Work & Labour in Costa Rica 108 indicators covering work & labour for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Unemployment with intermediate education 8.5% 2025 down 20.3% 35th Unemployment with basic education, female 7.9% 2025 down 31.7% 61st Unemployment with advanced education 4.7% 2025 down 19.5% 61st Unemployment with intermediate education, female 9.8% 2025 down 30.3% 36th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 19.4% 2025 up 4.2% 42nd Unemployment with intermediate education, male 7.6% 2025 down 8.5% 36th Labor force with basic education, female 33.4% 2025 down 26.3% 70th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 23.2% 2025 down 6.4% 42nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 16.5% 2025 up 24.2% 29th Labor force with basic education, male 65.0% 2025 down 13.9% 53rd Labor force with basic education 50.0% 2025 down 17.9% 61st Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 40.9% 2025 down 8.3% 131st Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 63.8% 2025 down 9.2% 109th Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-a 51.2% 2025 down 6.8% 87th Labor force with intermediate education, male 71.5% 2025 down 7.9% 74th Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age popula 61.2% 2025 down 7.6% 83rd Unemployment with advanced education, male 5.7% 2025 up 1.9% 30th Labor force with advanced education, male 74.9% 2025 down 9.3% 107th Labor force with advanced education 72.5% 2025 down 8.1% 101st Labor force with advanced education, female 70.5% 2025 down 6.9% 87th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 52.4% 2025 down 8.9% 129th Unemployment with advanced education, female 3.8% 2025 down 38.0% 79th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 28.7% 2025 down 19.4% 103rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 35.2% 2025 down 18.0% 91st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 20.4% 2025 down 25.3% 112th Part time employment, female 26.5% 2025 down 24.1% 56th Part time employment, male 13.2% 2025 down 23.9% 61st Part time employment, total 18.4% 2025 down 23.8% 62nd Female share of employment in senior and middle management 46.2% 2025 up 11.6% 11th Coverage of social protection and labor programs 70.9% 2022 up 5.3% 16th Coverage of social safety net programs 49.1% 2022 up 3.5% 16th Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile 81.9% 2022 up 9.1% 11th Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile 68.4% 2022 up 4.7% 12th Coverage of social safety net programs in 3rd quintile 52.9% 2022 up 3.5% 15th Coverage of social safety net programs in 4th quintile 31.0% 2022 down 5.8% 22nd Coverage of social safety net programs in richest quintile 11.6% 2022 down 10.5% 26th Adequacy of social protection and labor programs 34.7% 2022 up 40.5% 16th Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs to poorest q 5.7% 2022 up 6.1% 29th Coverage of social insurance programs 21.7% 2022 up 44.2% 19th Coverage of social insurance programs in poorest quintile 8.3% 2022 up 80.5% 18th Coverage of social insurance programs in 2nd quintile 17.3% 2022 up 48.0% 19th Coverage of social insurance programs in 3rd quintile 22.6% 2022 up 59.7% 19th Coverage of social insurance programs in 4th quintile 26.8% 2022 up 50.8% 19th Coverage of social insurance programs in richest quintile 33.4% 2022 up 23.9% 18th Adequacy of social safety net programs 15.0% 2022 up 21.3% 10th Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile 31.8% 2022 up 18.0% 5th Adequacy of social insurance programs 40.6% 2022 up 41.9% 15th Benefit incidence of social insurance programs to poorest quintile 1.7% 2022 up 26.0% 20th ← Previous Page 2 of 2