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Corporate Governance
Majority owned unlisted enterprises
Statutory corporations and quasi-corporations
Number of enterprises
Number of employees
Value of enterprises (USD mln)
Primary sectors3
1
1 718
1.11
-
Manufacturing
181
0.01
Finance
11
736
3
13 000
3.84
Telecoms
1 239
Electricity and gas
2
15 267
4.62
Transportation
1 430
1.45
Other utilities (including postal services)
2 155
0.06
4 082
1.27
Real estate
Other activities
5 337
421
Total
17
11 185
1.17
34 381
11.25
Notes: SOEs’ share of domestic value added (GDP) is 0.51%; SOE employment as share of total employment is 1.91%; Costa Rica has no listed state-owned enterprises.
Source: Republic of Costa Rica (2019), Aggregate Report on SOEs 2019. SOEs classified as "majority owned unlisted enterprises" are subsidiaries of SOE company groups, and therefore their value of enterprise is comprised in that of its holding company (a statutory corporation or quasi/corporation). https://www.hacienda.go.cr/docs/5dd69dd20f54e_Reporte%20agregado%20empresas%20del%20Estado%202019%20v8Nov2019.pdf.
