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Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male was 0.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.7%
Change on year
down 3.1%
World rank
46th
of 90 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2018
All-time low
0.7%
in 2004
Years of data
33
1989–2021

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica, 1989–2021

00.20.40.60.81989200520211989: 0.732 % of male workers in the service sector1990: 0.725 % of male workers in the service sector1991: 0.722 % of male workers in the service sector1992: 0.735 % of male workers in the service sector1993: 0.725 % of male workers in the service sector1994: 0.718 % of male workers in the service sector1995: 0.719 % of male workers in the service sector1996: 0.721 % of male workers in the service sector1997: 0.712 % of male workers in the service sector1998: 0.729 % of male workers in the service sector1999: 0.714 % of male workers in the service sector2000: 0.717 % of male workers in the service sector2001: 0.702 % of male workers in the service sector2002: 0.699 % of male workers in the service sector2003: 0.7 % of male workers in the service sector2004: 0.698 % of male workers in the service sector2005: 0.718 % of male workers in the service sector2006: 0.715 % of male workers in the service sector2007: 0.718 % of male workers in the service sector2008: 0.725 % of male workers in the service sector2009: 0.734 % of male workers in the service sector2010: 0.759 % of male workers in the service sector2011: 0.756 % of male workers in the service sector2012: 0.755 % of male workers in the service sector2013: 0.751 % of male workers in the service sector2014: 0.754 % of male workers in the service sector2015: 0.754 % of male workers in the service sector2016: 0.754 % of male workers in the service sector2017: 0.752 % of male workers in the service sector2018: 0.768 % of male workers in the service sector2019: 0.753 % of male workers in the service sector2020: 0.764 % of male workers in the service sector2021: 0.74 % of male workers in the service sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of male workers in the service sector.

Analysis

In 2021, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica stood at 0.7%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica peaked at 0.8% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2004.

Costa Rica ranks 46th of 90 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica, year by year

Year % of male workers in the service sector Change
1989 0.7% —
1990 0.7% -0.9%
1991 0.7% -0.5%
1992 0.7% +1.8%
1993 0.7% -1.4%
1994 0.7% -0.9%
1995 0.7% +0.1%
1996 0.7% +0.3%
1997 0.7% -1.2%
1998 0.7% +2.3%
1999 0.7% -2.1%
2000 0.7% +0.5%
2001 0.7% -2.1%
2002 0.7% -0.4%
2003 0.7% +0.1%
2004 0.7% -0.4%
2005 0.7% +2.8%
2006 0.7% -0.4%
2007 0.7% +0.4%
2008 0.7% +0.9%
2009 0.7% +1.3%
2010 0.8% +3.4%
2011 0.8% -0.4%
2012 0.8% -0.1%
2013 0.8% -0.5%
2014 0.8% +0.3%
2015 0.8% +0.1%
2016 0.8% -0.0%
2017 0.8% -0.3%
2018 0.8% +2.1%
2019 0.8% -1.9%
2020 0.8% +1.4%
2021 0.7% -3.1%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 0.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9%, 86% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 0.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7%, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

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

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 43 Guatemala 0.7% compare
  2. 44 Palestine, State of 0.7% compare
  3. 45 Mexico 0.7% compare
  4. 47 Argentina 0.7% compare
  5. 48 Greece 0.7% compare
  6. 49 Korea 0.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male in Costa Rica was 0.7% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2018.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2004.
How does Costa Rica rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male?
Costa Rica ranks 46th out of 90 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. 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 Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male (% of male workers in the service sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, male (% of male workers in the service sector)
Unit
% of male workers in the service sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,259 data points, 1970–2021
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