Home → Costa Rica → Unemployment Rate → 2018

Costa Rica - Unemployment Rate 2018

Name: Costa Rica Unemployment Rate 2018
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

9.01% −0.28pp from 2017 Global rank: 137th

Costa Rica's unemployment rate was 9.01% in 2018, decreased +0.28pp from 7.73% in 2017. This was the 137th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Unemployment Rate by Country - 2018
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Qatar	0.11%	-21.4%
2nd	Cambodia	0.13%	-8.5%
3rd	Niger	0.54%	-3.6%
4th	Solomon Islands	0.72%	-0.7%
5th	Thailand	0.77%	-36.3%
6th	Myanmar	0.77%	-43.4%
7th	Chad	1.14%	0.3%
8th	Burundi	1.15%	-8.2%
9th	Viet Nam	1.16%	-48.2%
10th	Bahrain	1.19%	-71.0%
11th	Moldova	1.24%	-70.0%
12th	Benin	1.43%	-15.7%
13th	Mali	1.62%	8.1%
14th	Cuba	1.70%	0.0%
15th	Andorra	1.78%	-24.5%
16th	Tanzania	1.79%	-3.3%
17th	Oman	1.80%	-28.7%
18th	Macao SAR, China	1.80%	-8.7%
19th	Kuwait	2.20%	-1.3%
20th	United Arab Emirates	2.24%	-9.2%
21st	Czechia	2.25%	-22.3%
22nd	Tonga	2.25%	5.2%
23rd	Guatemala	2.28%	-7.3%
24th	Madagascar	2.30%	8.5%
25th	Philippines	2.34%	-59.2%
26th	Japan	2.47%	-12.4%
27th	Liechtenstein	2.62%	9.5%
28th	Papua New Guinea	2.65%	2.7%
29th	Iceland	2.70%	-18.1%
30th	Hong Kong SAR, China	2.81%	-11.0%
31st	Côte d'Ivoire	2.85%	-12.8%
32nd	Lao PDR	2.90%	-11.4%
33rd	Togo	2.90%	-22.5%
34th	Seychelles	3.00%	0.0%
35th	Liberia	3.06%	-0.3%
36th	Guinea-Bissau	3.13%	1.2%
37th	Sierra Leone	3.19%	-12.7%
38th	Ghana	3.20%	-4.9%
39th	Uganda	3.25%	-5.2%
40th	Mexico	3.28%	-4.3%
41st	Malaysia	3.30%	-3.6%
42nd	Bhutan	3.35%	6.8%
43rd	Germany	3.38%	-4.0%
44th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.41%	-2.5%
45th	Senegal	3.45%	-15.3%
46th	Peru	3.49%	-49.3%
47th	Trinidad and Tobago	3.50%	-27.6%
48th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3.52%	-30.8%
49th	Ecuador	3.53%	-23.6%
50th	Cameroon	3.61%	1.0%
51st	Singapore	3.61%	66.1%
52nd	Hungary	3.67%	-9.5%
53rd	Timor-Leste	3.77%	-11.5%
54th	Norway	3.80%	-9.8%
55th	Korea	3.82%	3.8%
56th	Netherlands	3.83%	-34.8%
57th	Poland	3.84%	-21.5%
58th	United States	3.90%	-10.6%
59th	Israel	3.92%	-7.3%
60th	Malta	3.96%	-1.3%
61st	Comoros	3.98%	-1.8%
62nd	El Salvador	4.01%	-44.3%
63rd	Turkmenistan	4.04%	0.0%
64th	Gambia, The	4.06%	-20.4%
65th	Pakistan	4.08%	-30.0%
66th	United Kingdom	4.15%	-6.3%
67th	Romania	4.19%	-31.3%
68th	Mozambique	4.21%	7.0%
69th	Kenya	4.28%	20.9%
70th	China	4.31%	-13.8%
71st	Sri Lanka	4.32%	2.8%
72nd	New Zealand	4.34%	-8.7%
73rd	Indonesia	4.39%	-20.2%
74th	Bangladesh	4.44%	1.5%
75th	Fiji	4.52%	0.5%
76th	Kyrgyz Republic	4.56%	-33.8%
77th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	4.63%	0.4%
78th	Burkina Faso	4.70%	0.7%
79th	Switzerland	4.71%	52.6%
80th	Belarus	4.76%	-16.2%
81st	Guinea	4.84%	-0.5%
82nd	Kazakhstan	4.85%	-1.0%
83rd	Russian Federation	4.87%	-6.3%
84th	Azerbaijan	4.90%	-1.2%
85th	Austria	4.93%	-17.0%
86th	Maldives	4.96%	-7.7%
87th	Malawi	5.02%	-0.5%
88th	Zambia	5.03%	11.1%
89th	Nigeria	5.07%	-71.0%
90th	Slovenia	5.11%	-22.3%
91st	Denmark	5.13%	22.2%
92nd	Panama	5.16%	-15.8%
93rd	Nicaragua	5.20%	59.0%
94th	Bulgaria	5.21%	-16.4%
95th	Australia	5.35%	-4.6%
96th	Vanuatu	5.35%	2.0%
97th	Mongolia	5.38%	-38.9%
98th	Uzbekistan	5.39%	-7.5%
99th	Estonia	5.41%	-6.1%
100th	Guam	5.45%	0.6%
101st	Jamaica	5.47%	-53.0%
102nd	Luxembourg	5.59%	-4.3%
103rd	Honduras	5.65%	2.2%
104th	Ireland	5.74%	-15.0%
105th	Eritrea	5.76%	-0.8%
