Labor market gender gap index in Costa Rica by area 2022

In 2022, Costa Rica scored 0.65 in the gender gap index area of economic participation and opportunity. This means that women are 35 percent less likely to have equal economic participation and opportunities than men. That year, the country scored 0.66 in estimated earned income, which shows that, on average, women in Costa Rica only earn 66 percent of the income earned by men.

Gender gap index in the area of economic participation and opportunity in Costa Rica in 2022, by category

Characteristic	Index score
Wage equality for similar work	0.62
Estimated earned income*	0.66
Labor force participation	0.67
Overall score**	0.65

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Costa Rica, Central and South America

Survey time period

2022

Special properties

1 = equality; 0 = inequality

Supplementary notes

* Based on constant international U.S. dollars at 2017 values.
** Including other indicators which are not shown in the graph.
Figures have been rounded. The index scores shown in the graph may slightly differ to the original three-decimal scores.

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