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Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below was 0.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.7%
Change on year
down 3.5%
World rank
41st
of 88 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2010
All-time low
0.6%
in 2002
Years of data
33
1989–2021

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Costa Rica, 1989–2021

00.20.40.60.81989200520211989: 0.713 % of workers with low education in the service sector1990: 0.699 % of workers with low education in the service sector1991: 0.688 % of workers with low education in the service sector1992: 0.698 % of workers with low education in the service sector1993: 0.691 % of workers with low education in the service sector1994: 0.687 % of workers with low education in the service sector1995: 0.682 % of workers with low education in the service sector1996: 0.7 % of workers with low education in the service sector1997: 0.655 % of workers with low education in the service sector1998: 0.696 % of workers with low education in the service sector1999: 0.706 % of workers with low education in the service sector2000: 0.688 % of workers with low education in the service sector2001: 0.636 % of workers with low education in the service sector2002: 0.634 % of workers with low education in the service sector2003: 0.642 % of workers with low education in the service sector2004: 0.642 % of workers with low education in the service sector2005: 0.672 % of workers with low education in the service sector2006: 0.642 % of workers with low education in the service sector2007: 0.683 % of workers with low education in the service sector2008: 0.657 % of workers with low education in the service sector2009: 0.665 % of workers with low education in the service sector2010: 0.75 % of workers with low education in the service sector2011: 0.735 % of workers with low education in the service sector2012: 0.73 % of workers with low education in the service sector2013: 0.719 % of workers with low education in the service sector2014: 0.716 % of workers with low education in the service sector2015: 0.723 % of workers with low education in the service sector2016: 0.718 % of workers with low education in the service sector2017: 0.722 % of workers with low education in the service sector2018: 0.722 % of workers with low education in the service sector2019: 0.734 % of workers with low education in the service sector2020: 0.716 % of workers with low education in the service sector2021: 0.691 % of workers with low education in the service sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of workers with low education in the service sector.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.7% for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in 2021.

That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Costa Rica peaked at 0.7% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2002.

Costa Rica ranks 41st of 88 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, primary education and below in Costa Rica, year by year

Year % of workers with low education in the service sector Change
1989 0.7% —
1990 0.7% -2.0%
1991 0.7% -1.6%
1992 0.7% +1.5%
1993 0.7% -1.0%
1994 0.7% -0.5%
1995 0.7% -0.8%
1996 0.7% +2.7%
1997 0.7% -6.4%
1998 0.7% +6.2%
1999 0.7% +1.4%
2000 0.7% -2.4%
2001 0.6% -7.6%
2002 0.6% -0.4%
2003 0.6% +1.3%
2004 0.6% -0.1%
2005 0.7% +4.7%
2006 0.6% -4.5%
2007 0.7% +6.4%
2008 0.7% -3.9%
2009 0.7% +1.2%
2010 0.7% +12.8%
2011 0.7% -2.0%
2012 0.7% -0.6%
2013 0.7% -1.5%
2014 0.7% -0.5%
2015 0.7% +1.0%
2016 0.7% -0.6%
2017 0.7% +0.5%
2018 0.7% -0.0%
2019 0.7% +1.7%
2020 0.7% -2.4%
2021 0.7% -3.5%

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% 0.6% 0.7% 10
2010s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 10
2020s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 2

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 38 Malta 0.7% compare
  2. 39 Italy 0.7% compare
  3. 40 Argentina 0.7% compare
  4. 42 Türkiye 0.7% compare
  5. 43 Sri Lanka 0.7% compare
  6. 44 Brazil 0.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Costa Rica?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Costa Rica was 0.7% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2010.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2002.
How does Costa Rica rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below?
Costa Rica ranks 41st out of 88 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. 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, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the service sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the service sector)
Unit
% of workers with low education in the service sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
88 places, 1,186 data points, 1970–2021
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