Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 61.74 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Costa Rica, 1981–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty share on less than 30 per day in Costa Rica is 61.74, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
The figure is down 6.8% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Costa Rica peaked at 100 in 1986 and was at its lowest, 61.74, in 2025.
That places Costa Rica 80th out of 120 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 97.89 | 95.2 | 100 | 3 |
| 1990s | 92.28 | 88.91 | 95.38 | 10 |
| 2000s | 82.53 | 77.26 | 89.86 | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.84 | 71.62 | 76 | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.09 | 61.74 | 76.11 | 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 poverty share on less than 30 per day in Costa Rica?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Costa Rica was 61.74 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 1986.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.74 in 2025.
- How does Costa Rica rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Costa Rica ranks 80th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. 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. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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