Costa Rica vs United Kingdom: Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment

Costa Rica
4.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup
in 2025
United Kingdom
5.05 Percentage of population in the same subgroup
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
34th
United Kingdom rank
32nd

Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment over time

  • Costa Rica
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 5.05 Percentage of population in the same subgroup against 4.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.77 Percentage of population in the same subgroup.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 34th and United Kingdom ranks 32nd of 37 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica United Kingdom Difference Ahead
2010s 8.77 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 6.02 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2.76 Percentage of population in the same subgroup Costa Rica
2020s 5.64 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 5.24 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 0.3973 Percentage of population in the same subgroup Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment, Costa Rica or United Kingdom?
United Kingdom, at 5.05 Percentage of population in the same subgroup against 4.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in Costa Rica as of 2025.
What is the difference in employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment between Costa Rica and United Kingdom?
0.77 Percentage of population in the same subgroup, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and United Kingdom?
16 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2025.
How do Costa Rica and United Kingdom rank globally for employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment?
Costa Rica ranks 34th and United Kingdom ranks 32nd of 37 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment
Unit
Percentage of population in the same subgroup
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
51 places, 1,548 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed

This dataset contains incidences and gender composition of temporary employment with standardised age groups (15-24, 25-54, 55-64, 65+, total). Data are further broken down by professional status - employees, total employment. Data are reported for employees. Temporary employees are wage and salary workers whose job has a pre-determined termination date as opposed to permanent employees whose job is of unlimited duration. They include: i) persons with a seasonal job; ii) persons engaged by an employment agency or business and hired out to a third party for carrying out a “work mission”; iii) persons with specific training contracts (including apprentices, trainees, research assistants, probationary period of a contract, etc.). Country-specific exceptions to this generic definition may be found in LFS_NOTES_SOURCES. In order to facilitate analysis and comparisons over time, historical data for OECD members have been provided over as long a period as possible, often even before a country became a member of the Organisation. Information on the membership dates of all OECD countries can be found at OECD Ratification Dates