Social outcomes for immigrants in Costa Rica /n1
Percentage
 
 

 

 

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Ocultar jerarquía

 Academic level

 

Ocultar jerarquía

 Nicaraguan

 

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 Non-formal education and incomplete primary

28

28

23

25

28

26

19

20

20

 

 Complete primary

25

28

22

23

21

20

23

15

32

 

 Incomplete secondary

29

26

28

27

29

32

29

27

20

 

 Complete secondary

15

16

19

17

15

14

21

24

20

 

 Higher education

3

2

8

8

7

8

8

15

9

Ocultar jerarquía

 Colombian

 

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 Non-formal education and incomplete primary

1

4

0

3

2

0

 

 Complete primary

1

1

5

0

2

9

 

 Secondary incomplete

9

12

12

6

12

9

 

 Complete secondary

62

46

35

29

49

55

 

 Higher education

27

37

48

62

35

27

Ocultar jerarquía

 Other nationalities

 

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 Non-formal education and incomplete primary

3

0

0

3

5

17

3

3

3

 

 Complete primary

11

3

10

4

7

13

11

7

10

 

 Incomplete secondary

17

7

20

7

9

10

22

10

7

 

 Complete secondary

18

20

27

27

27

19

25

25

34

 

 Higher education

51

70

43

59

52

41

39

55

45

Ocultar jerarquía

 Main causes of migration

 

Ocultar jerarquía

 Nicaraguan

 

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 Lack of employment

57

44

39

55

51

57

15

52

65

 

 Political/economic instability

28

33

20

16

13

10

5

13

13

 

 Family links

10

10

18

10

23

16

30

22

16

 

 Others

5

13

23

19

13

17

50

13

6

Ocultar jerarquía

 Colombian

 

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 Lack of employment

15

10

20

14

20

9

 

 Political/economic instability

28

30

17

32

32

45

 

 Family links

6

10

6

8

15

10

 

 Businesses and better job opportunities

20

27

28

14

14

18

 

 Others

31

23

29

32

19

18

Ocultar jerarquía

 Other nationalities

 

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 Lack of employment

6

8

2

14

16

15

9

12

29

 

 Political/economic instability

16

12

11

12

21

6

11

29

35

 

 Family links

5

4

8

14

18

33

41

19

22

 

 Businesses and better job opportunities

25

31

36

12

9

8

4

1

8

 

 Others

48

45

43

48

36

38

35

39

6

Ocultar jerarquía

 Main occupations

 

Ocultar jerarquía

 Nicaraguan

 

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 Construction

36

19

33

16

13

12

9

9

45

 

 Agriculture

20

16

8

18

9

10

10

2

 

 Housemaid

11

7

18

16

18

18

18

20

10

 

 Dependent

7

11

6

3

 

 Housewive

22

26

24

18

6

 

 Others

33

58

41

50

31

23

33

48

39

Ocultar jerarquía

 Colombian

 

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 Construction

0

0

4

0

3

0

 

 Agriculture

0

0

1

0

0

0

 

 Housemaid

0

0

0

0

3

0

 

 Professional work

15

16

34

40

8

9

 

 Entrepreneur

35

39

24

9

25

19

 

 Housewife

12

36

 

 Others

50

45

37

51

49

36

Ocultar jerarquía

 Other nationalities

 

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 Construction

1

0

5

0

2

2

0

1

7

 

 Agriculture

1

2

0

0

2

3

1

1

 

 Housemaid

3

2

3

3

4

5

3

5

 

 Professional work

20

20

27

23

10

6

24

26

36

 

 Entrepreneur

33

22

22

22

22

28

0

13

22

 

 Dependent

6

6

11

4

 

 Housewive

13

20

15

11

5

 

 Others

42

54

43

52

41

30

46

39

29

Ocultar jerarquía

 Sex

 

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 Woman

 

49

45

52

45

60

57

57

57

31

 

 Man

 

51

55

48

55

40

43

43

43

69

Ocultar jerarquía

 Main age range

 

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

 

 From 18 to 40 years

 

84

70

70

70

77

73

67

59

50

 

 More than 40 years

 

16

30

30

30

23

27

33

41

50

 
Source: Banco Central de Costa Rica.

Notes:
n1/ In 2016 and 2019, "Other nationalities" section includes colombians.
n2/ In the years without figures the survey was not carried out.

 
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