Work & Labour in Costa Rica 108 indicators covering work & labour for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 31.9% 2025 down 15.2% 104th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.3% 2025 down 15.4% 90th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 38.7% 2025 down 15.3% 94th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 53.5% 2025 down 3.2% 127th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 77.3% 2025 down 4.3% 100th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 65.3% 2025 down 3.8% 120th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 46.0% 2025 down 8.1% 135th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 66.0% 2025 up 0.2% 136th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 69.8% 2025 down 8.3% 94th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 57.7% 2025 down 8.2% 122nd Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.4% 2025 up 36.9% 72nd Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.8% 2025 up 3.8% 105th Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.2% 2025 up 11.4% 103rd Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 23.3% 2025 down 12.6% 113th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 28.8% 2025 down 7.9% 109th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 26.6% 2025 down 9.7% 111th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 76.7% 2025 up 4.6% 74th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 71.2% 2025 up 3.6% 78th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 73.4% 2025 up 4.0% 76th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 1.4% 2025 down 62.2% 121st Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.5% 2025 down 68.3% 136th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.8% 2025 down 64.4% 129th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 11.6% 2025 up 14.4% 75th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 23.1% 2025 down 3.5% 116th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 18.5% 2025 up 0.1% 101st Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 82.1% 2025 up 1.8% 73rd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 61.9% 2025 up 10.7% 53rd Employment in services (% of total employment) 70.0% 2025 up 6.5% 59th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 22.2% 2025 down 16.9% 52nd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 18.5% 2025 down 5.2% 57th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 19.9% 2025 down 10.8% 50th GDP per person employed 64,822 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 35.8% 65th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.3% 2025 down 24.6% 71st Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.8% 2025 down 18.7% 74th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.2% 2025 down 30.8% 70th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 44.1% 2025 down 11.4% 147th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.7% 2025 down 10.5% 124th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 55.9% 2025 down 10.9% 145th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 27.4% 2025 down 26.5% 122nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 42.7% 2025 down 19.8% 95th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 65.1% 2025 down 1.1% 149th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 36.0% 2025 down 21.4% 107th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 20.1% 2025 down 8.8% 40th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 17.4% 2025 down 9.3% 44th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 25.5% 2025 down 4.5% 30th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 21.4% 2025 down 12.5% 95th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 15.5% 2025 up 17.9% 79th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 18.3% 2025 down 1.6% 93rd Productivity: output per hour worked 27.29 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 49.8% 64th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 24.9% 2025 down 10.0% 116th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 36.9% 2025 down 14.3% 101st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 31.0% 2025 down 12.7% 103rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 42.4% 2025 down 5.5% 130th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 65.4% 2025 down 7.4% 95th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 53.7% 2025 down 6.6% 125th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 20.9% 2025 down 16.0% 112th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 25.0% 2025 down 9.4% 104th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 23.4% 2025 down 12.0% 108th Unemployment with basic education 6.1% 2025 down 31.6% 70th Unemployment with basic education, male 5.3% 2025 down 29.2% 73rd Page 1 of 2 Next →