Costa Rica Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in Costa Rica decreased to 62.40 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 62.90 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in Costa Rica averaged 60.76 percent from 2010 until 2019, 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	11.90	11.30	12.00	8.30	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	295580.00	276279.00	295580.00	38708.00		[+]
Minimum Wages	5241.05	5241.05	5241.05	7.53	Index Points	[+]
Population	5.00	4.95	5.00	1.33	Million	[+]
Wages	657101.00	670866.00	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	63.00	62.40	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	2183195.00	2171766.00	2183195.00	1765039.00		[+]
Employment Rate	55.46	55.40	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 September of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	63.00	62.40	63.70	56.80	2010 - 2019	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.20	Jun/19	79.3	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.00	Jun/19	72.2	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.20	Jul/19	71.2	71.2 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.30	Mar/19	68.7	68.8 : 66.8	%
Russia	67.70	Mar/19	67.9	70.3 : 64.2	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	66.10	Jul/19	66	66.1 : 60.1	%
Canada	65.80	Aug/19	65.6	67.7 : 61.4	%
Italy	65.80	Jul/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	63.30	Aug/19	64	64.2 : 48.5	%
United States	63.20	Aug/19	63	67.3 : 58.1	%
Brazil	62.10	Jul/19	62.1	62.1 : 60.8	%
Japan	62.10	Jul/19	62.3	74 : 58.5	%
Germany	61.50	Mar/19	61.8	61.8 : 56.9	%
Mexico	60.50	Jun/19	60.2	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	59.80	Jun/19	58.8	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.74	Jun/19	58.35	60.55 : 48.88	%
Saudi Arabia	57.90	Jun/19	56.4	57.9 : 47.8	%
Euro Area	57.10	Mar/19	57.4	57.4 : 55	%
Turkey	52.90	Jun/19	52.8	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	49.80	Dec/18	50.4	63.7 : 49.8	%
Argentina	47.00	Mar/19	46.5	47 : 44.5	%