Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force was 1,910 Persons in 2025. ▲ Rising
Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force in Costa Rica, 2011–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 1,910 Persons for population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force in 2025. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force in Costa Rica peaked at 1,910 Persons in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,312 Persons, in 2012.
That places Costa Rica 26th out of 33 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,450 Persons | 1,312 Persons | 1,580 Persons | 9 |
| 2020s | 1,739 Persons | 1,589 Persons | 1,910 Persons | 6 |
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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 population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force in Costa Rica?
- Population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force in Costa Rica was 1,910 Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,910 Persons in 2025.
- What is the lowest population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,312 Persons in 2012.
- How does Costa Rica rank for population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force?
- Costa Rica ranks 26th out of 33 countries with data for 2025.
- Is population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.6%. 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 Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The infra-annual dataflow on the outside the labour force population is a subset of the infra-annual labour statistics database, which contains predominantly monthly and quarterly statistics on the outside the labour force population by age groups (15+, 15-24, 25-54, 55-64, 15-64 and 15-74 where available) and sex and associated statistical methodological information and associated statistical methodological information, for the OECD member countries and for selected other economies. The persons outside the labour force comprise all persons of working age who, during the specified reference period, were not in the labour force (that is, were not employed or unemployed). The infra-annual labour statistics compiled for all OECD member countries, are drawn from Labour Force Surveys based on definition provided by the 19th Conference of Labour Statisticians in 2013. The uniform application of these definitions across all OECD member countries results in estimates that are internationally comparable.