Costa Rica vs Panama: Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location

Costa Rica
0.1099
in 2021
Panama
0.1026
in 2021
Costa Rica rank
40th
Panama rank
41st

Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Panama
00.0250.050.0750.10.125200020102021

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.1099 against 0.1026 in Panama, a difference of 0.0073.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 18 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Panama ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 40th and Panama ranks 41st of 65 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Panama Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0954 0.0864 0.009 Costa Rica
2010s 0.1025 0.0905 0.012 Costa Rica
2020s 0.1099 0.1026 0.0072 Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location, Costa Rica or Panama?
Costa Rica, at 0.1099 against 0.1026 in Panama as of 2021.
What is the difference in public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location between Costa Rica and Panama?
0.0073, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Panama?
18 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Costa Rica and Panama rank globally for public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location?
Costa Rica ranks 40th and Panama ranks 41st of 65 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location: Rural. 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

Costa Rica vs Panama: Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location. Statizoid. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/public-sector-employment-as-a-share-of-total-employment-by-location-rural/costa-rica/panama/

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-total-employment-by-location-rural/costa-rica/panama/">Costa Rica vs Panama: Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Public sector employment, as a share of total employment by location: Rural
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
65 places, 801 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed