Costa Rica vs Rwanda: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of

Costa Rica
34.7 %
in 2025
Rwanda
38.5 %
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
29th
Rwanda rank
27th

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 38.5 % against 34.7 % in Costa Rica, a difference of 3.8 %.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 29th and Rwanda ranks 27th of 72 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Rwanda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Rwanda Difference Ahead
2010s 40.07 % 37.73 % 2.33 % Costa Rica
2020s 39.6 % 40.84 % 1.24 % Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of, Costa Rica or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 38.5 % against 34.7 % in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of between Costa Rica and Rwanda?
3.8 %, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Rwanda?
8 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Rwanda rank globally for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
Costa Rica ranks 29th and Rwanda ranks 27th of 72 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 1,460 data points, 1987–2025
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.