Costa Rica Labor Content of Exports Summary

2007 Data
           
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View for Costa Rica in 2007 the domestic labor value added or total wages supported by final output or exports when considering forward linkages* or backward linkages**, including wages directly paid to workers in the export sector as well as indirectly to workers providing inputs to the export sector, by skilled and unskilled workers, economy-wide and across 24 sectors.
* the sector's value added embedded as inputs in other sectors' exports
** the value added embedded in the sector's exports from all other sectors

Country
Year

Top 5 sector exporting labor value added - bwd linkage

SectorDescriptionTotalSkilledUnskilled
Machinery and Equipment nec841.15187.86653.29
Agr, Forestry, Fisheries709.2444.74664.50
Other Private Services435.20178.73256.47
Processed Foods296.4644.94251.52
Chemical, Rubber, Plastic Products228.4748.62179.85

Top 5 sectors supplying labor value added to exports - fwd linkage

SectorDescriptionTotalSkilledUnskilled
Other Private Services702.95305.08397.87
Agr, Forestry, Fisheries678.098.82669.27
Machinery and Equipment nec567.50110.66456.84
Trade and Transport Services445.2975.70369.59
PubAdmin/Defence/Health/Educat193.73117.5976.14

Top 5 labor value added share in gross exports (%)

SectorDescriptionTotalSkilledUnskilled
PubAdmin/Defence/Health/Educat77.4245.3632.06
Construction46.167.7838.38
Wood Products39.075.2233.85
Wearing Apparel35.096.6528.44
Textiles34.636.4428.18

Direct and total labor value added of exports

yearDirect labor value added of exports (US$ Mil)Total labor value added of exports (US$ Mil)
20041,741.552,569.45
20072,344.473,391.05
20113,336.114,956.91
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Total labor value added in domestic output and exports

yearTotal labor value added (US$ Mil)Total labor value added of exports (US$ Mil)
20047,178.542,569.45
200710,514.543,391.05
201116,819.384,956.91
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Skilled and unskilled total labor value added of exports

yearTotal skilled labor value added (US$ Mil)Total unskilled labor value added (US$ Mil)
2004562.532,006.92
2007751.592,639.45
20111,028.963,927.94
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Direct and indirect labor value added of exports

SectorDescriptionDirect labor VA in exportIndirect Labor VA in Export
Machinery and Equipment nec567.24273.91
Agr, Forestry, Fisheries563.07146.17
Other Private Services385.4849.72
Processed Foods118.15178.31
Chemical, Rubber, Plastic Products112.57115.90
PubAdmin/Defence/Health/Educat184.8011.91
Trade and Transport Services116.3961.13
Wearing Apparel56.8035.81
Paper Products, Publishing50.3221.92
Manufactures nec40.1121.56
Wood Products29.0721.47
Textiles29.3217.65
Ferrous Metals13.7322.30
Beverages and Tobacco Products21.6811.61
Mineral Products nec19.0812.57
Metals nec8.4519.72
Metal Products13.3310.97
Leather Products4.369.94
Transport Equipment3.911.69
Electricity, Gas, Water4.140.78
Energy Extraction0.901.05
Construction1.380.27
Minerals nec0.180.24
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Skilled and unskilled total labor value added in exports

SectorDescriptionTotal VA skilledTotal VA Unskilled
Machinery and Equipment nec187.86653.29
Agr, Forestry, Fisheries44.74664.50
Other Private Services178.73256.47
Processed Foods44.94251.52
Chemical, Rubber, Plastic Products48.62179.85
PubAdmin/Defence/Health/Educat115.2681.45
Trade and Transport Services39.23138.29
Wearing Apparel17.5575.06
Paper Products, Publishing14.0658.19
Manufactures nec9.7751.89
Wood Products6.7543.79
Textiles8.7438.23
Ferrous Metals7.1428.89
Beverages and Tobacco Products5.3127.99
Mineral Products nec5.8325.82
Metals nec5.8522.31
Metal Products4.7619.55
Leather Products2.9911.31
Transport Equipment1.104.51
Electricity, Gas, Water1.623.30
Energy Extraction0.391.56
Construction0.281.37
Minerals nec0.100.33
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Total labor value added share of gross exports

SectorDescriptionTotal labor VA in export share
PubAdmin/Defence/Health/Educat77.42
Construction46.16
Wood Products39.07
Wearing Apparel35.09
Textiles34.63
Paper Products, Publishing33.43
Agr, Forestry, Fisheries30.84
Electricity, Gas, Water30.60
Manufactures nec29.57
Other Private Services28.68
Processed Foods27.30
Metal Products27.22
Beverages and Tobacco Products26.59
Mineral Products nec26.26
Leather Products24.08
Chemical, Rubber, Plastic Products24.07
Minerals nec24.00
Ferrous Metals21.27
Metals nec18.83
Trade and Transport Services18.35
Transport Equipment16.84
Machinery and Equipment nec14.69
Energy Extraction6.37
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