Costa Rica vs Iceland: Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty
Costa Rica
12.6%
in 2025
Iceland
11.7%
in 2020
Costa Rica rank
44th
Iceland rank
45th
Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty over time
- Costa Rica
- Iceland
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 12.6% against 11.7% in Iceland, a difference of 0.9%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.
Across all 10 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 44th and Iceland ranks 45th of 48 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty, Costa Rica or Iceland?
- Costa Rica, at 12.6% against 11.7% in Iceland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty between Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 0.9%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2019.
- How do Costa Rica and Iceland rank globally for proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty?
- Costa Rica ranks 44th and Iceland ranks 45th of 48 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.