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Costa Rica - Services Employment 2024

Name: Costa Rica Services Employment 2024
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Employment in services · World Bank

69.62% +3.24% from 2023 Global rank: 123rd

Costa Rica's services employment was 69.62% in 2024, increased +3.24% from 66.38% in 2023. This was the 123rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2024▾

Services Employment by Country - 2024
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	11.51%	1.6%
2nd	Niger	17.33%	4.4%
3rd	Chad	19.57%	0.7%
4th	Mozambique	20.50%	-0.2%
5th	Central African Republic	20.50%	-0.6%
6th	Madagascar	20.62%	1.7%
7th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	23.18%	1.5%
8th	Lao PDR	23.69%	1.4%
9th	Tanzania	26.86%	0.2%
10th	Uganda	27.36%	1.6%
11th	Malawi	27.43%	0.2%
12th	Mali	27.80%	1.0%
13th	Guinea-Bissau	28.62%	1.7%
14th	Afghanistan	29.50%	0.0%
15th	Burkina Faso	31.16%	1.3%
16th	Eritrea	31.34%	1.0%
17th	India	32.27%	2.6%
18th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	33.09%	1.8%
19th	Zimbabwe	33.39%	0.7%
20th	Zambia	34.66%	1.6%
21st	Equatorial Guinea	34.75%	0.9%
22nd	Lesotho	35.77%	0.8%
23rd	Myanmar	36.51%	1.4%
24th	Moldova	36.59%	2.9%
25th	Bangladesh	37.37%	1.0%
26th	Cambodia	37.40%	0.7%
27th	Guinea	37.73%	1.9%
28th	Pakistan	38.27%	0.5%
29th	Tajikistan	38.61%	1.3%
30th	Côte d'Ivoire	39.74%	1.6%
31st	Viet Nam	39.81%	0.6%
32nd	Benin	40.67%	2.1%
33rd	Angola	40.69%	0.4%
34th	Kenya	41.18%	1.2%
35th	Bhutan	41.28%	0.8%
36th	Cameroon	43.04%	1.2%
37th	Sierra Leone	43.57%	0.8%
38th	Togo	43.60%	1.4%
39th	Congo, Republic of	43.72%	1.0%
40th	Haiti	44.38%	0.4%
41st	Vanuatu	45.11%	0.7%
42nd	Rwanda	45.38%	33.9%
43rd	Nepal	45.49%	0.6%
44th	China	46.15%	0.8%
45th	Albania	46.78%	1.0%
46th	Ghana	46.93%	1.2%
47th	Senegal	47.09%	1.7%
48th	Sri Lanka	47.62%	0.7%
49th	Guatemala	48.02%	0.7%
50th	Morocco	48.09%	0.9%
51st	Thailand	48.76%	1.9%
52nd	Georgia	48.88%	1.3%
53rd	Nigeria	49.06%	1.2%
54th	Turkmenistan	49.09%	0.9%
55th	Solomon Islands	49.62%	0.8%
56th	Indonesia	49.75%	1.0%
57th	Mongolia	49.81%	1.7%
58th	Timor-Leste	49.83%	2.7%
59th	Liberia	49.85%	1.3%
60th	Azerbaijan	49.88%	0.9%
61st	Uzbekistan	49.97%	0.5%
62nd	Ecuador	50.77%	-3.4%
63rd	Comoros	51.16%	1.0%
64th	Fiji	51.28%	1.2%
65th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	51.29%	0.7%
66th	Armenia	51.62%	0.3%
67th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	51.99%	0.4%
68th	Gabon	52.16%	-0.5%
69th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	52.25%	0.9%
70th	Mauritania	52.28%	1.0%
71st	Nicaragua	52.42%	0.6%
72nd	Tonga	52.47%	0.6%
73rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	52.81%	0.6%
74th	Gambia, The	53.00%	1.3%
75th	Tunisia	54.04%	0.4%
76th	Serbia	54.34%	0.8%
77th	Oman	54.44%	0.6%
78th	Papua New Guinea	54.83%	0.8%
79th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	55.12%	0.6%
80th	Honduras	55.59%	0.6%
81st	Romania	56.08%	2.1%
82nd	Yemen, Republic of	56.83%	0.7%
83rd	Samoa	56.86%	0.4%
84th	Guyana	56.99%	-2.6%
85th	Kyrgyz Republic	57.50%	0.5%
86th	Türkiye	58.08%	0.5%
87th	Syrian Arab Republic	58.12%	0.8%
88th	Algeria	58.21%	0.0%
89th	Eswatini	59.01%	0.6%
90th	Belarus	59.21%	0.5%
91st	Philippines	59.32%	0.5%
92nd	Peru	59.80%	0.2%
93rd	Qatar	60.11%	1.3%
94th	North Macedonia	60.58%	-1.0%
