Costa Rica vs Denmark: Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence

Costa Rica
8.84 Percentage of full-time employment
in 2025
Denmark
9.72 Percentage of full-time employment
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
31st
Denmark rank
29th

Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Denmark
05101520200220132025

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 9.72 Percentage of full-time employment against 8.84 Percentage of full-time employment in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.88 Percentage of full-time employment.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 31st and Denmark ranks 29th of 37 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Denmark Difference Ahead
2010s 14.7 Percentage of full-time employment 8.07 Percentage of full-time employment 6.63 Percentage of full-time employment Costa Rica
2020s 9.96 Percentage of full-time employment 9.71 Percentage of full-time employment 0.2413 Percentage of full-time employment Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence, Costa Rica or Denmark?
Denmark, at 9.72 Percentage of full-time employment against 8.84 Percentage of full-time employment in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence between Costa Rica and Denmark?
0.88 Percentage of full-time employment, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Denmark?
13 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Denmark rank globally for incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence?
Costa Rica ranks 31st and Denmark ranks 29th of 37 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Incidence of low and high pay — Low pay incidence
Unit
Percentage of full-time employment
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
48 places, 904 data points, 1973–2025
Last refreshed

This dataset contains series on the incidence of low-paid workers defined as the share of full-time workers earning less than two-thirds of gross median earnings of all full-time workers; the incidence of high-paid workers defined as the share of full-time workers earning more than one-and-half time gross median earnings of all full-time workers.