Costa Rica vs Jordan: Informal employment, female

Costa Rica
32.6%
in 2025
Jordan
45.9%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
10th
Jordan rank
9th

Informal employment, female over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Jordan
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How they compare

Jordan currently reports 45.9% against 32.6% in Costa Rica, a difference of 13.3%.

That makes Jordan's figure about 1.4 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 8 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 10th and Jordan ranks 9th of 45 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Jordan Difference Ahead
2010s 41.9% 31.5% 10.5% Costa Rica
2020s 37.6% 37.5% 0.0% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher informal employment, female, Costa Rica or Jordan?
Jordan, at 45.9% against 32.6% in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in informal employment, female between Costa Rica and Jordan?
13.3%, with Jordan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Jordan?
8 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Jordan rank globally for informal employment, female?
Costa Rica ranks 10th and Jordan ranks 9th of 45 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Informal employment, female (% of total female non-agricultural employment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Informal employment, female (% of total female non-agricultural employment)
Unit
% of total female non-agricultural employment
Source
Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
45 places, 426 data points, 2014–2025
Last refreshed

This indicator shows the share of workers at working age in informal employment in non-agricultural activities out of total employment in non-agricultural activities, expressed as a percentage. Informal employment comprises workers whose main or secondary jobs are informal. For own-account workers and employers, informality is determined by enterprise characteristics (unincorporated, market-based, and unregistered); for contributing family workers, it is determined by the absence of written contracts and lack of coverage under labor legislation; and for employees, it is determined by whether the employment relationship is not subject to national labor legislation, income taxation, or social protection. The data are based on the statistical standards adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS).