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Costa Rica Youth Unemployment Rate 1960-2024

Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.
  • Costa Rica youth unemployment rate for 2022 was 30.74%, a 8.53% decline from 2021.
  • Costa Rica youth unemployment rate for 2021 was 39.27%, a 0.89% decline from 2020.
  • Costa Rica youth unemployment rate for 2020 was 40.16%, a 8.88% increase from 2019.
  • Costa Rica youth unemployment rate for 2019 was 31.28%, a 6.16% increase from 2018.
  
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24
Libya 50.45%
South Africa 49.83%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 43.82%
Botswana 43.52%
Jordan 41.91%
Namibia 38.97%
Gabon 36.90%
North Macedonia 32.44%
Algeria 32.01%
Bosnia 31.89%
Iraq 31.76%
St. Lucia 30.78%
Costa Rica 30.74%
Albania 28.20%
Montenegro 28.06%
Suriname 26.60%
Guyana 25.48%
Serbia 24.25%
Lebanon 23.94%
Iran 22.83%
Romania 22.59%
Mauritius 21.76%
Colombia 21.04%
Brazil 20.68%
Samoa 20.35%
Turkey 19.25%
Armenia 19.02%
Jamaica 18.06%
Belize 17.93%
Equatorial Guinea 16.53%
Fiji 16.01%
Maldives 15.14%
China 14.85%
Paraguay 14.51%
Russia 14.37%
Azerbaijan 13.58%
Dominican Republic 12.89%
Venezuela 10.98%
Bulgaria 10.77%
Malaysia 10.39%
Belarus 10.27%
Turkmenistan 8.99%
Ecuador 8.40%
Peru 8.04%
Tonga 7.03%
Mexico 6.52%
Guatemala 6.28%
Thailand 5.39%
Kazakhstan 3.82%
Cuba 3.09%
Nauru 0.00%
Dominica 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Tuvalu 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Costa Rica Youth Unemployment Rate - Historical Data
Year % of Total Labor Force Ages 15-24 Annual Change
2022 30.74% -8.53%
2021 39.27% -0.89%
2020 40.16% 8.88%
2019 31.28% 6.16%
2018 25.13% 4.32%
2017 20.80% -0.92%
2016 21.72% -0.70%
2015 22.43% -1.85%
2014 24.28% 2.69%
2013 21.60% -0.80%
2012 22.40% 0.33%
2011 22.06% 4.66%
2010 17.40% -0.98%
2009 18.37% 7.12%
2008 11.25% 0.15%
2007 11.10% -3.22%
2006 14.32% -1.25%
2005 15.57% 1.00%
2004 14.57% -0.52%
2003 15.09% 0.57%
2002 14.52% 0.66%
2001 13.85% 2.57%
2000 11.29% -2.39%
1999 13.68% 1.75%
1998 11.93% 0.03%
1997 11.90% -0.36%
1996 12.26% 0.55%
1995 11.71% 3.43%
1994 8.28% -0.02%
1993 8.30% 0.63%
1992 7.67% -3.48%
1991 11.15% 11.15%
1990 0.00% 0.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% 0.00%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%