{"id":1393,"date":"2025-09-05T15:28:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ics.cr\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:28:44","slug":"labor-participation-in-costa-rica-registers-a-sharp-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ics.cr\/en\/participacion-laboral-en-costa-rica-registra-fuerte-caida\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor participation in Costa Rica records sharp drop"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Costa Rica, the net labor participation rate showed a significant reduction of 2.7 percentage points<\/strong> compared with the same quarter of the previous year, according to data from the INEC Continuous Employment Survey\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n <\/g>\r\n <\/g>\r\n <\/g><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The report states that the labor participation rate was 53.9% at the national level<\/strong>. In the case of men, it reached 66.2%, while in the case of men it reached 66.2%. women dropped to 41.6%<\/strong>The largest reduction was in women, with 3.1 percentage points less.<\/p>\n

For its part, the unemployed population was estimated at 153 thousand people<\/strong>This represents a decrease of 33 thousand with respect to the previous year. With this, the national unemployment rate stood at 6.7%, also showing a decrease of 1.1 percentage points.<\/p>\n

The employed population remained at 2.14 million, with no relevant variations, while the labor force decreased by 86 thousand people.<\/p>\n

These results reflect that, although unemployment is falling, more people are exiting the country's labor force<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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