Ireland vs Italy: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
Ireland
0.9%
in 2025
Italy
1.0%
in 2025
Ireland rank
126th
Italy rank
124th
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Ireland
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 1.0% against 0.9% in Ireland, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Italy ahead.
Ireland ranks 126th and Italy ranks 124th of 187 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.4% | 2.9% | 1.4% | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 2.1% | 1.3% | Italy |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 1.4% | 0.7% | Italy |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, total (% of total employment), Ireland or Italy?
- Italy, at 1.0% against 0.9% in Ireland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between Ireland and Italy?
- 0.1%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Italy?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Ireland and Italy rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Ireland ranks 126th and Italy ranks 124th 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.