Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male was 46.37 in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
46.37
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
22nd
of 95 countries
All-time high
46.68
in 2017
All-time low
38.84
in 1990
Years of data
33
1989–2021

Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica, 1989–2021

010203040501989200520211989: 40.91990: 38.81991: 39.51992: 40.81993: 40.71994: 401995: 40.11996: 40.11997: 40.91998: 41.21999: 40.62000: 40.82001: 42.12002: 41.82003: 41.52004: 41.32005: 42.62006: 43.52007: 43.62008: 43.22009: 432010: 45.22011: 44.62012: 45.72013: 45.72014: 45.82015: 462016: 45.32017: 46.72018: 46.62019: 46.52020: 45.32021: 46.4

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 46.37 for average age of employers, aged 15-64, male in 2021.

That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, average age of employers, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica peaked at 46.68 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 38.84, in 1990.

That places Costa Rica 22nd out of 95 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica, 1989 to 2021.
Year Value Change
1989 40.91
1990 38.84 -5.1%
1991 39.49 +1.7%
1992 40.75 +3.2%
1993 40.74 -0.0%
1994 39.99 -1.8%
1995 40.1 +0.3%
1996 40.05 -0.1%
1997 40.87 +2.1%
1998 41.17 +0.7%
1999 40.56 -1.5%
2000 40.77 +0.5%
2001 42.11 +3.3%
2002 41.78 -0.8%
2003 41.55 -0.6%
2004 41.28 -0.6%
2005 42.57 +3.1%
2006 43.46 +2.1%
2007 43.65 +0.4%
2008 43.22 -1.0%
2009 43.03 -0.4%
2010 45.17 +5.0%
2011 44.59 -1.3%
2012 45.7 +2.5%
2013 45.7 -0.0%
2014 45.76 +0.1%
2015 45.97 +0.5%
2016 45.33 -1.4%
2017 46.68 +3.0%
2018 46.57 -0.2%
2019 46.54 -0.1%
2020 45.31 -2.6%
2021 46.37 +2.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 40.91 40.91 40.91 1
1990s 40.26 38.84 41.17 10
2000s 42.34 40.77 43.65 10
2010s 45.8 44.59 46.68 10
2020s 45.84 45.31 46.37 2

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 19 Portugal 46.73 compare
  2. 20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 46.49 compare
  3. 21 Greece 46.41 compare
  4. 23 Thailand 46.35 compare
  5. 24 Croatia 46.26 compare
  6. 25 Chile 46.23 compare

See the full ranking of 95 places →

More reference data data for Costa Rica

All data for Costa Rica →

Frequently asked questions

What is average age of employers, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica?
Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica was 46.37 in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest average age of employers, aged 15-64, male recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 46.68 in 2017.
What is the lowest average age of employers, aged 15-64, male recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 38.84 in 1990.
How does Costa Rica rank for average age of employers, aged 15-64, male?
Costa Rica ranks 22nd out of 95 countries with data for 2021.
Is average age of employers, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 33 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica. Statizoid. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/average-age-of-employers-aged-15-64-male/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/stat/average-age-of-employers-aged-15-64-male/costa-rica/">Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Average age of employers, aged 15-64, male
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
95 places, 1,260 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed