Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank was 0.5933 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank in Costa Rica, 2011–2022
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Costa Rica is 0.5933, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.1% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Costa Rica peaked at 0.6389 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5933, in 2022.
Costa Rica ranks 21st of 109 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6052 | 0.5939 | 0.6189 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.623 | 0.5933 | 0.6389 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More poverty & inequality data for Costa Rica
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 10 surveys (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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 24.9% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.217 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0904 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0904 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1121 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.1% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3559 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Costa Rica?
- Gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank in Costa Rica was 0.5933 in 2022, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6389 in 2021.
- What is the lowest gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5933 in 2022.
- How does Costa Rica rank for gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank?
- Costa Rica ranks 21st out of 109 countries with data for 2022.
- Is gini coefficient: world inequality database vs. world bank rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.