Costa Rica vs Panama: Average hourly earnings of employees in urban areas (2021 base)
Average hourly earnings of employees in urban areas (2021 base) over time
- Costa Rica
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 11.29 USD_PPP/cap against 9.64 USD_PPP/cap in Costa Rica, a difference of 1.65 USD_PPP/cap.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Panama ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 7th and Panama ranks 5th of 34 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8.31 USD_PPP/cap | 9.05 USD_PPP/cap | 0.7367 USD_PPP/cap | Panama |
| 2020s | 9.39 USD_PPP/cap | 11.14 USD_PPP/cap | 1.75 USD_PPP/cap | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher average hourly earnings of employees in urban areas (2021 base), Costa Rica or Panama?
- Panama, at 11.29 USD_PPP/cap against 9.64 USD_PPP/cap in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in average hourly earnings of employees in urban areas (2021 base) between Costa Rica and Panama?
- 1.65 USD_PPP/cap, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Panama?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Panama rank globally for average hourly earnings of employees in urban areas (2021 base)?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th and Panama ranks 5th of 34 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Average hourly earnings of employees in urban areas (2021 base period) — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.