Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Employees
Employees over time
- Costa Rica
- Uruguay
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1,621 against 1,243 in Uruguay, a difference of 378.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Uruguay's.
Across all 9 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 50th and Uruguay ranks 52nd of 73 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,539 | 1,172 | 366.57 | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1,526 | 1,192 | 333.79 | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher employees, Costa Rica or Uruguay?
- Costa Rica, at 1,621 against 1,243 in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in employees between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
- 378, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for employees?
- Costa Rica ranks 50th and Uruguay ranks 52nd of 73 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization, published as Employees (15+). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. For more information, refer to the Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.