Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 0.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Puerto Rico, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Puerto Rico stood at 0.5%.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Puerto Rico peaked at 1.0% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2001.
That places Puerto Rico 145th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.0% | — |
| 1992 | 0.9% | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 0.9% | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 1.0% | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 0.9% | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 0.8% | -13.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8% | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.6% | -22.4% |
| 1999 | 0.5% | -14.7% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -14.6% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | +35.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | -16.5% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +18.2% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | -3.0% |
| 2025 | 0.5% | -3.9% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 0.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.4%, 1.3× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 0.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.9%, 25% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Puerto Rico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +35.7% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More work & labour data for Puerto Rico
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -2.24 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -2.19 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -2.28 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.36 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.5786 % change on previous year (2050)
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 142.52 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 521.69 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 473.93 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 995.62 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Puerto Rico?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Puerto Rico was 0.5% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2001.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Puerto Rico ranks 145th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.