106th	Central African Republic	5.83%	-0.2%
107th	Canada	5.84%	-9.0%
108th	Dominican Republic	5.86%	6.4%
109th	Belgium	5.94%	-16.3%
110th	Saudi Arabia	6.03%	2.2%
111th	Lithuania	6.15%	-13.1%
112th	Paraguay	6.22%	1.3%
113th	Channel Islands	6.34%	-7.8%
114th	Sweden	6.37%	-6.2%
115th	Mauritius	6.43%	-9.5%
116th	Slovak Republic	6.54%	-19.0%
117th	Zimbabwe	6.79%	6.9%
118th	Portugal	6.97%	-24.6%
119th	Tajikistan	7.03%	-0.1%
120th	European Union	7.24%	-10.9%
121st	Aruba	7.30%	-18.0%
122nd	Finland	7.36%	-16.6%
123rd	Latvia	7.41%	-15.0%
124th	Chile	7.62%	9.4%
125th	India	7.65%	0.3%
126th	Suriname	7.82%	11.7%
127th	Equatorial Guinea	7.82%	-0.3%
128th	San Marino	8.01%	-1.1%
129th	Barbados	8.32%	-16.4%
130th	Croatia	8.32%	-33.1%
131st	Uruguay	8.34%	5.2%
132nd	Cyprus	8.50%	-23.0%
133rd	Samoa	8.65%	-8.0%
134th	Brunei Darussalam	8.70%	3.8%
135th	São Tomé and Principe	8.71%	-35.3%
136th	Ukraine	8.80%	-8.8%
137th	Costa Rica	9.01%	-3.0%
138th	France	9.02%	-4.1%
139th	Puerto Rico (US)	9.20%	-15.6%
140th	Argentina	9.22%	10.4%
141st	Morocco	9.27%	-9.1%
142nd	Belize	9.35%	0.2%
143rd	Colombia	9.36%	-3.1%
144th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	9.86%	-19.5%
145th	Bahamas, The	10.00%	-1.0%
146th	Mauritania	10.41%	0.7%
147th	Italy	10.54%	-6.7%
148th	Nepal	10.59%	-0.6%
149th	Lebanon	10.76%	4.9%
150th	Rwanda	10.76%	-9.4%
151st	Türkiye	10.96%	0.5%
152nd	Afghanistan	11.19%	0.1%
153rd	French Polynesia	11.60%	0.0%
154th	New Caledonia	11.70%	0.2%
155th	Virgin Islands (US)	11.70%	2.3%
156th	Algeria	12.11%	3.4%
157th	Cabo Verde	12.17%	-0.2%
158th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	12.20%	1.0%
159th	Albania	12.30%	-10.2%
160th	Brazil	12.33%	-4.1%
161st	Sudan	12.35%	-37.0%
162nd	Georgia	12.67%	-41.4%
163rd	Serbia	12.73%	-12.2%
164th	South Sudan	12.85%	-1.0%
165th	Iraq	13.46%	3.4%
166th	Syrian Arab Republic	13.51%	-0.7%
167th	Guyana	13.63%	1.2%
168th	Haiti	13.93%	0.0%
169th	Montenegro	15.19%	-5.5%
170th	Spain	15.26%	-11.4%
171st	Tunisia	15.46%	-0.3%
172nd	Angola	16.60%	-0.1%
173rd	Lesotho	16.61%	1.4%
174th	Yemen, Republic of	17.59%	-5.5%
175th	Jordan	18.26%	-0.2%
176th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.40%	-10.2%
177th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	18.70%	1.3%
178th	Libya	18.87%	-1.0%
179th	Armenia	18.97%	6.6%
180th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.01%	-0.1%
181st	Greece	19.18%	-10.6%
182nd	St. Lucia	19.33%	1.0%
183rd	Botswana	19.67%	0.0%
184th	Namibia	19.88%	-8.6%
185th	Gabon	20.46%	0.7%
186th	Congo, Republic of	20.84%	0.5%
187th	North Macedonia	21.21%	-4.8%
188th	Djibouti	26.18%	0.4%
189th	West Bank and Gaza	26.26%	3.2%
190th	Eswatini	26.47%	7.9%
191st	South Africa	26.91%	-2.0%

FAQ

What was Costa Rica's unemployment rate in 2018?▾

Costa Rica's unemployment rate in 2018 was 9.01%. This ranked 137th globally.

How did Costa Rica's unemployment rate change in 2018?▾

Costa Rica's unemployment rate decreased by 3.0% in 2018 compared to 2017.

Which country had the highest unemployment rate in 2018?▾

South Africa had the highest unemployment rate in 2018 at 26.91%.

What is the unemployment rate of Costa Rica in 2018?▾

The unemployment rate of Costa Rica in 2018 was 9.01%. This ranked 137th globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Costa Rica's unemployment rate?▾

Costa Rica's unemployment rate went from 7.73% in 2017 to 9.01% in 2018, a 3.0% decrease.

← 2017

View all years

2019 →