Jamaica vs Puerto Rico: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)
Jamaica
0.5%
in 2025
Puerto Rico
0.5%
in 2025
Jamaica rank
144th
Puerto Rico rank
145th
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) over time
- Jamaica
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Jamaica has been ahead every year.
Jamaica ranks 144th and Puerto Rico ranks 145th of 187 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.5% | 0.8% | 1.7% | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 0.5% | 1.0% | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.6% | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, total (% of total employment), Jamaica or Puerto Rico?
- Jamaica, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Puerto Rico as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) between Jamaica and Puerto Rico?
- 0.0%, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Puerto Rico?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Jamaica and Puerto Rico rank globally for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Jamaica ranks 144th and Puerto Rico ranks 145th 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.