Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male was 0.6% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.6%
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
43rd
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2018
All-time low
0.5%
in 1989
Years of data
33
1989–2021

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica, 1989–2021

00.20.40.61989200520211989: 0.492 % of male employed population in working age1990: 0.496 % of male employed population in working age1991: 0.494 % of male employed population in working age1992: 0.519 % of male employed population in working age1993: 0.531 % of male employed population in working age1994: 0.539 % of male employed population in working age1995: 0.535 % of male employed population in working age1996: 0.525 % of male employed population in working age1997: 0.534 % of male employed population in working age1998: 0.539 % of male employed population in working age1999: 0.536 % of male employed population in working age2000: 0.525 % of male employed population in working age2001: 0.565 % of male employed population in working age2002: 0.561 % of male employed population in working age2003: 0.57 % of male employed population in working age2004: 0.572 % of male employed population in working age2005: 0.59 % of male employed population in working age2006: 0.587 % of male employed population in working age2007: 0.614 % of male employed population in working age2008: 0.615 % of male employed population in working age2009: 0.619 % of male employed population in working age2010: 0.606 % of male employed population in working age2011: 0.639 % of male employed population in working age2012: 0.619 % of male employed population in working age2013: 0.648 % of male employed population in working age2014: 0.655 % of male employed population in working age2015: 0.649 % of male employed population in working age2016: 0.641 % of male employed population in working age2017: 0.646 % of male employed population in working age2018: 0.659 % of male employed population in working age2019: 0.653 % of male employed population in working age2020: 0.64 % of male employed population in working age2021: 0.634 % of male employed population in working age

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica is 0.6%, measured in 2021.

That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica peaked at 0.7% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1989.

That places Costa Rica 43rd out of 106 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) in Costa Rica, 1989 to 2021.
Year % of male employed population in working age Change
1989 0.5%
1990 0.5% +0.7%
1991 0.5% -0.3%
1992 0.5% +5.0%
1993 0.5% +2.3%
1994 0.5% +1.5%
1995 0.5% -0.7%
1996 0.5% -1.8%
1997 0.5% +1.6%
1998 0.5% +1.0%
1999 0.5% -0.6%
2000 0.5% -2.2%
2001 0.6% +7.6%
2002 0.6% -0.6%
2003 0.6% +1.6%
2004 0.6% +0.3%
2005 0.6% +3.1%
2006 0.6% -0.4%
2007 0.6% +4.5%
2008 0.6% +0.2%
2009 0.6% +0.6%
2010 0.6% -2.1%
2011 0.6% +5.5%
2012 0.6% -3.1%
2013 0.6% +4.6%
2014 0.7% +1.1%
2015 0.6% -0.8%
2016 0.6% -1.3%
2017 0.6% +0.8%
2018 0.7% +2.0%
2019 0.7% -0.9%
2020 0.6% -2.0%
2021 0.6% -0.8%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 0.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.8%, 80% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 0.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5%, 1.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 1
1990s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 10
2000s 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 10
2010s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 10
2020s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 2

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 41 Republic of Moldova 0.6% compare
  2. 42 Greece 0.6% compare
  3. 44 Egypt 0.6% compare
  4. 45 Mexico 0.6% compare
  5. 46 Uruguay 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica?
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica was 0.6% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2018.
What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1989.
How does Costa Rica rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male?
Costa Rica ranks 43rd out of 106 countries with data for 2021.
Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age)
Unit
% of male employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
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