Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex was 0.0904 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.0904
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
148th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.2581
in 1950
All-time low
0.0904
in 2023
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Costa Rica, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Costa Rica stood at 0.0904. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Costa Rica peaked at 0.2581 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.0904, in 2023.
Costa Rica ranks 148th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.2581 | — |
| 1951 | 0.2552 | -1.1% |
| 1952 | 0.253 | -0.9% |
| 1953 | 0.2464 | -2.6% |
| 1954 | 0.2407 | -2.3% |
| 1955 | 0.2351 | -2.3% |
| 1956 | 0.2292 | -2.5% |
| 1957 | 0.2213 | -3.4% |
| 1958 | 0.2158 | -2.5% |
| 1959 | 0.21 | -2.7% |
| 1960 | 0.2059 | -2.0% |
| 1961 | 0.2014 | -2.1% |
| 1962 | 0.1991 | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 0.1966 | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 0.1935 | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 0.1903 | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 0.1875 | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 0.1832 | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 0.1807 | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 0.1755 | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 0.1699 | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 0.1635 | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 0.1572 | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 0.1497 | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 0.1421 | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 0.1348 | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 0.1281 | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 0.1223 | -4.6% |
| 1978 | 0.1176 | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 0.114 | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 0.1119 | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 0.1097 | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 0.1082 | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1072 | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.106 | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.1046 | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.1038 | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.1029 | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.1027 | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.1014 | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.1007 | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.1003 | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0993 | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0989 | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0985 | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0986 | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0988 | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0975 | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.097 | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0963 | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0956 | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0954 | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0949 | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0945 | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0947 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0938 | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0935 | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0939 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0937 | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0932 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0935 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0932 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0925 | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0.092 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0917 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.091 | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.092 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0926 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0922 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0921 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0933 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0983 | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0912 | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0904 | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.2365 | 0.21 | 0.2581 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1914 | 0.1755 | 0.2059 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1399 | 0.114 | 0.1699 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1058 | 0.1014 | 0.1119 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0986 | 0.0963 | 0.1007 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0943 | 0.0932 | 0.0956 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0923 | 0.091 | 0.0935 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0933 | 0.0904 | 0.0983 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 145 Guadeloupe 0.0914 compare
- 146 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0913 compare
- 147 Latvia 0.0904 compare
- 149 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0902 compare
- 150 Montserrat 0.0902 compare
- 151 Saint Helena 0.0899 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Costa Rica
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 10 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.33 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,807 kg per hectare (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 revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 24.9% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Costa Rica?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Costa Rica was 0.0904 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2581 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0904 in 2023.
- How does Costa Rica rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Costa Rica ranks 148th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.