Costa Rica vs Lithuania: Public sector wage premium, by occupational group: Professionals

Costa Rica
0.0622 compared to formal wage employees
in 2021
Lithuania
0.0302 compared to formal wage employees
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
18th
Lithuania rank
20th

Public sector wage premium, by occupational group: Professionals over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Lithuania
-0.200.20.4200120112021

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0622 compared to formal wage employees against 0.0302 compared to formal wage employees in Lithuania, a difference of 0.032 compared to formal wage employees.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 2.1 times Lithuania's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Lithuania ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 18th and Lithuania ranks 20th of 52 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Lithuania Difference Ahead
2000s -0.1106 compared to formal wage employees 0.1151 compared to formal wage employees 0.2257 compared to formal wage employees Lithuania
2010s 0.1561 compared to formal wage employees 0.2107 compared to formal wage employees 0.0546 compared to formal wage employees Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher public sector wage premium, by occupational group: professionals, Costa Rica or Lithuania?
Costa Rica, at 0.0622 compared to formal wage employees against 0.0302 compared to formal wage employees in Lithuania as of 2021.
What is the difference in public sector wage premium, by occupational group: professionals between Costa Rica and Lithuania?
0.032 compared to formal wage employees, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Lithuania?
9 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2016.
How do Costa Rica and Lithuania rank globally for public sector wage premium, by occupational group: professionals?
Costa Rica ranks 18th and Lithuania ranks 20th of 52 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Public sector wage premium, by occupational group: Professionals (compared to formal wage employees). 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 Lithuania: Public sector wage premium, by occupational group: Professionals. Statizoid. Retrieved 24 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/public-sector-wage-premium-by-occupational-group-professionals-compared-to-formal-wage/costa-rica/lithuania/

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-wage-premium-by-occupational-group-professionals-compared-to-formal-wage/costa-rica/lithuania/">Costa Rica vs Lithuania: Public sector wage premium, by occupational group: Professionals</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Public sector wage premium, by occupational group: Professionals (compared to formal wage employees)
Unit
compared to formal wage employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
52 places, 604 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed