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Costa Rica - Labor Force Participation 2007

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Labor force participation rate · World Bank

61.43% +0.78pp from 2006 Global rank: 85th

Costa Rica's labor force participation was 61.43% in 2007, increased +0.78pp from 60.65% in 2006. This was the 85th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2007▾

Labor Force Participation by Country - 2007
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	87.86%	-0.5%
2nd	Madagascar	86.55%	0.0%
3rd	Qatar	85.33%	1.9%
4th	Solomon Islands	84.51%	0.0%
5th	Mozambique	83.95%	-0.6%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	82.10%	0.0%
7th	Nigeria	81.80%	-0.2%
8th	Cameroon	81.73%	0.0%
9th	Cambodia	81.23%	0.2%
10th	Burkina Faso	80.52%	-0.3%
11th	Eritrea	80.04%	0.0%
12th	Niger	79.39%	0.1%
13th	Malawi	78.52%	-1.5%
14th	Peru	78.23%	2.7%
15th	Burundi	77.68%	0.3%
16th	United Arab Emirates	77.32%	0.1%
17th	Angola	77.25%	0.0%
18th	Iceland	77.16%	0.3%
19th	Liberia	77.12%	0.0%
20th	Viet Nam	75.03%	0.6%
21st	South Sudan	74.11%	-0.2%
22nd	Bahamas, The	74.07%	-0.1%
23rd	Vanuatu	74.05%	-3.7%
24th	Uganda	73.80%	-0.2%
25th	Kenya	73.35%	0.2%
26th	Thailand	72.87%	0.5%
27th	Central African Republic	72.58%	0.0%
28th	Ghana	72.04%	-0.1%
29th	China	71.95%	-0.5%
30th	Benin	71.82%	0.0%
31st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	70.79%	-1.3%
32nd	Kazakhstan	70.39%	1.0%
33rd	Mali	70.29%	0.0%
34th	Barbados	69.62%	-0.2%
35th	Bhutan	69.61%	0.1%
36th	Timor-Leste	69.22%	-0.7%
37th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	68.95%	-0.3%
38th	Paraguay	68.82%	2.6%
39th	Lesotho	68.66%	-0.8%
40th	Macao SAR, China	68.60%	4.2%
41st	Norway	68.42%	0.4%
42nd	Georgia	68.16%	-1.4%
43rd	New Zealand	68.01%	0.4%
44th	Bahrain	67.95%	1.8%
45th	Kuwait	67.89%	-0.3%
46th	Congo, Republic of	67.80%	-0.1%
47th	Switzerland	67.62%	0.4%
48th	Brazil	67.30%	-0.6%
49th	Brunei Darussalam	67.25%	-0.5%
50th	Netherlands	67.17%	0.0%
51st	Canada	67.11%	0.4%
52nd	Ecuador	66.77%	-1.7%
53rd	Ireland	66.62%	0.8%
54th	Côte d'Ivoire	66.53%	0.2%
55th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.35%	0.3%
56th	Indonesia	66.23%	3.1%
57th	Trinidad and Tobago	66.00%	-0.8%
58th	St. Lucia	65.92%	0.4%
59th	Myanmar	65.92%	-0.3%
60th	Denmark	65.89%	-0.7%
61st	Zimbabwe	65.69%	0.0%
62nd	Chad	65.67%	-0.8%
63rd	Singapore	65.50%	-0.9%
64th	Australia	65.28%	0.7%
65th	United States	64.99%	-0.3%
66th	Jamaica	64.67%	-0.4%
67th	New Caledonia	64.59%	-0.1%
68th	Haiti	64.55%	0.6%
69th	Panama	64.09%	0.6%
70th	Colombia	63.89%	-1.1%
71st	Cyprus	63.82%	0.8%
72nd	Uruguay	63.82%	3.0%
73rd	Sweden	63.70%	0.6%
74th	Guinea-Bissau	63.54%	-0.1%
75th	Sierra Leone	63.45%	-1.4%
76th	Kyrgyz Republic	63.36%	-1.8%
77th	Virgin Islands (US)	63.35%	0.9%
78th	Israel	62.77%	0.9%
79th	Nicaragua	62.61%	0.5%
80th	Portugal	62.18%	0.2%
81st	Russian Federation	62.03%	1.3%
82nd	United Kingdom	61.94%	-0.3%
83rd	Guatemala	61.79%	-0.7%
84th	Azerbaijan	61.79%	-4.7%
85th	Costa Rica	61.43%	1.3%
86th	El Salvador	61.39%	0.8%
87th	Belarus	61.36%	0.5%
88th	Korea	61.32%	-0.2%
89th	Philippines	61.26%	-0.3%
90th	Belize	61.22%	0.4%
91st	Guinea	61.13%	-1.1%
92nd	Finland	61.12%	-1.9%
93rd	Rwanda	61.12%	0.0%
94th	Argentina	61.11%	-1.1%
95th	Lao PDR	61.07%	-0.2%
96th	Mexico	60.92%	0.1%
97th	Botswana	60.85%	1.6%
98th	Armenia	60.73%	0.1%
99th	Malaysia	60.69%	0.4%
100th	Hong Kong SAR, China	60.57%	0.0%
101st	Estonia	60.51%	0.0%
