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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
Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic strengthen their capacity to promote new cooperative enterprises
Costa Rica and Dominican Republic advance institutionalization of ILO cooperative training tools
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
Facilitator's Manual
Competency-Based Training for apprentice trainers in companies
ILO Brief
Closing gender gaps in vocational training: Good practices of the National Training Institute (INA) of Costa Rica
Projects and programmes
Comply with Fundamental Rights at Work in Costa Rica
SAW Project
Setting adequate wages
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