Distribution of population poverty thresholds in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Distribution of population poverty thresholds was 4.39 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Distribution of population poverty thresholds in Costa Rica, 1981–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, distribution of population poverty thresholds in Costa Rica stood at 4.39 million. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, distribution of population poverty thresholds in Costa Rica peaked at 4.39 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 458,310, in 1981.
Costa Rica ranks 69th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 729,713 | 458,310 | 1.17 million | 3 |
| 1990s | 1.59 million | 1.14 million | 2.02 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.64 million | 1.98 million | 3.14 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.62 million | 3.34 million | 3.86 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.96 million | 3.48 million | 4.39 million | 6 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Costa Rica
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 10 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.33 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,807 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -14.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 24.93 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 24.93 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -1.01 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.217 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is distribution of population poverty thresholds in Costa Rica?
- Distribution of population poverty thresholds in Costa Rica was 4.39 million in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest distribution of population poverty thresholds recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 4.39 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest distribution of population poverty thresholds recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 458,310 in 1981.
- How does Costa Rica rank for distribution of population poverty thresholds?
- Costa Rica ranks 69th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is distribution of population poverty thresholds rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Distribution of population poverty thresholds. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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