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Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 was 0.3% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.3%
Change on year
down 3.8%
World rank
16th
of 84 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 2010
All-time low
0.3%
in 1989
Years of data
25
1989–2016

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Costa Rica, 1989–2016

00.10.20.30.41989200220161989: 0.274 % of total employed population in working age1990: 0.3 % of total employed population in working age1991: 0.278 % of total employed population in working age1992: 0.317 % of total employed population in working age1993: 0.31 % of total employed population in working age1994: 0.326 % of total employed population in working age1995: 0.326 % of total employed population in working age1996: 0.349 % of total employed population in working age1997: 0.342 % of total employed population in working age1998: 0.346 % of total employed population in working age1999: 0.337 % of total employed population in working age2000: 0.317 % of total employed population in working age2001: 0.325 % of total employed population in working age2002: 0.349 % of total employed population in working age2003: 0.339 % of total employed population in working age2004: 0.354 % of total employed population in working age2005: 0.333 % of total employed population in working age2006: 0.314 % of total employed population in working age2007: 0.342 % of total employed population in working age2008: 0.347 % of total employed population in working age2009: 0.298 % of total employed population in working age2010: 0.357 % of total employed population in working age2012: 0.345 % of total employed population in working age2015: 0.322 % of total employed population in working age2016: 0.31 % of total employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of total employed population in working age.

Analysis

The most recent figure for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Costa Rica is 0.3%, measured in 2016.

The figure is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Costa Rica peaked at 0.4% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1989.

Costa Rica ranks 16th of 84 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Costa Rica, year by year

Year % of total employed population in working age Change
1989 0.3% —
1990 0.3% +9.6%
1991 0.3% -7.4%
1992 0.3% +14.1%
1993 0.3% -2.0%
1994 0.3% +5.1%
1995 0.3% +0.1%
1996 0.3% +7.1%
1997 0.3% -2.3%
1998 0.3% +1.3%
1999 0.3% -2.6%
2000 0.3% -6.1%
2001 0.3% +2.8%
2002 0.3% +7.2%
2003 0.3% -2.9%
2004 0.4% +4.5%
2005 0.3% -5.9%
2006 0.3% -5.6%
2007 0.3% +8.8%
2008 0.3% +1.5%
2009 0.3% -14.2%
2010 0.4% +20.1%
2012 0.3% -3.4%
2015 0.3% -6.6%
2016 0.3% -3.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 1
1990s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 10
2000s 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 10
2010s 0.3% 0.3% 0.4% 4

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 13 Guatemala 0.3% compare
  2. 14 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.3% compare
  3. 15 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.3% compare
  4. 17 Sri Lanka 0.3% compare
  5. 18 El Salvador 0.3% compare
  6. 19 Turkey 0.3% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Costa Rica?
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Costa Rica was 0.3% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2010.
What is the lowest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1989.
How does Costa Rica rank for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64?
Costa Rica ranks 16th out of 84 countries with data for 2016.
Is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
84 places, 1,253 data points, 1970–2021
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