Q COSTARICA — In the last three months, unemployment in Costa Rica showed no significant changes, remaining at 6.9% for the period between February and April, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)—National Institute of Statistics and Census.
However, the female employment rate registered a statistically significant decrease compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
“The national employed population was 2.16 million people, comprised of 1.33 million men and 832,000 women. For women, this indicator showed a statistically significant decrease of 52,000 people compared to the same quarter of the previous year,” INEC stated.
Meanwhile, the national net labor force participation rate was 54.0%, while for men it was 65.9% and for women 42.2%.
This indicator showed a reduction of 2.6 percentage points nationally and 3.5 percentage points for women.
The results reflect a stable unemployment rate, although they show lower female participation in the labor market and a reduction in the number of employed women compared to the previous year.