Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health was 0.7424 compared to all private employees in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
0.7424 compared to all private employees
Change on year
up 22.3%
World rank
2nd
of 23 countries
All-time high
0.7424 compared to all private employees
in 2015
All-time low
0.1275 compared to all private employees
in 2006
Years of data
13
2000–2015

Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health in Costa Rica, 2000–2015

0.20.40.60.82000200720152000: 0.498 compared to all private employees2001: 0.557 compared to all private employees2002: 0.233 compared to all private employees2003: 0.398 compared to all private employees2004: 0.365 compared to all private employees2005: 0.358 compared to all private employees2006: 0.128 compared to all private employees2007: 0.262 compared to all private employees2008: 0.588 compared to all private employees2009: 0.142 compared to all private employees2010: 0.398 compared to all private employees2012: 0.607 compared to all private employees2015: 0.742 compared to all private employees

Source: World Bank. Measured in compared to all private employees.

Analysis

In 2015, public sector wage premium, by industry: health in Costa Rica stood at 0.7424 compared to all private employees. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

That represents a change of up 22.3% on the previous year and up 107.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, public sector wage premium, by industry: health in Costa Rica peaked at 0.7424 compared to all private employees in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.1275 compared to all private employees, in 2006.

That places Costa Rica 2nd out of 23 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health (compared to all private employees) in Costa Rica, 2000 to 2015.
Year compared to all private employees Change
2000 0.4981 compared to all private employees
2001 0.5572 compared to all private employees +11.9%
2002 0.2329 compared to all private employees -58.2%
2003 0.3982 compared to all private employees +71.0%
2004 0.3654 compared to all private employees -8.3%
2005 0.3584 compared to all private employees -1.9%
2006 0.1275 compared to all private employees -64.4%
2007 0.2621 compared to all private employees +105.5%
2008 0.5883 compared to all private employees +124.5%
2009 0.1424 compared to all private employees -75.8%
2010 0.3984 compared to all private employees +179.9%
2012 0.6071 compared to all private employees +52.4%
2015 0.7424 compared to all private employees +22.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3531 compared to all private employees 0.1275 compared to all private employees 0.5883 compared to all private employees 10
2010s 0.5827 compared to all private employees 0.3984 compared to all private employees 0.7424 compared to all private employees 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 1 South Africa 0.804 compared to all private employees compare
  2. 3 Peru 0.4948 compared to all private employees compare
  3. 4 Sri Lanka 0.4847 compared to all private employees compare
  4. 5 El Salvador 0.4777 compared to all private employees compare

See the full ranking of 23 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is public sector wage premium, by industry: health in Costa Rica?
Public sector wage premium, by industry: health in Costa Rica was 0.7424 compared to all private employees in 2015, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest public sector wage premium, by industry: health recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.7424 compared to all private employees in 2015.
What is the lowest public sector wage premium, by industry: health recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1275 compared to all private employees in 2006.
How does Costa Rica rank for public sector wage premium, by industry: health?
Costa Rica ranks 2nd out of 23 countries with data for 2015.
Is public sector wage premium, by industry: health rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 107.1%. 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 Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health (compared to all private employees). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Public sector wage premium, by industry: Health (compared to all private employees)
Unit
compared to all private employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
23 places, 260 data points, 2000–2021
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