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Costa Rica
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Vulnerable employment is contributing family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.

Global rank#106out of 182 countries
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Historical trend

33.030.628.225.823.4199120082025Costa Rica · 2025: 23.36%Costa Rica

Analytical takeaways

  • Costa Rica records 23.36% for Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, ranking #106 globally out of 182 countries.
  • Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) declined from 33.04% in 1991 to 23.36% in 2025, a decrease of 9.68%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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