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Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2

Name: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, % of female employment, contributing, family, workers, female, employment, modeled, ilo, estimate, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•186 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

10.7% of female employment

Median: 4.2% of female employment

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Solomon Islands

70.6% of female employment

Lowest

Jordan

0.1% of female employment

Top 5 Countries

1Solomon Islands70.6% of female employment

2Afghanistan68.8% of female employment

3Nepal65.0% of female employment

4Burundi58.5% of female employment

5Madagascar56.8% of female employment

By Region

Africa14.5% of female employment(9 countries)

Other13.4% of female employment(106 countries)

Asia13.1% of female employment(26 countries)

South America6.4% of female employment(7 countries)

North America4.2% of female employment(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1% of female employment)High (70.6% of female employment)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 10.7% of female employment)

Africa (9)

Other (106)

Asia (26)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Solomon Islands	70.6% of female employment
2	Afghanistan	68.8% of female employment
3	Nepal	65.0% of female employment
4	Burundi	58.5% of female employment
5	Madagascar	56.8% of female employment
6	Pakistan	53.4% of female employment
7	South Sudan	45.6% of female employment
8	Bhutan	43.9% of female employment
9	Yemen	40.7% of female employment
10	Ethiopia	38.9% of female employment
11	Niger	38.8% of female employment
12	United Republic of Tanzania	38.6% of female employment
13	Mali	38.0% of female employment
14	Burkina Faso	37.4% of female employment
15	Azerbaijan	37.1% of female employment
16	Timor-Leste	36.2% of female employment
17	Myanmar	34.6% of female employment
18	Kenya	33.6% of female employment
19	Chad	32.8% of female employment
20	India	31.6% of female employment
21	Papua New Guinea	30.3% of female employment
22	Haiti	29.4% of female employment
23	Cote d'Ivoire	28.2% of female employment
24	North Korea	28.1% of female employment
25	Sudan	27.2% of female employment
26	Democratic Republic of the Congo	26.4% of female employment
27	Central African Republic	26.4% of female employment
28	Benin	26.4% of female employment
29	Albania	26.4% of female employment
30	Lao People's Democratic Republic	24.5% of female employment
31	Indonesia	24.2% of female employment
32	Guinea-Bissau	23.8% of female employment
33	Bolivia	23.7% of female employment
34	Guinea	22.5% of female employment
35	Ecuador	22.4% of female employment
36	Togo	22.4% of female employment
37	Tajikistan	20.7% of female employment
38	Georgia	20.2% of female employment
39	Angola	19.3% of female employment
40	Thailand	19.1% of female employment
41	Fiji	18.5% of female employment
42	Eritrea	17.1% of female employment
43	Syrian Arab Republic	16.3% of female employment
44	Vietnam	16.2% of female employment
45	Egypt	16.1% of female employment
46	Türkiye	15.9% of female employment
47	Senegal	15.7% of female employment
48	Peru	15.6% of female employment
49	Sri Lanka	14.4% of female employment
50	Cape Verde	13.9% of female employment
51	Mozambique	13.7% of female employment
52	Cambodia	13.0% of female employment
53	Somalia	13.0% of female employment
54	Iraq	12.7% of female employment
55	People's Republic of China	12.3% of female employment
56	Islamic Republic of Iran	12.1% of female employment
57	Samoa	11.9% of female employment
58	Guatemala	11.3% of female employment
59	Bangladesh	11.0% of female employment
60	Mauritania	10.8% of female employment
61	Nigeria	10.1% of female employment
62	Kyrgyzstan	9.8% of female employment
63	Liberia	9.6% of female employment
64	Philippines	9.0% of female employment
65	Venezuela	8.5% of female employment
66	Serbia	7.9% of female employment
67	Paraguay	7.8% of female employment
68	State of Palestine	7.7% of female employment
69	Uganda	7.6% of female employment
70	Cameroon	7.5% of female employment
71	Turkmenistan	7.4% of female employment
72	Honduras	7.2% of female employment
73	Nicaragua	7.2% of female employment
74	Belize	7.1% of female employment
75	Morocco	6.9% of female employment
76	Panama	6.9% of female employment
77	Republic of the Congo	6.8% of female employment
78	Republic of The Gambia	6.4% of female employment
