Costa Rica’s employed population shows no significant growth
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- Costa Rica had 2,180,684 employed people in the mobile quarter ending in July, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census.
- The employed population has not recorded a significant year-on-year increase since the mobile quarter ending in January 2025.
Costa Rica’s employed population continues to show little significant growth. In the mobile quarter ending in July, 2,180,684 people had jobs, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census.
The last time the number of employed people posted a notable increase compared with the same period a year earlier was in the mobile quarter ending in January 2025.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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