Costa Rica vs Gabon: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
Costa Rica
0.8%
in 2025
Gabon
0.8%
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
129th
Gabon rank
131st
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Costa Rica
- Gabon
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.8% against 0.8% in Gabon, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 129th and Gabon ranks 131st of 187 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.2% | 3.2% | 1.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.8% | 2.0% | 0.8% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.1% | 0.8% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.4% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, total (% of total employment), Costa Rica or Gabon?
- Costa Rica, at 0.8% against 0.8% in Gabon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between Costa Rica and Gabon?
- 0.0%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Gabon?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Gabon rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Costa Rica ranks 129th and Gabon ranks 131st of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Contributing family workers, total (% of total 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.