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

Costa Rica: Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, rural was 0.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.5%
Change on year
up 4.3%
World rank
35th
of 91 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2019
All-time low
0.4%
in 1991
Years of data
33
1989–2021

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

00.20.40.61989200520211989: 0.429 % of rural employed population in working age1990: 0.43 % of rural employed population in working age1991: 0.426 % of rural employed population in working age1992: 0.452 % of rural employed population in working age1993: 0.476 % of rural employed population in working age1994: 0.475 % of rural employed population in working age1995: 0.475 % of rural employed population in working age1996: 0.464 % of rural employed population in working age1997: 0.483 % of rural employed population in working age1998: 0.487 % of rural employed population in working age1999: 0.49 % of rural employed population in working age2000: 0.46 % of rural employed population in working age2001: 0.458 % of rural employed population in working age2002: 0.455 % of rural employed population in working age2003: 0.468 % of rural employed population in working age2004: 0.473 % of rural employed population in working age2005: 0.489 % of rural employed population in working age2006: 0.5 % of rural employed population in working age2007: 0.528 % of rural employed population in working age2008: 0.534 % of rural employed population in working age2009: 0.542 % of rural employed population in working age2010: 0.487 % of rural employed population in working age2011: 0.493 % of rural employed population in working age2012: 0.505 % of rural employed population in working age2013: 0.499 % of rural employed population in working age2014: 0.525 % of rural employed population in working age2015: 0.518 % of rural employed population in working age2016: 0.505 % of rural employed population in working age2017: 0.535 % of rural employed population in working age2018: 0.547 % of rural employed population in working age2019: 0.553 % of rural employed population in working age2020: 0.514 % of rural employed population in working age2021: 0.536 % of rural employed population in working age

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

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.5% for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, rural in 2021.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, rural in Costa Rica peaked at 0.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1991.

That places Costa Rica 35th out of 91 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, rural in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural wage 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 0.4%
1990 0.4% +0.2%
1991 0.4% -0.7%
1992 0.5% +5.9%
1993 0.5% +5.4%
1994 0.5% -0.1%
1995 0.5% -0.2%
1996 0.5% -2.2%
1997 0.5% +4.1%
1998 0.5% +0.8%
1999 0.5% +0.5%
2000 0.5% -6.1%
2001 0.5% -0.4%
2002 0.5% -0.5%
2003 0.5% +2.8%
2004 0.5% +0.9%
2005 0.5% +3.5%
2006 0.5% +2.2%
2007 0.5% +5.6%
2008 0.5% +1.0%
2009 0.5% +1.5%
2010 0.5% -10.1%
2011 0.5% +1.3%
2012 0.5% +2.4%
2013 0.5% -1.2%
2014 0.5% +5.2%
2015 0.5% -1.3%
2016 0.5% -2.5%
2017 0.5% +5.9%
2018 0.5% +2.2%
2019 0.6% +1.2%
2020 0.5% -7.1%
2021 0.5% +4.3%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 0.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.8%, 70% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 0.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3%, 1.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1
1990s 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 10
2000s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 10
2010s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 10
2020s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 2

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 32 Republic of Moldova 0.6% compare
  2. 33 Norway 0.6% compare
  3. 34 Sri Lanka 0.6% compare
  4. 36 Egypt 0.5% compare
  5. 37 Tunisia 0.5% compare
  6. 38 Namibia 0.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, rural in Costa Rica?
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, rural in Costa Rica was 0.5% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2019.
What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1991.
How does Costa Rica rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, rural?
Costa Rica ranks 35th out of 91 countries with data for 2021.
Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. 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, rural (% of rural 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, 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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