# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Costa Rica

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Costa Rica was 19.95% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `cr`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.
- Source: World Bank, Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/youth-unemployment-rate/costa-rica
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=youth_unemployment_rate&place=cr

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 19.95 |
| 2024 | 20.48 |
| 2023 | 24.31 |
| 2022 | 30.72 |
| 2021 | 39.2 |
| 2020 | 40.11 |
| 2019 | 31.19 |
| 2018 | 25.07 |
| 2017 | 20.74 |
| 2016 | 21.65 |
| 2015 | 22.36 |
| 2014 | 24.23 |
| 2013 | 21.56 |
| 2012 | 22.37 |
| 2011 | 22.04 |
| 2010 | 17.38 |
| 2009 | 18.37 |
| 2008 | 11.25 |
| 2007 | 11.07 |
| 2006 | 14.27 |
| 2005 | 15.52 |
| 2004 | 14.53 |
| 2003 | 15.05 |
| 2002 | 14.46 |
| 2001 | 13.81 |
| 2000 | 11.24 |
| 1999 | 13.6 |
| 1998 | 11.86 |
| 1997 | 11.84 |
| 1996 | 12.21 |
| 1995 | 11.64 |
| 1994 | 8.24 |
| 1993 | 8.26 |
| 1992 | 7.63 |
| 1991 | 11.08 |