Costa Rica vs Venezuela: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita
Costa Rica
0.4546
in 2025
Venezuela
0.447
in 2006
Costa Rica rank
11th
Venezuela rank
13th
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Venezuela
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.4546 against 0.447 in Venezuela, a difference of 0.0076.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Venezuela ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 11th and Venezuela ranks 13th of 120 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Venezuela in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Venezuela | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4648 | 0.4969 | 0.0321 | Venezuela |
| 1990s | 0.4614 | 0.4623 | 0.0009 | Venezuela |
| 2000s | 0.4964 | 0.4755 | 0.0209 | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher income inequality vs. gdp per capita, Costa Rica or Venezuela?
- Costa Rica, at 0.4546 against 0.447 in Venezuela as of 2025.
- What is the difference in income inequality vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Venezuela?
- 0.0076, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Venezuela?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2006.
- How do Costa Rica and Venezuela rank globally for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 11th and Venezuela ranks 13th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.