Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural was 0.0% in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.0%
Change on year
down 19.4%
World rank
51st
of 91 countries
All-time high
0.0%
in 2002
All-time low
0.0%
in 2021
Years of data
33
1989–2021

Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural in Costa Rica, 1989–2021

0.0050.010.0150.021989200520211989: 0.012 % of rural employed population in working age1990: 0.015 % of rural employed population in working age1991: 0.013 % of rural employed population in working age1992: 0.013 % of rural employed population in working age1993: 0.014 % of rural employed population in working age1994: 0.011 % of rural employed population in working age1995: 0.015 % of rural employed population in working age1996: 0.012 % of rural employed population in working age1997: 0.012 % of rural employed population in working age1998: 0.015 % of rural employed population in working age1999: 0.014 % of rural employed population in working age2000: 0.011 % of rural employed population in working age2001: 0.018 % of rural employed population in working age2002: 0.019 % of rural employed population in working age2003: 0.015 % of rural employed population in working age2004: 0.015 % of rural employed population in working age2005: 0.015 % of rural employed population in working age2006: 0.011 % of rural employed population in working age2007: 0.014 % of rural employed population in working age2008: 0.01 % of rural employed population in working age2009: 0.014 % of rural employed population in working age2010: 0.012 % of rural employed population in working age2011: 0.012 % of rural employed population in working age2012: 0.012 % of rural employed population in working age2013: 0.012 % of rural employed population in working age2014: 0.007 % of rural employed population in working age2015: 0.01 % of rural employed population in working age2016: 0.019 % of rural employed population in working age2017: 0.009 % of rural employed population in working age2018: 0.006 % of rural employed population in working age2019: 0.007 % of rural employed population in working age2020: 0.005 % of rural employed population in working age2021: 0.004 % of rural employed population in working age

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

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.0% for non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.

That represents a change of down 19.4% on the previous year and down 63.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural in Costa Rica peaked at 0.0% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2021.

Costa Rica ranks 51st of 91 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) in Costa Rica, 1989 to 2021.
Year % of rural employed population in working age Change
1989 0.0%
1990 0.0% +20.3%
1991 0.0% -14.2%
1992 0.0% -1.6%
1993 0.0% +8.4%
1994 0.0% -17.9%
1995 0.0% +33.6%
1996 0.0% -20.5%
1997 0.0% +2.4%
1998 0.0% +23.3%
1999 0.0% -5.0%
2000 0.0% -26.2%
2001 0.0% +68.1%
2002 0.0% +8.7%
2003 0.0% -22.7%
2004 0.0% +1.6%
2005 0.0% -3.7%
2006 0.0% -23.3%
2007 0.0% +29.8%
2008 0.0% -30.9%
2009 0.0% +36.4%
2010 0.0% -13.9%
2011 0.0% -1.9%
2012 0.0% +0.0%
2013 0.0% +3.0%
2014 0.0% -38.9%
2015 0.0% +42.6%
2016 0.0% +83.0%
2017 0.0% -53.1%
2018 0.0% -29.0%
2019 0.0% +18.8%
2020 0.0% -29.3%
2021 0.0% -19.4%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 0.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0%, 1.5× the median. (35 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 0.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0%, 41% of the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1
1990s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10
2000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10
2010s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10
2020s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 48 Croatia 0.0% compare
  2. 49 Mozambique 0.0% compare
  3. 50 Armenia 0.0% compare
  4. 52 Chile 0.0% compare
  5. 53 Netherlands 0.0% compare
  6. 54 Denmark 0.0% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural in Costa Rica?
Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural in Costa Rica was 0.0% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2002.
What is the lowest non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2021.
How does Costa Rica rank for non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural?
Costa Rica ranks 51st out of 91 countries with data for 2021.
Is non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 63.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Non-agricultural unpaid employment, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age)
Unit
% of rural employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
91 places, 1,284 data points, 1970–2021
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