95th	Namibia	60.89%	0.4%
96th	Czechia	61.85%	2.1%
97th	El Salvador	62.66%	0.3%
98th	Slovak Republic	62.81%	1.0%
99th	Poland	63.30%	2.1%
100th	Mexico	63.70%	1.1%
101st	Bahrain	64.10%	0.2%
102nd	Slovenia	64.17%	0.5%
103rd	Malaysia	64.56%	0.5%
104th	Paraguay	64.88%	0.1%
105th	Hungary	64.94%	0.6%
106th	Iraq	65.06%	0.1%
107th	São Tomé and Principe	65.21%	0.4%
108th	Colombia	65.72%	0.2%
109th	Botswana	66.14%	-0.1%
110th	Panama	66.62%	-1.8%
111th	Suriname	66.78%	0.2%
112th	Bulgaria	67.03%	4.5%
113th	Cuba	67.20%	0.6%
114th	Cabo Verde	67.55%	0.2%
115th	United Arab Emirates	67.94%	0.4%
116th	Belize	68.20%	0.6%
117th	Kazakhstan	68.51%	0.5%
118th	Jamaica	68.62%	0.6%
119th	Russian Federation	68.80%	0.3%
120th	Croatia	68.85%	1.4%
121st	Lithuania	69.17%	0.0%
122nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69.59%	0.3%
123rd	Costa Rica	69.62%	4.9%
124th	Italy	69.89%	0.2%
125th	Estonia	70.48%	0.6%
126th	Latvia	71.10%	0.4%
127th	Trinidad and Tobago	71.13%	0.8%
128th	Korea	71.14%	0.7%
129th	Libya	71.40%	0.4%
130th	Maldives	71.44%	0.6%
131st	Argentina	71.64%	0.6%
132nd	Brazil	71.98%	0.5%
133rd	Chile	72.10%	0.6%
134th	Austria	72.34%	1.7%
135th	Portugal	72.38%	1.4%
136th	European Union	72.49%	0.6%
137th	Germany	72.62%	0.3%
138th	Greece	72.66%	0.1%
139th	Uruguay	72.92%	0.4%
140th	Kuwait	73.35%	0.7%
141st	Dominican Republic	73.75%	0.4%
142nd	South Africa	73.75%	-0.2%
143rd	Japan	73.77%	0.7%
144th	Mauritius	74.12%	0.5%
145th	Saudi Arabia	74.36%	0.2%
146th	New Zealand	74.41%	0.8%
147th	Finland	75.46%	0.6%
148th	St. Lucia	76.10%	1.5%
149th	Spain	76.44%	-0.1%
150th	New Caledonia	77.11%	1.0%
151st	Montenegro	77.36%	0.3%
152nd	Ireland	77.59%	-0.6%
153rd	Switzerland	77.85%	0.0%
154th	Iceland	77.89%	-0.1%
155th	France	78.07%	-0.2%
156th	Brunei Darussalam	78.32%	0.0%
157th	Australia	78.41%	0.3%
158th	Guam	79.04%	0.2%
159th	Denmark	79.33%	0.8%
160th	Norway	79.38%	0.6%
161st	United States	79.39%	0.4%
162nd	Belgium	79.47%	0.9%
163rd	Canada	79.94%	0.5%
164th	Jordan	80.53%	0.2%
165th	Malta	81.16%	0.4%
166th	Sweden	81.17%	0.3%
167th	Cyprus	81.46%	0.1%
168th	Virgin Islands (US)	81.56%	0.4%
169th	Barbados	82.50%	0.1%
170th	United Kingdom	83.00%	-0.2%
171st	French Polynesia	83.63%	0.2%
172nd	Puerto Rico (US)	83.88%	0.3%
173rd	Israel	83.94%	0.2%
174th	Netherlands	84.23%	0.5%
175th	Bahamas, The	84.36%	0.1%
176th	Channel Islands	85.10%	0.3%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.70%	-0.1%
178th	Singapore	85.74%	-0.4%
179th	Macao SAR, China	88.52%	0.3%
180th	Luxembourg	91.28%	1.4%
181st	Djibouti	92.28%	-0.2%

FAQ

What was Costa Rica's services employment in 2024?▾

Costa Rica's services employment in 2024 was 69.62%. This ranked 123rd globally.

How did Costa Rica's services employment change in 2024?▾

Costa Rica's services employment increased by 4.9% in 2024 compared to 2023.

Which country had the highest services employment in 2024?▾

Djibouti had the highest services employment in 2024 at 92.28%.

What is the services employment of Costa Rica in 2024?▾

The services employment of Costa Rica in 2024 was 69.62%. This ranked 123rd globally.

How does 2024 compare to 2023 for Costa Rica's services employment?▾

Costa Rica's services employment went from 66.38% in 2023 to 69.62% in 2024, a 4.9% increase.

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