Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and PPP in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and PPP was 0.0343 in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.0343
Change on year
up 4.0%
World rank
24th
of 67 countries
All-time high
0.0353
in 2012
All-time low
0.0272
in 1991
Years of data
24
1990–2016

Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and PPP in Costa Rica, 1990–2016

00.010.020.030.041990200320161990: 0.0281991: 0.0271992: 0.0281993: 0.031994: 0.031995: 0.031996: 0.0281997: 0.031998: 0.0311999: 0.0312000: 0.0322001: 0.0312002: 0.0312003: 0.0312004: 0.032005: 0.032006: 0.0312007: 0.0312008: 0.0332009: 0.0352010: 0.0332012: 0.0352015: 0.0332016: 0.034

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.0343 for real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and ppp in 2016.

That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and ppp in Costa Rica peaked at 0.0353 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.0272, in 1991.

That places Costa Rica 24th out of 67 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and PPP in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted in Costa Rica, 1990 to 2016.
Year Value Change
1990 0.0276
1991 0.0272 -1.4%
1992 0.0276 +1.3%
1993 0.0302 +9.7%
1994 0.0304 +0.5%
1995 0.03 -1.1%
1996 0.0284 -5.4%
1997 0.0296 +4.0%
1998 0.0308 +4.2%
1999 0.0308 +0.1%
2000 0.0319 +3.3%
2001 0.0315 -1.2%
2002 0.0308 -2.0%
2003 0.0313 +1.3%
2004 0.0303 -3.0%
2005 0.0296 -2.5%
2006 0.0306 +3.6%
2007 0.0315 +2.9%
2008 0.0328 +4.1%
2009 0.0345 +5.4%
2010 0.0329 -4.7%
2012 0.0353 +7.1%
2015 0.033 -6.3%
2016 0.0343 +4.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0293 0.0272 0.0308 10
2000s 0.0315 0.0296 0.0345 10
2010s 0.0339 0.0329 0.0353 4

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 21 Spain 0.037 compare
  2. 22 Latvia 0.0369 compare
  3. 23 Jamaica 0.0362 compare
  4. 25 Chile 0.0341 compare
  5. 26 Uruguay 0.0328 compare
  6. 27 Lithuania 0.032 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and ppp in Costa Rica?
Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and ppp in Costa Rica was 0.0343 in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and ppp recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.0353 in 2012.
What is the lowest real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and ppp recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0272 in 1991.
How does Costa Rica rank for real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and ppp?
Costa Rica ranks 24th out of 67 countries with data for 2016.
Is real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and ppp rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. 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 Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-24, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
67 places, 885 data points, 1990–2021
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