These figures are distinctly higher than the 4.7% among countries with a high HDI - but only slightly higher than the average of 7.3% among the OECD countries in 2014 (OECD, 2015a). The largest unemployment rates can be found among women, among the poor and young population and among residents of rural areas, specifically in the Chorotega and Central Pacific regions. In a national university study it was estimated that the economic value of unpaid household work made by women in Costa Rica represents 16% of GDP in bigger urban areas (IDESPO-UNA, 2014).