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Costa Rica Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) Statistics

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Country or Region: Costa Rica › Change country
Economic Indicator: Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) › See all Costa Rica indicators, › See Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Costa Rican C
Currency Symbol: CRC

Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2010. Data as of July for each year Employment type: National definition Primary domestic currency: Costa Rican colones Data last updated: 03/2011

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) Statistics for Costa Rica , Year 2010 - In Detail

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Costa Rica in year 2010 is 7.3 %

This makes Costa Rica No. 57 in world rankings according to Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) in year 2010. The world's average Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) value is 4.82 %; Costa Rica is 2.48 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Costa Rica was 8.40 % Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Costa Rica in 2010 was or will be 13.04% less than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Costa Rica was or will be 6.80 %, which is 6.85% less than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Costa Rica, in other Years
Year %
  2016 6.2
  2015 6.2
  2014 6.2
  2013 6.2
  2012 6.4
  2011 6.8
2010 7.3
  2009 8.395
  2008 4.948
  2007 4.597
  2006 5.962
  2005 6.63
  2004 6.495
  2003 6.668
  2002 6.403
  2001 6.072
  2000 5.193
  1999 6.022
  1998 5.6
  1997 5.7
  1996 6.2
  1995 5.2
  1994 4.2
  1993 4.1
  1992 4.1
  1991 5.5
  1990 4.642
  1989 3.774
  1988 5.461
  1987 5.577
  1986 6.229
  1985 6.846
  1984 5.361
  1983 9.231
  1982 9.405
  1981 8.766
  1980 5.921