Costa Rica vs Italy: Time-related underemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19)
Time-related underemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) over time
- Costa Rica
- Italy
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 2.68 against 2.59 in Italy, a difference of 0.09.
Across all 11 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 35th and Italy ranks 36th of 59 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.26 | 4.17 | 5.09 | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 9.58 | 4.58 | 5 | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher time-related underemployment rate (current ilo definition - icls19), Costa Rica or Italy?
- Costa Rica, at 2.68 against 2.59 in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in time-related underemployment rate (current ilo definition - icls19) between Costa Rica and Italy?
- 0.09, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Italy?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Italy rank globally for time-related underemployment rate (current ilo definition - icls19)?
- Costa Rica ranks 35th and Italy ranks 36th of 59 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization, published as Time-related underemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) (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 includes only countries for which the 19th ICLS definitions are applied. The time-related underemployment rate conveys the number of persons in time-related underemployment as a percent of the total number of persons in employment. Persons in time-related underemployment comprise all persons in employment, who satisfy the following three criteria during the reference period: a) are willing to work additional hours; b) are available to work additional hours i.e., are ready, within a specified subsequent period, to work additional hours, given opportunities for additional work; and c) worked less than a threshold relating to working time i.e., persons whose hours actually worked in all jobs during the reference period were below a threshold, to be chosen according to national circumstances. For more information, refer to the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database description.