Chile vs Costa Rica: Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued
Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued over time
- Chile
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Chile currently reports 6,745 against 2,705 in Costa Rica, a difference of 4,040.
That makes Chile's figure about 2.5 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 7 years both countries report, Chile has been ahead every year.
Chile ranks 5th and Costa Rica ranks 7th of 50 countries.
Chile has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher average hourly labour cost per employee - discontinued, Chile or Costa Rica?
- Chile, at 6,745 against 2,705 in Costa Rica as of 2022.
- What is the difference in average hourly labour cost per employee - discontinued between Chile and Costa Rica?
- 4,040, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Costa Rica?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2018.
- How do Chile and Costa Rica rank globally for average hourly labour cost per employee - discontinued?
- Chile ranks 5th and Costa Rica ranks 7th of 50 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization, published as Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Data on labour cost is presented, whenever possible, in nominal terms and on the basis of the mean hourly labour cost per employee. Labour cost is the cost incurred by the employer in the employment of labour in a specified reference period. It comprises remuneration for work performed, payments in respect of time paid for but not worked, bonuses and gratuities, the cost of food, drink and other payments in kind, cost of workers' housing borne by employers, employers' social security expenditures, cost to the employer for vocational training, welfare services and miscellaneous items, such as transport of workers, work clothes and recruitment, together with taxes regarded as labour cost. For more information, refer to the Prices, Costs, and Currency Conversions (PRICES) database description.