Costa Rica: labor market gender gap index 2020, by area

In 2020, Costa Rica scored 0.61 in the gender gap index in the area of economic participation and opportunity (women are 39 percent less likely to have equal economic participation and opportunities than men). That year, Costa Rica scored 0.55 in estimated earned income, which shows a gender pay gap of approximately 45 percent (on average, women's income was estimated to be 45 percent lower than men's).