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

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

7.4% of total employment

Median: 3.1% of total employment

Countries Covered

186

with available data

Highest

Solomon Islands

56.9% of total employment

Lowest

Mongolia

0.1% of total employment

Top 5 Countries

1Solomon Islands56.9% of total employment

2South Sudan43.3% of total employment

3Nepal40.9% of total employment

4Madagascar39.9% of total employment

5Burundi37.4% of total employment

By Region

Africa10.8% of total employment(9 countries)

Other9.9% of total employment(106 countries)

Asia5.9% of total employment(26 countries)

South America4.2% of total employment(7 countries)

North America2.7% of total 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 total employment)High (56.9% of total employment)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 7.4% of total 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	56.9% of total employment
2	South Sudan	43.3% of total employment
3	Nepal	40.9% of total employment
4	Madagascar	39.9% of total employment
5	Burundi	37.4% of total employment
6	Azerbaijan	32.2% of total employment
7	Timor-Leste	32.1% of total employment
8	Bhutan	31.9% of total employment
9	Niger	30.0% of total employment
10	Ethiopia	29.6% of total employment
11	United Republic of Tanzania	28.8% of total employment
12	Mali	27.9% of total employment
13	Kenya	27.2% of total employment
14	Burkina Faso	26.6% of total employment
15	Haiti	24.4% of total employment
16	Myanmar	23.9% of total employment
17	Lao People's Democratic Republic	22.3% of total employment
18	Afghanistan	21.9% of total employment
19	Democratic Republic of the Congo	21.2% of total employment
20	Papua New Guinea	21.2% of total employment
21	Albania	20.8% of total employment
22	Benin	20.2% of total employment
23	Pakistan	19.7% of total employment
24	Guinea-Bissau	19.7% of total employment
25	Chad	19.5% of total employment
26	Central African Republic	17.8% of total employment
27	Fiji	17.6% of total employment
28	Cote d'Ivoire	17.4% of total employment
29	Bolivia	16.6% of total employment
30	Angola	16.0% of total employment
31	North Korea	16.0% of total employment
32	India	15.7% of total employment
33	Guinea	15.3% of total employment
34	Togo	15.0% of total employment
35	Thailand	14.8% of total employment
36	Georgia	14.7% of total employment
37	Yemen	14.5% of total employment
38	Tajikistan	14.3% of total employment
39	Ecuador	14.0% of total employment
40	Mozambique	13.4% of total employment
41	Indonesia	13.0% of total employment
42	Senegal	12.2% of total employment
43	Vietnam	12.0% of total employment
44	Eritrea	11.9% of total employment
45	Peru	11.0% of total employment
46	Somalia	10.5% of total employment
47	Sudan	10.5% of total employment
48	Nigeria	9.9% of total employment
49	Cambodia	9.4% of total employment
50	Samoa	8.7% of total employment
51	Cape Verde	8.7% of total employment
52	Syrian Arab Republic	8.5% of total employment
53	Liberia	8.4% of total employment
54	People's Republic of China	8.2% of total employment
55	Nicaragua	7.9% of total employment
56	Türkiye	7.8% of total employment
57	Guatemala	7.2% of total employment
58	Republic of the Congo	7.0% of total employment
59	Mauritania	6.9% of total employment
60	Uganda	6.4% of total employment
61	Sri Lanka	6.2% of total employment
62	Philippines	6.1% of total employment
63	Sierra Leone	5.7% of total employment
64	Malawi	5.6% of total employment
65	Turkmenistan	5.5% of total employment
66	Bangladesh	5.5% of total employment
67	Republic of The Gambia	5.5% of total employment
68	Honduras	5.4% of total employment
69	Paraguay	5.4% of total employment
70	Kyrgyzstan	5.4% of total employment
71	Serbia	5.2% of total employment
72	Panama	5.1% of total employment
73	Cameroon	5.0% of total employment
74	Iraq	4.9% of total employment
75	Morocco	4.8% of total employment
76	Venezuela	4.8% of total employment
77	Belize	4.8% of total employment
78	Egypt	4.7% of total employment
79	Namibia	4.7% of total employment
80	Sao Tome and Principe	4.1% of total employment
81	Suriname	4.0% of total employment
82	El Salvador	3.8% of total employment
83	Guam	3.8% of total employment
