Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total was 0.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.8%
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
10th
of 92 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2021
All-time low
0.5%
in 1992
Years of data
33
1989–2021

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total in Costa Rica, 1989–2021

00.20.40.60.81989200520211989: 0.513 % of total workers in the agricultural sector1990: 0.517 % of total workers in the agricultural sector1991: 0.483 % of total workers in the agricultural sector1992: 0.456 % of total workers in the agricultural sector1993: 0.522 % of total workers in the agricultural sector1994: 0.624 % of total workers in the agricultural sector1995: 0.63 % of total workers in the agricultural sector1996: 0.542 % of total workers in the agricultural sector1997: 0.547 % of total workers in the agricultural sector1998: 0.52 % of total workers in the agricultural sector1999: 0.593 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2000: 0.546 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2001: 0.607 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2002: 0.584 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2003: 0.634 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2004: 0.611 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2005: 0.651 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2006: 0.627 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2007: 0.672 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2008: 0.686 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2009: 0.669 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2010: 0.681 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2011: 0.685 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2012: 0.699 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2013: 0.706 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2014: 0.719 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2015: 0.709 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2016: 0.694 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2017: 0.73 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2018: 0.73 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2019: 0.721 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2020: 0.743 % of total workers in the agricultural sector2021: 0.751 % of total workers in the agricultural sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of total workers in the agricultural sector.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.8% for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total in 2021. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.

The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total in Costa Rica peaked at 0.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1992.

That places Costa Rica 10th out of 92 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the agricultural sector) in Costa Rica, 1989 to 2021.
Year % of total workers in the agricultural sector Change
1989 0.5%
1990 0.5% +0.8%
1991 0.5% -6.7%
1992 0.5% -5.5%
1993 0.5% +14.5%
1994 0.6% +19.7%
1995 0.6% +0.9%
1996 0.5% -14.0%
1997 0.5% +1.0%
1998 0.5% -5.0%
1999 0.6% +14.1%
2000 0.5% -8.0%
2001 0.6% +11.2%
2002 0.6% -3.7%
2003 0.6% +8.4%
2004 0.6% -3.6%
2005 0.7% +6.7%
2006 0.6% -3.7%
2007 0.7% +7.2%
2008 0.7% +2.0%
2009 0.7% -2.4%
2010 0.7% +1.8%
2011 0.7% +0.5%
2012 0.7% +2.2%
2013 0.7% +1.0%
2014 0.7% +1.8%
2015 0.7% -1.4%
2016 0.7% -2.2%
2017 0.7% +5.2%
2018 0.7% +0.0%
2019 0.7% -1.3%
2020 0.7% +3.1%
2021 0.8% +1.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 1
1990s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 10
2000s 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 10
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 10
2020s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 2

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total in Costa Rica?
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total in Costa Rica was 0.8% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2021.
What is the lowest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1992.
How does Costa Rica rank for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total?
Costa Rica ranks 10th out of 92 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. 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 Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the agricultural sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, total (% of total workers in the agricultural sector)
Unit
% of total workers in the agricultural sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
92 places, 1,345 data points, 1970–2021
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