Costa Rica vs Vanuatu: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)
Costa Rica
1.4%
in 2025
Vanuatu
1.5%
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
121st
Vanuatu rank
120th
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) over time
- Costa Rica
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 1.5% against 1.4% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 121st and Vanuatu ranks 120th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Vanuatu in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.7% | 1.9% | 2.8% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 3.8% | 4.0% | 0.3% | Vanuatu |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 3.4% | 0.4% | Vanuatu |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 1.2% | 0.9% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, female (% of female employment), Costa Rica or Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at 1.5% against 1.4% in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) between Costa Rica and Vanuatu?
- 0.1%, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Vanuatu?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Vanuatu rank globally for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Costa Rica ranks 121st and Vanuatu ranks 120th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.