Costa Rica Employment Rate

Employment Rate in Costa Rica remained unchanged at 55.40 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 55.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Employment Rate in Costa Rica averaged 54.84 percent from 2010 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 57.79 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 and a record low of 51.16 percent in the second quarter of 2011.

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Costa Rica Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	11.30	12.00	12.00	8.30	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	276279.00	293914.00	293914.00	38708.00		[+]
Minimum Wages	5241.05	5241.05	5241.05	7.53	Index Points	[+]
Population	5.00	4.95	5.00	1.33	Million	[+]
Wages	663008.00	703537.00	792836.00	357554.00	CRC/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	748700.00	762500.00	762500.00	728400.00	CRC/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	296600.00	298000.00	339500.00	296600.00	CRC/Month	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.40	62.90	63.70	56.80	percent	[+]
Living Wage Family	331800.00	331800.00	331800.00	331800.00	CRC/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	209000.00	209000.00	209000.00	209000.00	CRC/Month	[+]
Employed Persons	2171766.00	2165323.00	2171766.00	1765039.00		[+]
Employment Rate	55.40	55.40	57.79	51.16	percent	[+]

In Costa Rica, the employment rate measures the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population. This page provides - Costa Rica Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Costa Rica Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	55.40	55.40	57.79	51.16	2010 - 2019	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.49	May/19	96.5	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	79.90	Mar/19	80.6	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.70	Mar/19	77.9	77.9 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.30	Mar/19	76.5	76.5 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	76.00	Apr/19	76.1	76.1 : 65.6	%
France	66.10	Mar/19	66.1	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	63.58	Mar/19	64	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.50	Jun/19	62.6	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	62.10	Jun/19	62.2	63.7 : 56	%
South Korea	61.50	May/19	60.8	61.6 : 56.1	%
Japan	60.70	May/19	60.5	63.5 : 55.9	%
United States	60.60	Jun/19	60.6	64.7 : 55	%
Russia	59.10	May/19	59	66.6 : 58.8	%
Italy	59.00	May/19	58.9	59 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.50	May/19	54.2	57.3 : 53.1	%
India	46.80	Dec/18	47.8	50.8 : 46.8	%
Turkey	45.80	Apr/19	46	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	42.56	Mar/19	43.34	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	42.30	Mar/19	42.2	43.4 : 36.3	%