Costa Rica
Costa Rica has been a member of the ILO from 1920 to 1927 and from 1944 to date. The country has ratified 52 Conventions and one Protocol, including eight of the ten fundamental Conventions and the four governance Conventions, as well as 40 technical Conventions.
The Republic of Costa Rica has an area of 51,100 km² and a population of 5,212,200 inhabitants (CEPALSTAT, 2023). Divided into seven provinces (San José, Alajuela, Cartago, Heredia, Guanacaste, Puntarenas, Limón), the country’s capital is San José.
In order to fulfill the mandate of promoting decent work and fostering social justice, the ILO provides technical assistance to its tripartite partners in the country - government, employers’ and workers’ organizations - through a team of experts and by the implementation of technical cooperation projects that address the priority challenges identified in the different areas of the labour field.
ILO actions in Costa Rica are coordinated from the Office for Central America, Haiti, Panama, and the Dominican Republic.
Latest news and stories
Statistics advance cooperative innovation and impact
Eliel Hasson Nisis takes over as new ILO Director for Central America, Haiti, Panama and the Dominican Republic
Labour statistics
National figures on labour market for the last available year from the ILOSTAT database
Development Cooperation Dashboard
The dashboard offers information on budgets and expenditures of core and non-core voluntary contributions over the last ten years.
Tripartite partners
Publications
Executive summary
Women's participation in temporary labour migration programmes
Improving the impact of public policies and budgets on employment outcomes
Guide for the review of employment-related public expenditures and application to six pilot countries
Projects and programmes
SAW Project
Setting adequate wages
Initiative on advancing the Guidelines concerning Statistics of Cooperatives
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