84	Comoros	3.8% of total employment
85	Libya	3.8% of total employment
86	State of Palestine	3.7% of total employment
87	Tonga	3.6% of total employment
88	Mexico	3.6% of total employment
89	Ukraine	3.4% of total employment
90	Greece	3.3% of total employment
91	Armenia	3.3% of total employment
92	Islamic Republic of Iran	3.2% of total employment
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.2% of total employment
94	South Korea	3.0% of total employment
95	Equatorial Guinea	2.9% of total employment
96	Eswatini	2.9% of total employment
97	The Republic of North Macedonia	2.8% of total employment
98	Ghana	2.8% of total employment
99	Moldova, Republic of	2.7% of total employment
100	Switzerland	2.6% of total employment
101	Romania	2.5% of total employment
102	Belarus	2.5% of total employment
103	Botswana	2.2% of total employment
104	Zambia	2.1% of total employment
105	Colombia	1.9% of total employment
106	Slovenia	1.7% of total employment
107	Luxembourg	1.7% of total employment
108	Tunisia	1.7% of total employment
109	Rwanda	1.7% of total employment
110	Japan	1.7% of total employment
111	Uzbekistan	1.6% of total employment
112	Saint Lucia	1.6% of total employment
113	Vanuatu	1.4% of total employment
114	Montenegro	1.3% of total employment
115	Oman	1.2% of total employment
116	Algeria	1.2% of total employment
117	Barbados	1.1% of total employment
118	Brazil	1.1% of total employment
119	Lebanon	1.1% of total employment
120	Mauritius	1.0% of total employment
121	Dominican Republic	1.0% of total employment
122	Austria	1.0% of total employment
123	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.0% of total employment
124	Italy	1.0% of total employment
125	New Caledonia	0.9% of total employment
126	Ireland	0.9% of total employment
127	Latvia	0.9% of total employment
128	Uruguay	0.8% of total employment
129	Costa Rica	0.8% of total employment
130	Lesotho	0.8% of total employment
131	Gabon	0.8% of total employment
132	Zimbabwe	0.7% of total employment
133	Belgium	0.7% of total employment
134	Cyprus	0.6% of total employment
135	Poland	0.6% of total employment
136	South Africa	0.6% of total employment
137	Finland	0.6% of total employment
138	New Zealand	0.6% of total employment
139	Brunei Darussalam	0.6% of total employment
140	Chile	0.5% of total employment
141	Kuwait	0.5% of total employment
142	Croatia	0.5% of total employment
143	Cuba	0.5% of total employment
144	Jamaica	0.5% of total employment
145	Puerto Rico	0.5% of total employment
146	Trinidad and Tobago	0.5% of total employment
147	Maldives	0.4% of total employment
148	Sweden	0.4% of total employment
149	Lithuania	0.4% of total employment
150	Qatar	0.3% of total employment
151	Bahamas	0.3% of total employment
152	Bahrain	0.3% of total employment
153	Denmark	0.3% of total employment
154	United Arab Emirates	0.3% of total employment
155	Netherlands	0.3% of total employment
156	France	0.3% of total employment
157	United Kingdom	0.3% of total employment
158	French Polynesia	0.2% of total employment
159	Spain	0.2% of total employment
160	Germany	0.2% of total employment
161	Argentina	0.2% of total employment
162	Macao	0.2% of total employment
163	Bulgaria	0.2% of total employment
164	Estonia	0.2% of total employment
165	Saudi Arabia	0.1% of total employment
166	Czech Republic	0.1% of total employment
167	Hungary	0.1% of total employment
168	Singapore	0.1% of total employment
169	Malaysia	0.1% of total employment
170	Djibouti	0.1% of total employment
171	Norway	0.1% of total employment
172	Virgin Islands, U.S.	0.1% of total employment
173	Portugal	0.1% of total employment
174	Jordan	0.1% of total employment
175	United States of America	0.1% of total employment
176	Israel	0.1% of total employment
177	Slovakia	0.1% of total employment
178	Malta	0.1% of total employment
179	Hong Kong	0.1% of total employment
180	Iceland	0.1% of total employment
181	Russian Federation	0.1% of total employment
182	Canada	0.1% of total employment
183	Australia	0.1% of total employment
184	Kazakhstan	0.1% of total employment
185	Guyana	0.1% of total employment
186	Mongolia	0.1% of total 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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