Costa Rica/ cr-inec-desempleo-perfiles
Quarterly unemployment by sex, age and education
Continuous Employment Survey since Q3 2010: unemployed people by sex, age, education and duration of job search.
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Costa Rica: unemployed people by quarter
Continuous Employment Survey since Q3 2010: unemployed people by sex, age, education and duration of job search.
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Between Jul 2010 and Apr 2026, the series decreased 7.7% (177,415 → 163,690). The largest point-to-point change was +237,220, from Jan 2020 to Apr 2020.
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Weighted estimates of people, not rates or individual records. Totals overlap with profiles. Error and confidence-interval tables are excluded from the estimates.
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| Period | Indicator | Geography | Value | Unit | Published unit | Published value before conversion | Indicator group | Inspect record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2010 | 2. Población desempleada1/ | Costa Rica | 177,415 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 177415 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Oct 2010 | 2. Población desempleada1/ | Costa Rica | 191,421 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 191421 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Jul 2010 | Con experiencia | Costa Rica | 146,594 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 146594 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Oct 2010 | Con experiencia | Costa Rica | 150,873 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 150873 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Jul 2010 | Sin experiencia o aspirante | Costa Rica | 30,821 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 30821 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Oct 2010 | Sin experiencia o aspirante | Costa Rica | 40,548 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 40548 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Jul 2010 | 15 a 24 años | Costa Rica | 81,428 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 81428 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Oct 2010 | 15 a 24 años | Costa Rica | 87,326 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 87326 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Jul 2010 | 25 a 34 años | Costa Rica | 39,592 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 39592 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Oct 2010 | 25 a 34 años | Costa Rica | 45,904 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 45904 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Jul 2010 | 35 a 44 años | Costa Rica | 29,903 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 29903 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Oct 2010 | 35 a 44 años | Costa Rica | 26,459 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 26459 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Jul 2010 | 45 a 59 años | Costa Rica | 22,277 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 22277 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Oct 2010 | 45 a 59 años | Costa Rica | 25,156 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 25156 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Jul 2010 | 60 y más | Costa Rica | 4,215 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 4215 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Oct 2010 | 60 y más | Costa Rica | 6,576 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 6576 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Jul 2010 | Menos de secundaria3/ | Costa Rica | 81,132 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 81132 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Oct 2010 | Menos de secundaria3/ | Costa Rica | 77,316 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 77316 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Jul 2010 | Secundaria incompleta | Costa Rica | 57,082 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 57082 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Oct 2010 | Secundaria incompleta | Costa Rica | 59,838 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 59838 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Jul 2010 | Secundaria completa4/ | Costa Rica | 19,368 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 19368 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Oct 2010 | Secundaria completa4/ | Costa Rica | 31,416 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 31416 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Jul 2010 | Universitaria con o sin título | Costa Rica | 19,833 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 19833 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Oct 2010 | Universitaria con o sin título | Costa Rica | 22,851 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 22851 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación | |
| Jul 2010 | 2. Población desempleada1/ | Costa Rica | 92,716 | people | Personas · estimación ponderada ECE | 92716 | Desempleo trimestral por sexo, edad y educación |
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Yearyear | Integer | May be empty. |
Monthmonth | Integer | May be empty. |
Frequencyfrequency | Text | daily | weekly | monthly | quarterly | semiannual | annual | biennial | edition |
Indicator keyindicator_key | Text | |
Indicatorindicator_name | Text | |
Indicator groupindicator_group | Text | May be empty. |
Indicator directionindicator_direction | Text | higher_is_better | higher_is_worse where the source direction has been explicitly reviewed. |
Geographygeography_name | Text | May be empty. |
Geography levelgeography_level | Text | May be empty. |
Sexsex | Text | Source-published sex dimension where available; Total is the aggregate. |
Ageage | Text | Source-published age dimension where available; Total is the aggregate. |
Source-estimatedsource_estimated | Boolean | True when the source publishes a modeled or fractional disaggregation rather than a direct integer count. |
Published ranksource_rank | Integer | Source-published rank retained for context, not promoted as a trend measure. |
Source editionsource_edition | Text | Edition identifier published by the source. |
Source action areasource_action_area | Text | Source-published thematic or action area. |
Source indicator identifiersource_indicator_id | Text | Stable indicator identifier published by the source. |
Publisherpublisher | Text | |
Valuevalue | Number | Published value after applying `unit_scale` (e.g. millions → units). |
Unitunit | Text | Currency code, "index", "percent", "ratio" or a physical unit. |
Published scaleunit_scale | Text | Scale the source published in: units | thousands | millions | billions. |
Published value before conversionsource_value_text | Text | Published numeric value before applying unit scale. |
Published unitsource_unit | Text | Original unit label, including index bases and currency scale. |
Source linksource_url | Text | May be empty. |
Geography codegeography_code | Text | May be empty. |
Categorycategory | Text | May be empty. |
Breakdown codecategory_key | Text | Stable source dimension/category identities, separate from display labels. |
Published dimensionssource_dimensions | Text | Published dimension names and category labels, retained together for provenance. |
Project identifierproject_id | Text | May be empty. |
Projectproject_name | Text | May be empty. |
Agreement numberagreement_id | Text | May be empty. |
Published ownerowner_name | Text | May be empty. |
Statusstatus | Text | May be empty. |
Status detailsubstatus | Text | May be empty. |
Districtdistrict | Text | May be empty. |
Localitylocality | Text | May be empty. |
Addressed hazardhazard | Text | May be empty. |
Record cutoff datesource_cutoff | Date | May be empty. |
Snapshot datesnapshot_date | Date | May be empty. |
Record period basisperiod_basis | Text | Reporting month, fiscal year, row cutoff or publication date; these are different time concepts. |
Start datestart_date | Date | May be empty. |
End dateend_date | Date | May be empty. |
Planned end dateplanned_end_date | Date | May be empty. |
Published event datesource_event_date | Date | May be empty. |
Departmentdepartment | Text | May be empty. |
Provinceprovince | Text | May be empty. |
Facilityfacility_name | Text | May be empty. |
Facility IDfacility_id | Text | May be empty. |
Companycompany_name | Text | May be empty. |
Company identifiercompany_identifier | Text | May be empty. |
Economic activityactivity | Text | May be empty. |
Reported standardregulatory_basis | Text | May be empty. |
Published periodsource_period_label | Text | May be empty. |
Facility rolewaste_role | Text | May be empty. |
Declared or estimatedwaste_data_type | Text | May be empty. |
Waste treatmentwaste_treatment | Text | May be empty. |
Destination facilitydestination_facility | Text | May be empty. |
Destination companydestination_company | Text | May be empty. |
Destination municipalitydestination_municipality | Text | May be empty. |
Estimated population (not additive)reported_population | Integer | Published stock denominator, repeated by week; never sum as population. |
Alternative source estimate (not additive)source_estimate_value | Number | Alternative source estimate; do not add to the validated main measure. |
Published record data and contextsource_context | Text | Original published environmental or statistical attributes. |
Preliminarypreliminary | Boolean | May be empty. |
Source filesource_file | Text |