Costa Rica Loses 56,000 Jobs as Workforce Participation Hits Multi-Year Low
Costa Rica shed more than 56,000 jobs in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the same period last year, while an additional 118,000 people dropped out of the labor force entirely, according to the latest Continuous Employment Survey released by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (
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