Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry]: Total in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry]: Total was 8.4 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry]: Total in Costa Rica, 2001–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gender gap in the share of self-employed people in [industry]: total in Costa Rica is 8.4 %, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 29.2% on the previous year and up 77.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in the share of self-employed people in [industry]: total in Costa Rica peaked at 8.4 % in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2.45 %, in 2003.
Costa Rica ranks 16th of 68 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry]: Total in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3.59 % | — |
| 2002 | 3.67 % | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 2.45 % | -33.2% |
| 2004 | 2.75 % | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 2.64 % | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 4.81 % | +82.2% |
| 2007 | 4.78 % | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 4.02 % | -15.9% |
| 2009 | 3.25 % | -19.2% |
| 2017 | 4.73 % | +45.5% |
| 2018 | 3.34 % | -29.4% |
| 2019 | 4.34 % | +29.9% |
| 2020 | 5.57 % | +28.3% |
| 2021 | 5.55 % | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 4.84 % | -12.8% |
| 2023 | 5.67 % | +17.1% |
| 2024 | 6.5 % | +14.6% |
| 2025 | 8.4 % | +29.2% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 8.4 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 6.06 %, 1.4× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 8.4 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.57 %, 1.8× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.55 % | 2.45 % | 4.81 % | 9 |
| 2010s | 4.14 % | 3.34 % | 4.73 % | 3 |
| 2020s | 6.09 % | 4.84 % | 8.4 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More economy & growth data for Costa Rica
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.74 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 466.29 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0045 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 90.49 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 5.59 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 3.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0543 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,084 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 20.52 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap in the share of self-employed people in [industry]: total in Costa Rica?
- Gender gap in the share of self-employed people in [industry]: total in Costa Rica was 8.4 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gender gap in the share of self-employed people in [industry]: total recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 8.4 % in 2025.
- What is the lowest gender gap in the share of self-employed people in [industry]: total recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.45 % in 2003.
- How does Costa Rica rank for gender gap in the share of self-employed people in [industry]: total?
- Costa Rica ranks 16th out of 68 countries with data for 2025.
- Is gender gap in the share of self-employed people in [industry]: total rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 77.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gender gap in the share of Self-employed people in [industry]: Total employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.