El Salvador vs Sao Tome and Principe: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
El Salvador
3.8%
in 2025
Sao Tome and Principe
4.1%
in 2025
El Salvador rank
82nd
Sao Tome and Principe rank
80th
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- El Salvador
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 4.1% against 3.8% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 82nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 80th of 187 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.8% | 8.5% | 0.2% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 9.0% | 6.8% | 2.1% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 7.0% | 4.4% | 2.5% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 4.1% | 0.4% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, total (% of total employment), El Salvador or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 4.1% against 3.8% in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.3%, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- El Salvador ranks 82nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 80th 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.