Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
Costa Rica
0.8%
in 2025
Uruguay
0.8%
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
129th
Uruguay rank
128th
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Costa Rica
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.8% against 0.8% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 129th and Uruguay ranks 128th 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 | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.2% | 1.7% | 2.5% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1.2% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 1.0% | 0.9% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 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 Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.8% 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 Uruguay?
- 0.0%, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Costa Rica ranks 129th and Uruguay ranks 128th 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.
Individual pages
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.