Costa Rica vs Iceland: Employment by professional status
Employment by professional status over time
- Costa Rica
- Iceland
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 2,189 Persons against 229.53 Persons in Iceland, a difference of 1,959 Persons.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 9.5 times Iceland's.
Across all 15 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 31st and Iceland ranks 33rd of 33 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,019 Persons | 181.78 Persons | 1,837 Persons | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 2,086 Persons | 210.36 Persons | 1,875 Persons | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher employment by professional status, Costa Rica or Iceland?
- Costa Rica, at 2,189 Persons against 229.53 Persons in Iceland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in employment by professional status between Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 1,959 Persons, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Iceland rank globally for employment by professional status?
- Costa Rica ranks 31st and Iceland ranks 33rd of 33 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Employment by professional status (ICSE-93). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The dataflow "Employment by profesional status (ICSE-93)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow contains employment statistics for all economic activities broken down by professional status as defined by the ICSE-1993 including employees, employers and own-account workers, and unpaid family workers. Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). To be considered as an unpaid family worker, the hour-threshold varies from one hour to 18 hours a week. Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes.