Employment by professional status in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Employment by professional status was 2,189 Persons in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employment by professional status in Costa Rica, 2010–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 2,189 Persons for employment by professional status in 2025.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment by professional status in Costa Rica peaked at 2,200 Persons in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,830 Persons, in 2011.
That places Costa Rica 31st out of 33 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Employment by professional status in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,884 Persons | — |
| 2011 | 1,830 Persons | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 1,989 Persons | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 2,026 Persons | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 2,064 Persons | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 2,057 Persons | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,996 Persons | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 2,051 Persons | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 2,117 Persons | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 2,175 Persons | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 1,938 Persons | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 2,040 Persons | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 2,154 Persons | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 2,095 Persons | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 2,200 Persons | +5.0% |
| 2025 | 2,189 Persons | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,019 Persons | 1,830 Persons | 2,175 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,103 Persons | 1,938 Persons | 2,200 Persons | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 28 New Zealand 2,877 Persons compare
- 29 Ireland 2,818 Persons compare
- 30 Finland 2,613 Persons compare
- 32 Luxembourg 328.32 Persons compare
- 33 Iceland 229.53 Persons 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 professional status in Costa Rica?
- Employment by professional status in Costa Rica was 2,189 Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest employment by professional status recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,200 Persons in 2024.
- What is the lowest employment by professional status recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,830 Persons in 2011.
- How does Costa Rica rank for employment by professional status?
- Costa Rica ranks 31st out of 33 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employment by professional status rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 professional status (ICSE-93). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataflow "Employment by profesional status (ICSE-93)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow contains employment statistics for all economic activities broken down by professional status as defined by the ICSE-1993 including employees, employers and own-account workers, and unpaid family workers. Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). To be considered as an unpaid family worker, the hour-threshold varies from one hour to 18 hours a week. Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes.