Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp was 76.73 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Costa Rica, 1981–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Costa Rica stood at 76.73. That is the lowest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Costa Rica peaked at 100 in 1986 and was at its lowest, 76.73, in 2023.
Costa Rica ranks 79th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 37 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.76 | 97 | 100 | 3 |
| 1990s | 94.87 | 92.42 | 97.39 | 10 |
| 2000s | 87.03 | 82.67 | 92.7 | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.84 | 77.41 | 81.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.01 | 76.73 | 81.37 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
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 poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Costa Rica?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in Costa Rica was 76.73 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 1986.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.73 in 2023.
- How does Costa Rica rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp?
- Costa Rica ranks 79th out of 119 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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