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Population Pyramid

Year: 1950
1000 men aged 100+ in 19610 women aged 100+ in 19610 men aged 95-99 in 19610 women aged 95-99 in 1961900 men aged 90-94 in 19610 women aged 90-94 in 19610 men aged 85-89 in 19610 women aged 85-89 in 1961800 men aged 80-84 in 19610 women aged 80-84 in 19615 men aged 75-79 in 19615 women aged 75-79 in 1961705 men aged 70-74 in 19615 women aged 70-74 in 196110 men aged 65-69 in 196110 women aged 65-69 in 19616013 men aged 60-64 in 196112 women aged 60-64 in 196117 men aged 55-59 in 196116 women aged 55-59 in 19615022 men aged 50-54 in 196121 women aged 50-54 in 196126 men aged 45-49 in 196125 women aged 45-49 in 19614030 men aged 40-44 in 196128 women aged 40-44 in 196137 men aged 35-39 in 196135 women aged 35-39 in 19613043 men aged 30-34 in 196143 women aged 30-34 in 196149 men aged 25-29 in 196148 women aged 25-29 in 19612058 men aged 20-24 in 196157 women aged 20-24 in 196171 men aged 15-19 in 196167 women aged 15-19 in 19611088 men aged 10-14 in 196184 women aged 10-14 in 196196 men aged 5-9 in 196196 women aged 5-9 in 19610132 men aged 0-4 in 1961126 women aged 0-4 in 1961age5010015020050100150200
females
males
Population in thousands

Life Expectancy

Life expectancy is 43
020406080100

Total fertility rate

Total fertility rate is 7.05
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Year : 1961 Note: Years 2017 to 2100 are projected data.
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Source: United Nations, Population Division, World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision

Healthy life expectancy

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Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory data repository

Healthy life expectancy estimates the expected years of life in good health for persons at a given age.

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Investments

Investments as share of GDP in health, education, social protection and the real economy.

Percentage of GDP spent on health,2014
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators and ILO, World Social Protection Report.

Health024681012Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent by the government on social protection,2015
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators and ILO, World Social Protection Report.

Education02468Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent on social protection for persons above statutory pension age,2017/2018
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Public social protection expenditure on pensions and other benefits, excluding health, for persons above statuatory pensionable age

Social protection0246Percentage of GDP

Percentage of GDP spent on the real economy,2016
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Investment in the real economy is measured by gross fixed capital formation (in current US$). It includes land improvements, plants, machinery, and equipment purchases, the constructions of roads, railways, etc.

Real economy051015202530Percentage of GDP
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Empowerment

Demand for Family Planning satisfied by Modern Methods 2011

Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods of contraception (% of women 15-49)

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Source: Latest available nationally representative household survey and UNFPA, 2018
Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Porportion of women age 15 - 49percentage of women (15-49) who have their need for family planning satisfied by modern methodsMICS 2011National0255075100

Women's choice

Proportion of women who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care (% of women 15-49)

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Source UNFPA 2018
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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Adolescent birth rate, latest year available
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Latest available year between 2006 to 2017.
Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Birth rate (per 1,000 women aged 15-19 years)Costa Rica0102030405060

Child marriage among women age 20 to 24

Percentage of women age 20-24 married before 15 or 18

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database
Marriage before 15Marriage between age 15 and 18Marriage after 18

Prevalence of FGM among women and adolescents

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database
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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Intimate partner violence

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Source: United Nations, SDG indicator database

Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls subjected to physical and sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months

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Data are not publicly available for this indicator.

Education

Participation - Gross enrolment, 2015

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Number of students enrolled in a given level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the official school-age population corresponding to the same level of education. A high value indicates high degree of participation, whether the student belongs to the official age group or not. It can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students, due to early or late entrants, and grade repetition.

Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics

Primary, secondary and tertiary gross school enrolment, by sex

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Number of students per 100 person respective agegroupMaleFemalePrimarySecondaryTertiary0255075100125150

Educational attainment, 2015

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Educational attainment refers to the highest level of education that an individual has completed.

Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics

Share of population by educational attainment, population 25 years and older

Country codeNo schooling or incomplete primaryPost secondary or higherPrimaryLower and upper secondary

Literacy rate by age and sex 2011

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Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics
Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Age GroupPercentage of PopulationMaleFemale15-2425-6465+05101520253035404550556065707580859095100105

Employment

Not In Education, Employment Or Training, 2016

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Proportion of youthMaleFemale051015202530

Labour-force participation rate as per age group

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT
Age group:
Labour-force participation rateYears19901992199419961998200020022004200620082010201220142016201801020304050607080
Labour-force participation rateYears1990199219941996199820002002200420062008201020122014201620180102030405060708090100
Labour-force participation rateYears1990199219941996199820002002200420062008201020122014201620180102030405060708090
Labour-force participation rateYears199019921994199619982000200220042006200820102012201420162018051015202530354045
  • Male
  • Female

Unemployment by age and sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Percentage of persons who are available for work, and looking for a job, but are not working

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Age groupsPercent of population in a specific age groupMaleFemale25+15-2402468101214161820222426283032

Working poverty by age and sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

Percentage of employed living below US$1.90 purchasing power parity


Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Age groupsPercent of population in a specific age groupMaleFemale25+15-2400.0250.050.0750.10.1250.150.1750.20.2250.250.2750.30.3250.350.3750.40.4250.450.4750.50.5250.550.5750.60.6250.…0.65

Vulnerably employed people by sex: 2017

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Source: ILO, ILOSTAT

People who are ‘own-account’
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‘Own-account’ workers are self-employed and do not engage employees on a continuous basis. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT
and ‘contributing family’
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‘Contributing family’ workers hold self-employment jobs within an establishment operated by a relative, but with involvement too limited to be considered a partner. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT
workers are classified as vulnerably employed by the ILO

Created with Highcharts 6.1.1Percentage of employed personsEmployersEmployeesContributing family workersOwn-account workersFemaleMale05101520253035404550556065707580859095100

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