Costa Rica vs India: Compensation of employees

Costa Rica
5.09 trillion current LCU
in 2024
India
4.32 trillion current LCU
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
19th
India rank
21st

Compensation of employees over time

  • Costa Rica
  • India
02.0T4.0T6.0T197319982024

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 5.09 trillion current LCU against 4.32 trillion current LCU in India, a difference of 765.59 billion current LCU.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times India's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1974 it was India ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 19th and India ranks 21st of 156 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and India in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica India Difference Ahead
1970s 2.39 billion current LCU 19.09 billion current LCU 16.70 billion current LCU India
1980s 18.80 billion current LCU 53.24 billion current LCU 34.44 billion current LCU India
1990s 170.28 billion current LCU 186.20 billion current LCU 15.92 billion current LCU India
2000s 965.95 billion current LCU 532.27 billion current LCU 433.68 billion current LCU Costa Rica
2010s 3.42 trillion current LCU 1.79 trillion current LCU 1.63 trillion current LCU Costa Rica
2020s 3.60 trillion current LCU 4.32 trillion current LCU 721.16 billion current LCU India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher compensation of employees, Costa Rica or India?
Costa Rica, at 5.09 trillion current LCU against 4.32 trillion current LCU in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in compensation of employees between Costa Rica and India?
765.59 billion current LCU, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and India?
45 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and India rank globally for compensation of employees?
Costa Rica ranks 19th and India ranks 21st of 156 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Compensation of employees (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Compensation of employees (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
156 places, 4,496 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Compensation of employees is defined as the total remuneration, in cash or in kind, payable by an enterprise to an employee in return for work done by the latter during the accounting period. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.