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Unemployment rate in Costa Rica

Latest: 6.8%
Previous: 6.9%
Change: -0.09 (-1.3%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Unemployment rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Unemployment rate in Costa Rica
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	5.4%
Dec 31, 1992	3.9%
Dec 31, 1993	4.0%
Dec 31, 1994	4.1%
Dec 31, 1995	5.2%
Dec 31, 1996	6.2%
Dec 31, 1997	5.7%
Dec 31, 1998	5.3%
Dec 31, 1999	5.9%
Dec 31, 2000	5.1%
Dec 31, 2001	6.1%
Dec 31, 2002	6.4%
Dec 31, 2003	6.7%
Dec 31, 2004	6.4%
Dec 31, 2005	6.7%
Dec 31, 2006	5.9%
Dec 31, 2007	4.6%
Dec 31, 2008	4.9%
Dec 31, 2009	7.8%
Dec 31, 2010	7.2%
Dec 31, 2011	9.5%
Dec 31, 2012	9.1%
Dec 31, 2013	8.2%
Dec 31, 2014	8.5%
Dec 31, 2015	8.4%
Dec 31, 2016	8.1%
Dec 31, 2017	7.7%
Dec 31, 2018	9.0%
Dec 31, 2019	10.8%
Dec 31, 2020	16.4%
Dec 31, 2021	15.1%
Dec 31, 2022	11.3%
Dec 31, 2023	8.3%
Dec 31, 2024	6.9%
Dec 31, 2025	6.8%

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