Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment was 4.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in 2025. ▼ Falling
Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment in Costa Rica, 2010–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of population in the same subgroup.
Analysis
In 2025, employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment in Costa Rica stood at 4.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 51.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment in Costa Rica peaked at 11.13 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in 2012 and was at its lowest, 4.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup, in 2025.
Costa Rica ranks 34th of 37 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Percentage of population in the same subgroup | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11.09 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | — |
| 2011 | 8.52 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -23.2% |
| 2012 | 11.13 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +30.7% |
| 2013 | 9.01 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -19.0% |
| 2014 | 8.37 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 8.74 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 9.39 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 8.03 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -14.5% |
| 2018 | 6.45 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -19.7% |
| 2019 | 7.02 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 6.48 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 6.91 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 6.21 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 5.62 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 4.34 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -22.8% |
| 2025 | 4.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | -1.5% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 4.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 21.69 Percentage of population in the same subgroup, 20% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 4.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup is below the median for high income countries, which is 9.58 Percentage of population in the same subgroup, 45% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8.77 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 6.45 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 11.13 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.64 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 4.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 6.91 Percentage of population in the same subgroup | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 31 Australia 5.27 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 32 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.05 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 33 Hungary 4.58 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 35 United States of America 4.26 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 36 Bulgaria 2.79 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
- 37 Romania 1.87 Percentage of population in the same subgroup compare
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 employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment in Costa Rica?
- Employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment in Costa Rica was 4.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 11.13 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in 2012.
- What is the lowest employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.28 Percentage of population in the same subgroup in 2025.
- How does Costa Rica rank for employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment?
- Costa Rica ranks 34th out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employment by permanency of the job - incidence — temporary employment rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset contains incidences and gender composition of temporary employment with standardised age groups (15-24, 25-54, 55-64, 65+, total). Data are further broken down by professional status - employees, total employment. Data are reported for employees. Temporary employees are wage and salary workers whose job has a pre-determined termination date as opposed to permanent employees whose job is of unlimited duration. They include: i) persons with a seasonal job; ii) persons engaged by an employment agency or business and hired out to a third party for carrying out a “work mission”; iii) persons with specific training contracts (including apprentices, trainees, research assistants, probationary period of a contract, etc.). Country-specific exceptions to this generic definition may be found in LFS_NOTES_SOURCES. In order to facilitate analysis and comparisons over time, historical data for OECD members have been provided over as long a period as possible, often even before a country became a member of the Organisation. Information on the membership dates of all OECD countries can be found at OECD Ratification Dates