Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed was 125.87 Index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed in Costa Rica, 2010–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 125.87 Index for productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed in 2025.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed in Costa Rica peaked at 132.97 Index in 2023 and was at its lowest, 93.66 Index, in 2010.
That places Costa Rica 1st out of 23 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 93.66 Index | — |
| 2011 | 95.49 Index | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 96.49 Index | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 94.28 Index | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 99.35 Index | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 103.6 Index | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 107.19 Index | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 115.26 Index | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 106.59 Index | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 110.38 Index | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 117.99 Index | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 120.72 Index | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 122.32 Index | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 132.97 Index | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 129.2 Index | -2.8% |
| 2025 | 125.87 Index | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 102.23 Index | 93.66 Index | 115.26 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 124.85 Index | 117.99 Index | 132.97 Index | 6 |
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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)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 3.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 322.22 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 6.43 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 3.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.4868 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 9,721 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 5.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7801 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed in Costa Rica?
- Productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed in Costa Rica was 125.87 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 132.97 Index in 2023.
- What is the lowest productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.66 Index in 2010.
- How does Costa Rica rank for productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st out of 23 countries with data for 2025.
- Is productivity and unit labour costs — gdp per person employed rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Productivity and unit labour costs — GDP per person employed. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The OECD Productivity Database aims at providing users with the most comprehensive and the latest productivity estimates. The update cycle is on a rolling basis: each variable in the dataset is made publicly available as soon as it is updated in the sources databases. The productivity database contains data on labour productivity both measured using employment or hours worked and the compenents of capital and labour inputs. The productivity database in levels, in growth rates and by industry contains annual data, while the database on productivity and unit labour costs are quarterly estimates. Further information for all datasets and the methodology may be found in the attached file OECD-Productivity-Statistics-Database-metadata