Costa Rica vs United Kingdom: Informal employment
Informal employment over time
- Costa Rica
- United Kingdom
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 55.6% against 50.7% in United Kingdom, a difference of 4.9%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 15th and United Kingdom ranks 16th of 44 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher informal employment, Costa Rica or United Kingdom?
- Costa Rica, at 55.6% against 50.7% in United Kingdom as of 2025.
- What is the difference in informal employment between Costa Rica and United Kingdom?
- 4.9%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and United Kingdom?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2018.
- How do Costa Rica and United Kingdom rank globally for informal employment?
- Costa Rica ranks 15th and United Kingdom ranks 16th of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Informal employment (% of total agricultural employment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This indicator shows the share of workers at working age in informal employment in agricultural activities out of total employment in agricultural activities, expressed as a percentage. Informal employment comprises persons 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).