Argentina vs Costa Rica: Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by

Argentina
0.0393
in 2018
Costa Rica
0.0453
in 2021
Argentina rank
57th
Costa Rica rank
55th

Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by over time

  • Argentina
  • Costa Rica
0.020.040.060.08200120112021

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0453 against 0.0393 in Argentina, a difference of 0.006.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 57th and Costa Rica ranks 55th of 63 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Costa Rica Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0436 0.0583 0.0147 Costa Rica
2010s 0.0572 0.0492 0.008 Argentina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by, Argentina or Costa Rica?
Costa Rica, at 0.0453 against 0.0393 in Argentina as of 2021.
What is the difference in public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by between Argentina and Costa Rica?
0.006, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Costa Rica?
11 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2016.
How do Argentina and Costa Rica rank globally for public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by?
Argentina ranks 57th and Costa Rica ranks 55th of 63 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Elementary workers. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Argentina vs Costa Rica: Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by. Statizoid. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/public-sector-employment-as-a-share-of-paid-employment-by-occupational-group-elementary/argentina/costa-rica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/public-sector-employment-as-a-share-of-paid-employment-by-occupational-group-elementary/argentina/costa-rica/">Argentina vs Costa Rica: Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of paid employment, by occupational group: Elementary workers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
63 places, 742 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed