Costa Rica - Unemployment benefits

Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP (% of population)

The value for Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP (% of population) in Costa Rica was 21.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.09 in 2017 and a minimum value of 19.84 in 2010.

Definition: Coverage of unemployment benefits and active labor market programs (ALMP) shows the percentage of population participating in unemployment compensation, severance pay, and early retirement due to labor market reasons, labor market services (intermediation), training (vocational, life skills, and cash for training), job rotation and job sharing, employment incentives and wage subsidies, supported employment and rehabilitation, and employment measures for the disabled. Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.

Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)

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Year Value
2008 21.16
2009 25.34
2010 19.84
2011 21.76
2012 21.79
2014 23.09
2015 24.49
2016 25.35
2017 26.09
2018 21.87
2019 21.70

Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in poorest quintile (% of population)

The value for Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in poorest quintile (% of population) in Costa Rica was 19.84 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.99 in 2017 and a minimum value of 15.04 in 2010.

Definition: Coverage of unemployment benefits and active labor market programs (ALMP) shows the percentage of population participating in unemployment compensation, severance pay, and early retirement due to labor market reasons, labor market services (intermediation), training (vocational, life skills, and cash for training), job rotation and job sharing, employment incentives and wage subsidies, supported employment and rehabilitation, and employment measures for the disabled. Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.

Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)

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Year Value
2008 16.20
2009 22.64
2010 15.04
2011 16.77
2012 16.03
2014 19.82
2015 20.64
2016 20.18
2017 22.99
2018 18.55
2019 19.84

Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in 2nd quintile (% of population)

The value for Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in 2nd quintile (% of population) in Costa Rica was 20.95 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.02 in 2017 and a minimum value of 17.79 in 2010.

Definition: Coverage of unemployment benefits and active labor market programs (ALMP) shows the percentage of population participating in unemployment compensation, severance pay, and early retirement due to labor market reasons, labor market services (intermediation), training (vocational, life skills, and cash for training), job rotation and job sharing, employment incentives and wage subsidies, supported employment and rehabilitation, and employment measures for the disabled. Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.

Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)

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Year Value
2008 19.73
2009 22.55
2010 17.79
2011 19.94
2012 21.57
2014 23.14
2015 25.15
2016 25.42
2017 27.02
2018 22.66
2019 20.95

Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in 3rd quintile (% of population)

The value for Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in 3rd quintile (% of population) in Costa Rica was 25.48 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.33 in 2016 and a minimum value of 23.02 in 2012.

Definition: Coverage of unemployment benefits and active labor market programs (ALMP) shows the percentage of population participating in unemployment compensation, severance pay, and early retirement due to labor market reasons, labor market services (intermediation), training (vocational, life skills, and cash for training), job rotation and job sharing, employment incentives and wage subsidies, supported employment and rehabilitation, and employment measures for the disabled. Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.

Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)

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Year Value
2008 23.77
2009 27.66
2010 23.40
2011 24.13
2012 23.02
2014 26.07
2015 26.83
2016 30.33
2017 29.06
2018 24.24
2019 25.48

Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in 4th quintile (% of population)

The value for Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in 4th quintile (% of population) in Costa Rica was 24.64 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.90 in 2009 and a minimum value of 24.64 in 2019.

Definition: Coverage of unemployment benefits and active labor market programs (ALMP) shows the percentage of population participating in unemployment compensation, severance pay, and early retirement due to labor market reasons, labor market services (intermediation), training (vocational, life skills, and cash for training), job rotation and job sharing, employment incentives and wage subsidies, supported employment and rehabilitation, and employment measures for the disabled. Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.

Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)

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Year Value
2008 26.72
2009 30.90
2010 24.76
2011 26.43
2012 27.04
2014 27.90
2015 29.52
2016 29.47
2017 30.71
2018 25.05
2019 24.64

Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in richest quintile (% of population)

The value for Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in richest quintile (% of population) in Costa Rica was 17.57 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.95 in 2009 and a minimum value of 17.57 in 2019.

Definition: Coverage of unemployment benefits and active labor market programs (ALMP) shows the percentage of population participating in unemployment compensation, severance pay, and early retirement due to labor market reasons, labor market services (intermediation), training (vocational, life skills, and cash for training), job rotation and job sharing, employment incentives and wage subsidies, supported employment and rehabilitation, and employment measures for the disabled. Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.

Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)

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Year Value
2008 19.36
2009 22.95
2010 18.23
2011 21.56
2012 21.29
2014 18.53
2015 20.30
2016 21.35
2017 20.65
2018 18.86
2019 17.57

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Performance