Benchmark Report: Living Wage Report and 2024 Update for Rural Costa Rica, Limón and Heredia Provinces
2024 Living Wage Update Report: Living Wage Report for Rural Costa Rica, Limón and Heredia Provinces
Abstract
This report provides updated estimates of family living expenses and living wage for rural areas in the Limón and Heredia Provinces of Costa Rica. This region focuses on agriculture, particularly banana and pineapple. The update for 2024 takes into account the complex dynamics of inflation and exchange rates since the original Anker living wage study carried out in May 2017 (Voorend, Anker & Anker, 2017).
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Original Report
2017 Benchmark Report: Living Wage Report for Rural Costa Rica, Limón and Heredia Provinces
Summary
This report estimates a living wage for rural areas in the Limón Province and Heredia Province of Costa Rica. It is part of a series of living wage reports for the Global Living Wage Coalition (GLWC) using a new methodology to estimate living wages in rural and urban areas around the world. It focuses on the Rural areas of Guápiles, Guácimo, Siquirres, Matina in Limón Province, and Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí in Heredia Province, because they are areas for various agricultural products, particularly banana and pineapple. Banana, pineapple and plantain wages were used for comparison to our living wage estimate. It cannot be stressed enough, however, that the living wage estimate is for these regions and not specifically for the banana sector.
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Previous Updates
2023 Living Wage Update Report: Living Wage Report for Rural Costa Rica
2022 Living Wage Update Report: Living Wage Report for Rural Costa Rica
2021 Living Wage Update Report: Living Wage Report for Rural Costa Rica
2019 Living Wage Update Report: Living Wage Report for Rural Costa Rica
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