Key data points
Last release
—
Observation period
Q4 2024
Next release
—
Forecast
—
Highest
24.00 % on Jun 30, 2020
Lowest
6.60 % on Sep 30, 2024
About Costa Rica Unemployment Rate
In Costa Rica, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
Related indicators
Frequently Asked Questions
To calculate Costa Rica Unemployment Rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Costa Rica Unemployment Rate is 6.60%.
The highest figure Costa Rica Unemployment Rate has ever reached is 24.00%.
Last quarter Costa Rica Unemployment Rate was 6.90%, and the quarter before that it amounted to 6.60%.