Costa Rica vs Panama: Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total)
Costa Rica
42.7%
in 2018
Panama
45.7%
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
18th
Panama rank
17th
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) over time
- Costa Rica
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 45.7% against 42.7% in Costa Rica, a difference of 3.0%.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Panama ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 18th and Panama ranks 17th of 27 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher informal employment by sector and gender (% of total), Costa Rica or Panama?
- Panama, at 45.7% against 42.7% in Costa Rica as of 2018.
- What is the difference in informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) between Costa Rica and Panama?
- 3.0%, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Panama?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2018.
- How do Costa Rica and Panama rank globally for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total)?
- Costa Rica ranks 18th and Panama ranks 17th of 27 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/, published as Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Non-agriculture - Female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This indicator presents the share of non-agriculture (female) employment which is classified as informal employment in the total economy. Data is taken from the United Nations Sustainable Goals, representing Indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex.