Employees in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Employees was 1,621 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employees in Costa Rica, 2017–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, employees in Costa Rica stood at 1,621. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employees in Costa Rica peaked at 1,621 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,371, in 2020.
Costa Rica ranks 50th of 73 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Employees in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1,520 | — |
| 2018 | 1,544 | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1,551 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 1,371 | -11.6% |
| 2021 | 1,445 | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 1,546 | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 1,558 | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 1,616 | +3.7% |
| 2025 | 1,621 | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,539 | 1,520 | 1,551 | 3 |
| 2020s | 1,526 | 1,371 | 1,621 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More work & labour data for Costa Rica
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.9965 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.9952 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.9977 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.61 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.29 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 5,205 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 569.35 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 1,908 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 1,868 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 3,776 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employees in Costa Rica?
- Employees in Costa Rica was 1,621 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest employees recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,621 in 2025.
- What is the lowest employees recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,371 in 2020.
- How does Costa Rica rank for employees?
- Costa Rica ranks 50th out of 73 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employees rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Employees (15+). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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 is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. For more information, refer to the Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.