Costa Rica vs Honduras: Gini coefficient
Costa Rica
0.4546
in 2025
Honduras
0.4568
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
11th
Honduras rank
10th
Gini coefficient over time
- Costa Rica
- Honduras
How they compare
Honduras currently reports 0.4568 against 0.4546 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0022.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Honduras ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 11th and Honduras ranks 10th of 120 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Honduras in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Honduras | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4546 | 0.5537 | 0.099 | Honduras |
| 1990s | 0.461 | 0.5444 | 0.0834 | Honduras |
| 2000s | 0.4959 | 0.5631 | 0.0672 | Honduras |
| 2010s | 0.4846 | 0.5044 | 0.0198 | Honduras |
| 2020s | 0.4628 | 0.4625 | 0.0003 | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gini coefficient, Costa Rica or Honduras?
- Honduras, at 0.4568 against 0.4546 in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in gini coefficient between Costa Rica and Honduras?
- 0.0022, with Honduras ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Honduras?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Honduras rank globally for gini coefficient?
- Costa Rica ranks 11th and Honduras ranks 10th 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 Gini coefficient. 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.