*Costa Rica’s national statistics institute (Inec) has released new figures showing that the national unemployment rate was 8.5% in the March-May 2024 rolling quarter. This is down 1.6 percentage points on the same quarter in 2023 but up on the 7.9% unemployment rate in the immediately preceding quarter ending in April. The Inec report shows a high gender imbalance in unemployment, with an 9.3% unemployment rate amongst women in the March-May 2024 quarter, compared with just 8.1% for men.
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LatinNews Daily - 05 July 2024
In brief: Costa Rica’s unemployment falls year-on-year
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