Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th was 10.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Costa Rica, 2014–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Costa Rica is 10.9%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Costa Rica peaked at 12.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 2014.
Costa Rica ranks 31st of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8.9% | — |
| 2015 | 10.4% | +16.8% |
| 2016 | 9.8% | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 9.8% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 10.6% | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 10.1% | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 10.1% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 10.1% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 11.3% | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 12.2% | +8.0% |
| 2024 | 11.1% | -9.3% |
| 2025 | 10.9% | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.0% | 8.9% | 10.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 10.9% | 10.1% | 12.2% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Costa Rica?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th in Costa Rica was 10.9% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 12.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 2014.
- How does Costa Rica rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th?
- Costa Rica ranks 31st out of 67 countries with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 19th ICLS(%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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