*Costa Rica’s national statistics institute (Inec) has released its latest figures on unemployment, which show that the national unemployment rate was 13.1% in the November 2021- January 2022 rolling quarter. This is down six percentage points on the same rolling quarter the previous year and also down on the 13.7% unemployment rate in the immediately preceding quarter ending in December 2021. The Inec report shows a high gender imbalance in unemployment, with a 16.8% unemployment rate amongst women in the November 2021-January 2022 quarter compared with just 10.6% for men.
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