Philippines | 4.1% | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 66 | Namibia | 4.0% | 2025 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 67 | Iraq | 4.0% | 2025 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 68 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.9% | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 69 | Panama | 3.8% | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 70 | Turkmenistan | 3.8% | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 71 | Comoros | 3.8% | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 72 | Turkey | 3.8% | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 73 | Paraguay | 3.6% | 2025 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 74 | Suriname | 3.5% | 2025 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Belize | 3.4% | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 76 | Eswatini | 3.2% | 2025 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 77 | Cameroon | 3.1% | 2025 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 78 | El Salvador | 3.0% | 2025 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 79 | Palestine | 2.9% | 2022 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 80 | Serbia | 2.8% | 2025 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 81 | Tonga | 2.8% | 2025 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 82 | Libya | 2.8% | 2025 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 83 | Bangladesh | 2.7% | 2025 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 84 | Venezuela | 2.7% | 2025 | up 453.5% | falling |
| 85 | Switzerland | 2.6% | 2025 | up 85.0% | flat |
| 86 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.5% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.4% | 2025 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 88 | Mexico | 2.4% | 2025 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Greece | 2.4% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 90 | Ukraine | 2.2% | 2021 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 91 | Botswana | 2.2% | 2025 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 2.2% | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 93 | Guam | 2.1% | 2025 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 94 | Egypt | 2.1% | 2025 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 95 | Moldova | 2.1% | 2025 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Ghana | 2.1% | 2025 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 97 | Saint Lucia | 2.0% | 2025 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 98 | Armenia | 1.9% | 2025 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 99 | North Macedonia | 1.9% | 2025 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.8% | 2025 | up 238.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Belarus | 1.7% | 2025 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 102 | Slovenia | 1.7% | 2025 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 103 | Iran | 1.6% | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 104 | Romania | 1.6% | 2025 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 1.6% | 2025 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 106 | Luxembourg | 1.5% | 2025 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Vanuatu | 1.4% | 2025 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Tunisia | 1.4% | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 109 | Zambia | 1.3% | 2025 | down 74.5% | falling |
| 110 | Oman | 1.2% | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 111 | Colombia | 1.2% | 2025 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 112 | Algeria | 1.2% | 2025 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Barbados | 1.1% | 2025 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Montenegro | 1.0% | 2025 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 115 | Austria | 1.0% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 116 | Ireland | 0.9% | 2025 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 117 | New Caledonia | 0.9% | 2025 | up 78.1% | falling |
| 118 | South Korea | 0.8% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 119 | Lesotho | 0.8% | 2025 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Latvia | 0.8% | 2025 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Italy | 0.7% | 2025 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 122 | Brazil | 0.7% | 2025 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Lebanon | 0.7% | 2023 | up 1,068.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Finland | 0.7% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 125 | Cyprus | 0.7% | 2025 | down 45.6% | rising |
| 126 | Rwanda | 0.6% | 2025 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 127 | Dominican Republic | 0.6% | 2025 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.6% | 2025 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Japan | 0.6% | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 130 | Zimbabwe | 0.6% | 2025 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Gabon | 0.5% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 132 | South Africa | 0.5% | 2025 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Uruguay | 0.5% | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 134 | Kuwait | 0.5% | 2025 | up 469.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Sweden | 0.5% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 136 | Costa Rica | 0.5% | 2025 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Jamaica | 0.5% | 2025 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Croatia | 0.5% | 2025 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Cuba | 0.4% | 2025 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 140 | Maldives | 0.4% | 2025 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Poland | 0.4% | 2025 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Brunei | 0.4% | 2025 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 143 | New Zealand | 0.4% | 2025 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 144 | Lithuania | 0.4% | 2025 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Chile | 0.4% | 2025 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 146 | Belgium | 0.4% | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 147 | Bahamas | 0.4% | 2025 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Bahrain | 0.3% | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Mauritius | 0.3% | 2025 | down 84.1% | falling |
| 150 | United Kingdom | 0.3% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 151 | Qatar | 0.3% | 2025 | up 235.1% | volatile |
| 152 | French Polynesia | 0.3% | 2025 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Denmark | 0.2% | 2025 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 154 | France | 0.2% | 2025 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2% | 2025 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Spain | 0.2% | 2025 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Puerto Rico | 0.2% | 2025 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 158 | Netherlands | 0.2% | 2025 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 159 | Germany | 0.2% | 2025 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 160 | Argentina | 0.2% | 2025 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 161 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 2025 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 162 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2025 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 163 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2025 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Russia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 167 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2025 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Czechia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 170 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2025 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2025 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 172 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2025 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Australia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2025 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Norway | 0.1% | 2025 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2025 | down 91.4% | falling |
| 177 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.1% | 2025 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 178 | United States | 0.1% | 2025 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 179 | Israel | 0.1% | 2025 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 180 | Malaysia | 0.1% | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Malta | 0.1% | 2025 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Djibouti | 0.1% | 2025 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Hong Kong | 0.1% | 2025 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 184 | Canada | 0.1% | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 185 | Macao | 0.1% | 2025 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2025 | down 99.0% | falling |
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 25.0%
- Low income 15.3%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 14.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 14.5%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 13.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 12.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 12.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 12.9%
- Pre-demographic dividend 12.7%
- IDA only 12.6%
- IDA total 11.6%
- Africa Western and Central 10.5%
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.