Unemployment rate: Costa Rica
6.843% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.843 |
| 2024 | 6.936 |
| 2023 | 8.325 |
| 2022 | 11.325 |
| 2021 | 15.139 |
| 2020 | 16.432 |
| 2019 | 10.807 |
| 2018 | 9.01 |
| 2017 | 7.729 |
| 2016 | 8.085 |
| 2015 | 8.415 |
| 2014 | 8.499 |
| 2013 | 8.218 |
| 2012 | 9.11 |
| 2011 | 9.518 |
| 2010 | 7.171 |
| 2009 | 7.824 |
| 2008 | 4.934 |
| 2007 | 4.557 |
| 2006 | 5.926 |
| 2005 | 6.749 |
| 2004 | 6.445 |
| 2003 | 6.654 |
| 2002 | 6.396 |
| 2001 | 6.051 |
| 2000 | 5.08 |
| 1999 | 5.9 |
| 1998 | 5.33 |
| 1997 | 5.68 |
| 1996 | 6.16 |
| 1995 | 5.18 |
| 1994 | 4.05 |
| 1993 | 3.95 |
| 1992 | 3.93 |
| 1991 | 5.37 |