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

Costa Rica: Average age of employers, aged 15-64, rural was 46.66 in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
46.66
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
21st
of 84 countries
All-time high
46.66
in 2021
All-time low
37.48
in 1991
Years of data
33
1989–2021

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

010203040501989200520211989: 38.61990: 38.41991: 37.51992: 39.41993: 39.51994: 38.61995: 38.41996: 38.61997: 40.51998: 40.21999: 39.22000: 40.12001: 41.92002: 41.22003: 41.12004: 412005: 41.82006: 42.22007: 42.12008: 422009: 41.62010: 44.62011: 44.22012: 45.62013: 45.82014: 44.92015: 45.62016: 44.42017: 46.22018: 45.82019: 46.42020: 46.42021: 46.7

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 46.66 for average age of employers, aged 15-64, rural in 2021. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, average age of employers, aged 15-64, rural in Costa Rica peaked at 46.66 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 37.48, in 1991.

Costa Rica ranks 21st of 84 countries on this measure, 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, rural in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Average age of employers, aged 15-64, rural in Costa Rica, 1989 to 2021.
Year Value Change
1989 38.57
1990 38.41 -0.4%
1991 37.48 -2.4%
1992 39.4 +5.1%
1993 39.52 +0.3%
1994 38.55 -2.4%
1995 38.36 -0.5%
1996 38.56 +0.5%
1997 40.55 +5.2%
1998 40.22 -0.8%
1999 39.23 -2.5%
2000 40.07 +2.1%
2001 41.86 +4.5%
2002 41.23 -1.5%
2003 41.12 -0.3%
2004 40.96 -0.4%
2005 41.75 +1.9%
2006 42.19 +1.0%
2007 42.13 -0.1%
2008 41.98 -0.4%
2009 41.61 -0.9%
2010 44.58 +7.2%
2011 44.21 -0.8%
2012 45.56 +3.1%
2013 45.77 +0.5%
2014 44.94 -1.8%
2015 45.56 +1.4%
2016 44.42 -2.5%
2017 46.17 +3.9%
2018 45.82 -0.8%
2019 46.41 +1.3%
2020 46.41 -0.0%
2021 46.66 +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 38.57 38.57 38.57 1
1990s 39.03 37.48 40.55 10
2000s 41.49 40.07 42.19 10
2010s 45.34 44.21 46.41 10
2020s 46.53 46.41 46.66 2

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 18 Sweden 47.31 compare
  2. 19 Thailand 46.91 compare
  3. 20 Bulgaria 46.83 compare
  4. 22 Colombia 46.41 compare
  5. 23 Dominican Republic 46.34 compare
  6. 24 Portugal 46.28 compare

See the full ranking of 84 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, rural in Costa Rica?
Average age of employers, aged 15-64, rural in Costa Rica was 46.66 in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest average age of employers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 46.66 in 2021.
What is the lowest average age of employers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 37.48 in 1991.
How does Costa Rica rank for average age of employers, aged 15-64, rural?
Costa Rica ranks 21st out of 84 countries with data for 2021.
Is average age of employers, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. 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, rural. 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, rural in Costa Rica. Statizoid. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/average-age-of-employers-aged-15-64-rural/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-rural/costa-rica/">Average age of employers, aged 15-64, rural in Costa Rica</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Average age of employers, aged 15-64, rural
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
84 places, 1,125 data points, 1981–2021
Last refreshed