Costa Rica - Employment in services

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Costa Rica was 85.92 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 89.02 in 2013, while its lowest value was 71.62 in 1991.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

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Year Value
1991 71.62
1992 72.82
1993 74.45
1994 74.42
1995 75.92
1996 77.87
1997 78.64
1998 78.30
1999 78.74
2000 79.76
2001 79.13
2002 80.93
2003 81.50
2004 82.89
2005 82.64
2006 82.90
2007 82.08
2008 82.86
2009 85.01
2010 85.66
2011 86.22
2012 87.51
2013 89.02
2014 86.44
2015 86.17
2016 86.70
2017 85.57
2018 84.63
2019 85.92

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Costa Rica was 59.23 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 63.82 in 2013, while its lowest value was 49.05 in 1994.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 49.44
1992 49.39
1993 49.38
1994 49.05
1995 50.82
1996 51.36
1997 50.44
1998 51.35
1999 51.30
2000 52.60
2001 51.56
2002 51.48
2003 52.62
2004 53.06
2005 52.67
2006 54.11
2007 54.74
2008 56.21
2009 58.23
2010 59.36
2011 60.32
2012 61.41
2013 63.82
2014 61.66
2015 57.56
2016 58.85
2017 59.14
2018 57.79
2019 59.23

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Costa Rica was 69.22 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 73.62 in 2013, while its lowest value was 55.77 in 1991.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 55.77
1992 56.08
1993 56.67
1994 56.57
1995 58.36
1996 59.18
1997 59.22
1998 60.02
1999 60.22
2000 61.32
2001 60.94
2002 61.52
2003 62.51
2004 63.05
2005 63.12
2006 64.20
2007 64.48
2008 65.95
2009 68.09
2010 68.99
2011 69.85
2012 71.55
2013 73.62
2014 71.17
2015 68.54
2016 69.18
2017 68.97
2018 67.93
2019 69.22

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity