Costa Rica Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in Costa Rica increased to 62.90 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 61.10 percent in the third quarter of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in Costa Rica averaged 60.71 percent from 2010 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 63.70 percent in the first quarter of 2012 and a record low of 56.80 percent in the second quarter of 2011.

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Costa Rica Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	12.00	10.20	12.00	8.30	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	293914.00	242228.00	293914.00	38708.00		[+]
Minimum Wages	5241.05	5089.29	5241.05	7.53	Index Points	[+]
Population	4.95	4.91	4.95	1.33	Million	[+]
Wages	630916.00	633490.00	792836.00	357554.00	CRC/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	748700.00	762500.00	762500.00	728400.00	CRC/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	296600.00	298000.00	339500.00	296600.00	CRC/Month	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	62.90	61.10	63.70	56.80	percent	[+]
Living Wage Family	331800.00	331800.00	331800.00	331800.00	CRC/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	209000.00	209000.00	209000.00	209000.00	CRC/Month	[+]
Employed Persons	2165323.00	2138140.00	2165323.00	1765039.00		[+]
Employment Rate	55.40	54.90	57.79	51.16	percent	[+]

The labour force participation rate is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population. This page provides - Costa Rica Labor Force Participation Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Costa Rica Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	62.90	61.10	63.70	56.80	2010 - 2018	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.10	Nov/18	79	79.1 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Dec/18	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.10	Jan/19	71	71.1 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.50	Sep/18	68.4	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	65.70	Jan/19	65.6	65.8 : 60.1	%
Italy	65.70	Nov/18	65.8	65.9 : 61.7	%
Canada	65.60	Jan/19	65.4	67.7 : 61.4	%
United States	63.20	Jan/19	63.1	67.3 : 58.1	%
Russia	62.90	Dec/18	62.9	70.3 : 62.5	%
South Korea	61.90	Jan/19	62.2	63.9 : 48.5	%
Brazil	61.70	Dec/18	61.8	61.9 : 60.9	%
Germany	61.50	Sep/18	60.9	61.7 : 56.9	%
Japan	61.40	Dec/18	61.9	74 : 58.5	%
Mexico	59.50	Dec/18	60	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	59.40	Dec/18	59.5	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.61	Dec/18	58.73	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.30	Sep/18	57.2	57.3 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	56.40	Sep/18	56.2	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.40	Nov/18	53.6	53.6 : 43.9	%
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9 : 50.9	%
Argentina	46.70	Sep/18	46.4	46.9 : 44.5	%