Number of paid employees, by industry: Education in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Number of paid employees, by industry: Education was 972 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
972
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
15th
of 30 countries
All-time high
1,059
in 2009
All-time low
12
in 2000
Years of data
13
2000–2015

Number of paid employees, by industry: Education in Costa Rica, 2000–2015

02505007501.0k2000200720152000: 122001: 7772002: 8652003: 8802004: 8452005: 9012006: 9672007: 1.0k2008: 1.0k2009: 1.1k2010: 1.0k2012: 9852015: 972

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 972 for number of paid employees, by industry: education in 2015.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of paid employees, by industry: education in Costa Rica peaked at 1,059 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 12, in 2000.

That places Costa Rica 15th out of 30 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Number of paid employees, by industry: Education in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Number of paid employees, by industry: Education in Costa Rica, 2000 to 2015.
Year Value Change
2000 12
2001 777 +6375.0%
2002 865 +11.3%
2003 880 +1.7%
2004 845 -4.0%
2005 901 +6.6%
2006 967 +7.3%
2007 1,001 +3.5%
2008 1,006 +0.5%
2009 1,059 +5.3%
2010 1,044 -1.4%
2012 985 -5.7%
2015 972 -1.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 831.3 12 1,059 10
2010s 1,000 972 1,044 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 12 Peru 1,529 compare
  2. 13 Sri Lanka 1,157 compare
  3. 14 Zambia 1,013 compare
  4. 16 Australia 964 compare
  5. 17 Ukraine 944 compare
  6. 18 Guatemala 921 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of paid employees, by industry: education in Costa Rica?
Number of paid employees, by industry: education in Costa Rica was 972 in 2015, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest number of paid employees, by industry: education recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 1,059 in 2009.
What is the lowest number of paid employees, by industry: education recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 12 in 2000.
How does Costa Rica rank for number of paid employees, by industry: education?
Costa Rica ranks 15th out of 30 countries with data for 2015.
Is number of paid employees, by industry: education rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. 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 Number of paid employees, by industry: Education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of paid employees, by industry: Education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 334 data points, 2000–2021
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