Costa Rica vs Ireland: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
Costa Rica
0.8%
in 2025
Ireland
0.9%
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
129th
Ireland rank
126th
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Costa Rica
- Ireland
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 0.9% against 0.8% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Ireland'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 129th and Ireland ranks 126th 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 | Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.2% | 1.4% | 2.8% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.8% | 0.9% | 1.9% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 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 Ireland?
- Ireland, at 0.9% against 0.8% in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between Costa Rica and Ireland?
- 0.1%, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ireland?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Ireland rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Costa Rica ranks 129th and Ireland ranks 126th 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.