102nd	Japan	60.40%	0.0%
103rd	Latvia	60.20%	2.1%
104th	Slovenia	59.99%	0.9%
105th	Channel Islands	59.72%	0.0%
106th	Austria	59.42%	1.5%
107th	Zambia	59.21%	-0.1%
108th	Mongolia	59.13%	-0.1%
109th	Germany	59.07%	0.1%
110th	Honduras	58.96%	-1.5%
111th	Fiji	58.87%	1.8%
112th	Equatorial Guinea	58.85%	-0.1%
113th	Moldova	58.85%	1.3%
114th	Czechia	58.77%	-0.8%
115th	Slovak Republic	58.72%	-0.6%
116th	Spain	58.34%	0.9%
117th	Mauritius	58.21%	-1.4%
118th	Bangladesh	58.20%	0.2%
119th	Togo	58.19%	-0.1%
120th	Guam	57.80%	-7.8%
121st	India	57.42%	-1.6%
122nd	Chile	57.35%	0.8%
123rd	Dominican Republic	57.21%	-0.2%
124th	Tonga	57.14%	-0.4%
125th	Oman	57.12%	0.8%
126th	Guyana	56.54%	0.0%
127th	Cabo Verde	56.38%	-0.5%
128th	European Union	56.31%	0.2%
129th	Ukraine	56.24%	0.8%
130th	Namibia	56.12%	0.5%
131st	French Polynesia	56.08%	-0.6%
132nd	France	56.06%	0.3%
133rd	South Africa	55.88%	-0.2%
134th	Lithuania	55.42%	0.5%
135th	Samoa	55.29%	-0.1%
136th	Luxembourg	55.19%	0.1%
137th	Uzbekistan	54.97%	-0.4%
138th	North Macedonia	54.28%	1.9%
139th	Albania	54.28%	-1.9%
140th	Cuba	54.16%	0.2%
141st	Poland	54.01%	-0.3%
142nd	Sri Lanka	53.98%	-0.4%
143rd	Belgium	53.66%	1.0%
144th	Bulgaria	53.55%	2.9%
145th	Serbia	53.50%	0.2%
146th	Croatia	52.87%	1.5%
147th	Maldives	52.70%	-0.6%
148th	Hungary	52.31%	-0.2%
149th	Eswatini	52.30%	-0.2%
150th	Greece	52.27%	-0.3%
151st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.43%	-0.2%
152nd	Suriname	51.09%	1.1%
153rd	Romania	50.71%	0.3%
154th	Morocco	50.61%	0.0%
155th	Pakistan	50.05%	0.0%
156th	Malta	49.59%	1.5%
157th	Senegal	49.50%	-1.0%
158th	Turkmenistan	48.98%	-2.1%
159th	Sudan	48.81%	-0.6%
160th	Saudi Arabia	48.65%	0.6%
161st	Italy	48.58%	-0.6%
162nd	Papua New Guinea	48.49%	-0.2%
163rd	Gabon	48.38%	0.2%
164th	Montenegro	48.20%	0.0%
165th	Gambia, The	48.15%	-0.1%
166th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	47.93%	2.0%
167th	Libya	47.46%	1.0%
168th	Tajikistan	46.65%	-4.3%
169th	Tunisia	46.63%	0.3%
170th	Afghanistan	46.62%	0.1%
171st	Türkiye	46.23%	-0.1%
172nd	Puerto Rico (US)	46.13%	-2.3%
173rd	Mauritania	44.57%	-0.5%
174th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	44.43%	-1.9%
175th	Syrian Arab Republic	44.25%	-3.4%
176th	Lebanon	43.40%	-0.5%
177th	Algeria	43.18%	-0.2%
178th	Comoros	42.30%	0.7%
179th	Iraq	41.71%	-0.1%
180th	Nepal	41.09%	-0.2%
181st	Yemen, Republic of	40.89%	-1.1%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	39.92%	3.3%
183rd	Jordan	39.80%	5.6%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	34.49%	0.2%
185th	Djibouti	33.52%	-0.3%
186th	São Tomé and Principe	24.02%	0.0%

FAQ

What was Costa Rica's labor force participation in 2007?▾

Costa Rica's labor force participation in 2007 was 61.43%. This ranked 85th globally.

How did Costa Rica's labor force participation change in 2007?▾

Costa Rica's labor force participation increased by 1.3% in 2007 compared to 2006.

Which country had the highest labor force participation in 2007?▾

Tanzania had the highest labor force participation in 2007 at 87.86%.

What is the labor force participation of Costa Rica in 2007?▾

The labor force participation of Costa Rica in 2007 was 61.43%. This ranked 85th globally.

How does 2007 compare to 2006 for Costa Rica's labor force participation?▾

Costa Rica's labor force participation went from 60.65% in 2006 to 61.43% in 2007, a 1.3% increase.

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