79	Malawi	6.1% of female employment
80	Libya	6.0% of female employment
81	Guam	5.9% of female employment
82	South Korea	5.7% of female employment
83	Namibia	5.4% of female employment
84	Mexico	5.3% of female employment
85	Sierra Leone	5.2% of female employment
86	El Salvador	4.9% of female employment
87	Armenia	4.9% of female employment
88	Ukraine	4.7% of female employment
89	Suriname	4.7% of female employment
90	Equatorial Guinea	4.7% of female employment
91	Greece	4.6% of female employment
92	Tonga	4.6% of female employment
93	Sao Tome and Principe	4.2% of female employment
94	The Republic of North Macedonia	4.1% of female employment
95	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4.0% of female employment
96	Comoros	3.8% of female employment
97	Romania	3.7% of female employment
98	Ghana	3.6% of female employment
99	Belarus	3.3% of female employment
100	Moldova, Republic of	3.1% of female employment
101	Zambia	3.1% of female employment
102	Colombia	3.0% of female employment
103	Japan	3.0% of female employment
104	Rwanda	2.9% of female employment
105	Switzerland	2.7% of female employment
106	Eswatini	2.6% of female employment
107	Tunisia	2.5% of female employment
108	Botswana	2.3% of female employment
109	Mauritius	2.2% of female employment
110	Lebanon	2.1% of female employment
111	Luxembourg	2.0% of female employment
112	Slovenia	1.8% of female employment
113	Uzbekistan	1.7% of female employment
114	Brazil	1.7% of female employment
115	Dominican Republic	1.6% of female employment
116	Montenegro	1.6% of female employment
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.6% of female employment
118	Oman	1.5% of female employment
119	Algeria	1.5% of female employment
120	Vanuatu	1.5% of female employment
121	Costa Rica	1.4% of female employment
122	Italy	1.3% of female employment
123	Uruguay	1.2% of female employment
124	Barbados	1.2% of female employment
125	Gabon	1.2% of female employment
126	Saint Lucia	1.2% of female employment
127	Austria	1.0% of female employment
128	Belgium	1.0% of female employment
129	Latvia	0.9% of female employment
130	Lesotho	0.9% of female employment
131	New Caledonia	0.9% of female employment
132	Ireland	0.9% of female employment
133	Poland	0.8% of female employment
134	Trinidad and Tobago	0.8% of female employment
135	Puerto Rico	0.8% of female employment
136	Brunei Darussalam	0.8% of female employment
137	Zimbabwe	0.8% of female employment
138	United Arab Emirates	0.7% of female employment
139	New Zealand	0.7% of female employment
140	South Africa	0.7% of female employment
141	Chile	0.7% of female employment
142	Qatar	0.7% of female employment
143	Cuba	0.7% of female employment
144	Kuwait	0.6% of female employment
145	Croatia	0.6% of female employment
146	Cyprus	0.6% of female employment
147	Jamaica	0.5% of female employment
148	Finland	0.5% of female employment
149	Maldives	0.4% of female employment
150	Netherlands	0.4% of female employment
151	Saudi Arabia	0.4% of female employment
152	Denmark	0.4% of female employment
153	Bahrain	0.3% of female employment
154	Sweden	0.3% of female employment
155	Macao	0.3% of female employment
156	Lithuania	0.3% of female employment
157	France	0.3% of female employment
158	Argentina	0.3% of female employment
159	Bahamas	0.3% of female employment
160	Germany	0.3% of female employment
161	United Kingdom	0.3% of female employment
162	Spain	0.2% of female employment
163	Bulgaria	0.2% of female employment
164	Djibouti	0.2% of female employment
165	Estonia	0.2% of female employment
166	French Polynesia	0.2% of female employment
167	Czech Republic	0.2% of female employment
168	Guyana	0.2% of female employment
169	Singapore	0.2% of female employment
170	Hungary	0.2% of female employment
171	Malaysia	0.1% of female employment
172	Canada	0.1% of female employment
173	Hong Kong	0.1% of female employment
174	Malta	0.1% of female employment
175	Israel	0.1% of female employment
176	United States of America	0.1% of female employment
177	Norway	0.1% of female employment
178	Virgin Islands, U.S.	0.1% of female employment
179	Portugal	0.1% of female employment
180	Australia	0.1% of female employment
181	Iceland	0.1% of female employment
182	Mongolia	0.1% of female employment
183	Russian Federation	0.1% of female employment
184	Slovakia	0.1% of female employment
185	Kazakhstan	0.1% of female employment
186	Jordan	0.1% of female employment

Showing 186 of 186 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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