Costa Rica vs Zambia: Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry

Costa Rica
0.1635
in 2015
Zambia
0.2033
in 2015
Costa Rica rank
10th
Zambia rank
9th

Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Zambia
00.10.20.3200020072015

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.2033 against 0.1635 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0398.

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

Across all 5 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 10th and Zambia ranks 9th of 25 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Zambia Difference Ahead
2000s 0.2074 0.2973 0.0899 Zambia
2010s 0.167 0.2349 0.0679 Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry, Costa Rica or Zambia?
Zambia, at 0.2033 against 0.1635 in Costa Rica as of 2015.
What is the difference in rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry between Costa Rica and Zambia?
0.0398, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Zambia?
5 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2015.
How do Costa Rica and Zambia rank globally for rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry?
Costa Rica ranks 10th and Zambia ranks 9th of 25 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank, published as Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Health. 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 Zambia: Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry. Statizoid. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/rural-residents-as-a-share-of-public-paid-employees-by-industry-health/costa-rica/zambia/

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/rural-residents-as-a-share-of-public-paid-employees-by-industry-health/costa-rica/zambia/">Costa Rica vs Zambia: Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Rural residents, as a share of public paid employees, by industry: Health
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 269 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed