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

Costa Rica
8.84 Percentage of full-time employment
in 2025
Greece
9.73 Percentage of full-time employment
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
31st
Greece rank
28th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Greece
05101520200220132025

How they compare

Greece currently reports 9.73 Percentage of full-time employment against 8.84 Percentage of full-time employment in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.89 Percentage of full-time employment.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 31st and Greece ranks 28th of 37 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Greece Difference Ahead
2010s 14.92 Percentage of full-time employment 14.98 Percentage of full-time employment 0.0611 Percentage of full-time employment Greece
2020s 9.4 Percentage of full-time employment 11.4 Percentage of full-time employment 2 Percentage of full-time employment Greece

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 Greece?
Greece, at 9.73 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 Greece?
0.89 Percentage of full-time employment, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Greece?
6 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Greece rank globally for incidence of low and high pay — low pay incidence?
Costa Rica ranks 31st and Greece ranks 28th 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.