Wage bill as a percentage of GDP in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Wage bill as a percentage of GDP was 6.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
6.2%
Change on year
down 6.1%
World rank
129th
of 191 countries
All-time high
7.2%
in 2020
All-time low
4.9%
in 2000
Years of data
23
2000–2022

Wage bill as a percentage of GDP in Costa Rica, 2000–2022

024682000201120222000: 4.92001: 5.12002: 5.32003: 5.32004: 52005: 5.72006: 5.52007: 5.12008: 5.32009: 6.32010: 6.82011: 72012: 6.92013: 7.12014: 72015: 72016: 6.82017: 6.72018: 6.62019: 6.92020: 7.22021: 6.62022: 6.2

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2022, wage bill as a percentage of gdp in Costa Rica stood at 6.2%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.1% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage bill as a percentage of gdp in Costa Rica peaked at 7.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.9%, in 2000.

Costa Rica ranks 129th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Wage bill as a percentage of GDP in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Wage bill as a percentage of GDP in Costa Rica, 2000 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2000 4.9%
2001 5.1% +4.1%
2002 5.3% +3.8%
2003 5.3% -0.2%
2004 5.0% -4.6%
2005 5.7% +14.1%
2006 5.5% -4.5%
2007 5.1% -6.1%
2008 5.3% +2.9%
2009 6.3% +19.7%
2010 6.8% +7.7%
2011 7.0% +2.7%
2012 6.9% -0.9%
2013 7.1% +2.9%
2014 7.0% -1.5%
2015 7.0% -0.4%
2016 6.8% -3.0%
2017 6.7% -1.8%
2018 6.6% -0.3%
2019 6.9% +3.9%
2020 7.2% +4.0%
2021 6.6% -8.7%
2022 6.2% -6.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 5.3% 4.9% 6.3% 10
2010s 6.9% 6.6% 7.1% 10
2020s 6.6% 6.2% 7.2% 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 126 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6.3% compare
  2. 127 Senegal 6.3% compare
  3. 128 Peru 6.2% compare
  4. 130 Malawi 6.1% compare
  5. 131 Azerbaijan 6.0% compare
  6. 132 Mongolia 5.9% compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More reference data data for Costa Rica

All data for Costa Rica →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage bill as a percentage of gdp in Costa Rica?
Wage bill as a percentage of gdp in Costa Rica was 6.2% in 2022, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage bill as a percentage of gdp recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 7.2% in 2020.
What is the lowest wage bill as a percentage of gdp recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 4.9% in 2000.
How does Costa Rica rank for wage bill as a percentage of gdp?
Costa Rica ranks 129th out of 191 countries with data for 2022.
Is wage bill as a percentage of gdp rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. 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 Wage bill as a percentage of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage bill as a percentage of GDP in Costa Rica. Statizoid. Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-bill-as-a-percentage-of-gdp/costa-rica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-bill-as-a-percentage-of-gdp/costa-rica/">Wage bill as a percentage of GDP in Costa Rica</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage bill as a percentage of GDP
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 4,127 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed