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Central America and the Caribbean > Costa Rica > Labor

Agricultural workers > Female 4% [49th of 77]
Agricultural workers > Male 22% [25th of 78]
Child employment in agriculture > % of economically active children ages 7-14 56.13 % Time series [2nd of 11]
Child employment in agriculture, female > % of female economically active children ages 7-14 55.16 % Time series [1st of 11]
Child employment in manufacturing > % of economically active children ages 7-14 7.24 % Time series [2nd of 10]
Compensation of employees > % of expense 41.41 % Time series [9th of 97]
Compensation of employees > current LCU 898179000000 Time series
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 10-14 4.13 [74th of 89]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 15-19 39.09 [80th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 20-24 66.99 [126th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 25-29 70.31 [150th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 30-34 74.06 [139th of 165]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 40-44 71.74 [137th of 167]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 45-49 65.55 [147th of 163]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 50-54 59.46 [152nd of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 55-59 49.08 [146th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 60-64 39.56 [107th of 166]
Economic activity > Both sexes aged 65 plus 15.71 [105th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 10-14 5.52 [74th of 92]
Economic activity > Men aged 20-24 85.63 [64th of 166]
Economic activity > Men aged 25-29 95.27 [89th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 30-34 96.37 [136th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 35-39 97.08 [111st of 164]
Economic activity > Men aged 40-44 95.75 [133rd of 163]
Economic activity > Men aged 45-49 92.57 [154th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 50-54 89.26 [130th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 55-59 78.11 [125th of 167]
Economic activity > Men aged 60-64 66.76 [88th of 165]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 30.41 [89th of 162]
Economic activity > Women aged 10-14 2.68 [76th of 89]
Economic activity > Women aged 15-19 26.64 [102nd of 164]
Economic activity > Women aged 20-24 47.52 [134th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 25-29 44.35 [150th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 30-34 50.98 [139th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 35-39 50.33 [135th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 40-44 47.33 [132nd of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 45-49 38.33 [140th of 161]
Economic activity > Women aged 50-54 29.71 [146th of 166]
Economic activity > Women aged 55-59 20.46 [146th of 167]
Economic activity > Women aged 60-64 13.48 [130th of 165]
Economic activity > Women aged 65 plus 3.17 [137th of 167]
Economically active children, female 3.48 % Time series [2nd of 34]
Economically active children, male 9.68 % Time series [2nd of 34]
Economically active children, study and work 79.19 % Time series [1st of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, female 86.62 % Time series [1st of 34]
Economically active children, study and work, male 76.74 % Time series [1st of 34]
Economically active children, total 6.71 % Time series [2nd of 34]
Economically active children, work only 20.81 % Time series [2nd of 34]
Economically active children, work only, female 13.38 % Time series [2nd of 33]
Economically active children, work only, male 23.26 % Time series [2nd of 34]
Female decision makers 33% [23rd of 67]
Female economic activity 37.1% [132nd of 156]
Female economic activity growth 12% [37th of 156]
Female professionals 46% [49th of 68]
Firing cost > weeks of wages 35.3 weeks of wages Time series [89th of 164]
force participation rate, female > % of female population ages 15-64 48.59 % Time series [139th of 184]
force participation rate, male > % of male population ages 15-64 84.78 % Time series [56th of 184]
force participation rate, total > % of total population ages 15-64 67.04 % Time series [114th of 184]
force with primary education > % of total 60.6 % Time series [3rd of 48]
force with secondary education > % of total 15.7 % Time series [38th of 51]
force with tertiary education > % of total 14.9 % Time series [32nd of 52]
force, female > % of total labor force 35.14 % Time series [148th of 184]
force, total 1,956,228 Time series [117th of 184]
Industrial workers > Female 17% [30th of 79]
Industrial workers > Male 27% [56th of 79]
Labor force > By occupation
agriculture 20%, industry 22%, services 58%
Long-term unemployment > % of total unemployment 10.9 % Time series [32nd of 48]
Long-term unemployment, female > % of female unemployment 13.3 % Time series [30th of 46]
Long-term unemployment, male > % of male unemployment 8.9 % Time series [31st of 46]
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Date June 11, 1976
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 > Ratifications > Minimum age 15 [55th of 146]
Parental leave > Paid maternity leave 4 months
Regulation 63 [24th of 123]
Regulation > Employment Conditions 83 [43rd of 123]
Regulation > Firing 46 [42nd of 123]
Regulation > Hiring 58 [45th of 123]
regulations > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 24.2 % Time series [2nd of 39]
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention > Ratifications > Date June 2, 1960
Rigidity of employment index 32 Time series [102nd of 166]
Service workers > Female 79% [38th of 79]
Service workers > Male 51% [40th of 79]
skills > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 13.41 % Time series [14th of 38]
Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 28.5 % Time series [31st of 71]
Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 20.5 % Time series [31st of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education > % of total unemployment 9.9 % Time series [26th of 77]
Unemployment with tertiary education, female > % of female unemployment 10.9 % Time series [22nd of 71]
Unemployment with tertiary education, male > % of male unemployment 9 % Time series [23rd of 71]
Unemployment, female > % of female labor force 8.5 % Time series [42nd of 95]
Unemployment, male > % of male labor force 5.4 % Time series [56th of 95]
Unemployment, total > % of total labor force 6.4 % Time series [52nd of 101]
Unemployment, youth female > % of female labor force ages 15-24 21.5 % Time series [17th of 77]
Unemployment, youth male > % of male labor force ages 15-24 11.3 % Time series [43rd of 77]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 15 % Time series [34th of 77]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
2 weeks after 1 year employment.
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 209,000,000 $ Time series [51st of 149]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per $ GDP) 10.439 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [44th of 166]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 421,000,000 $ Time series [79th of 156]
    Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per $ GDP) 21.028 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [66th of 165]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 399,753,400 BoP $ Time series [46th of 115]
    Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per $ GDP) 19.967 BoP $ per $1 million of Time series [44th of 142]

SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; World Development Indicators database; Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Minimum Age Convention, 1973 ; Wikipedia: Parental leave ; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference.; The World Bank Group The original methodology and data come from The Regulation of Labor, by Juan Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes, and Andrei Shleifer. When using the data, please also cite this paper as a reference; Wikipedia: Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 ; Wikipedia: Vacation

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