Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Existence of a national strategy for youth employment was 2 score in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
2 score
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
42nd
of 75 countries
All-time high
2 score
in 2023
All-time low
1 score
in 2019
Years of data
6
2019–2025
Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Costa Rica, 2019–2025
Source: International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in score.
Analysis
The most recent figure for existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Costa Rica is 2 score, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 100.0% over ten years.
That places Costa Rica 42nd out of 75 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 score | — |
| 2020 | 1 score | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 score | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2 score | +100.0% |
| 2024 | 2 score | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2 score | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1 score | 1 score | 1 score | 1 |
| 2020s | 1.6 score | 1 score | 2 score | 5 |
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- 42 Sao Tome and Principe 2 score compare
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- 42 Turkmenistan 2 score compare
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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 existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Costa Rica?
- Existence of a national strategy for youth employment in Costa Rica was 2 score in 2025, according to International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest existence of a national strategy for youth employment recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 2 score in 2023.
- What is the lowest existence of a national strategy for youth employment recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 score in 2019.
- How does Costa Rica rank for existence of a national strategy for youth employment?
- Costa Rica ranks 42nd out of 75 countries with data for 2025.
- Is existence of a national strategy for youth employment rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. 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 – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Existence of a national strategy for youth employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of development and implementation of a national strategy for youth employment, in a scale from 0 to 3. 0 means no strategy exists, and 3 means that the strategy is developed and operationalized.