Costa Rica vs Zimbabwe: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
Costa Rica
0.8%
in 2025
Zimbabwe
0.7%
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
129th
Zimbabwe rank
132nd
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Costa Rica
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Zimbabwe's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 129th and Zimbabwe ranks 132nd of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Zimbabwe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.2% | 0.3% | 3.9% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.8% | 1.7% | 1.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 2.8% | 0.8% | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.1% | 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 Zimbabwe?
- Costa Rica, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Zimbabwe as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between Costa Rica and Zimbabwe?
- 0.1%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Zimbabwe?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Zimbabwe rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Costa Rica ranks 129th and Zimbabwe ranks 132nd 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.