Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds was 0.7547 in 2025. β Volatile
Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds in Costa Rica, 1981β2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds in Costa Rica is 0.7547, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of down 41.2% on the previous year and down 69.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds in Costa Rica peaked at 33.52 in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.7547, in 2025.
Costa Rica ranks 73rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 22.39 | 14.4 | 33.52 | 3 |
| 1990s | 11.42 | 7.47 | 17.14 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.77 | 3.14 | 9.78 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.32 | 1.73 | 2.72 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.78 | 0.7547 | 3.35 | 6 |
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 share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds in Costa Rica?
- Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds in Costa Rica was 0.7547 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 33.52 in 1981.
- What is the lowest share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7547 in 2025.
- How does Costa Rica rank for share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds?
- Costa Rica ranks 73rd out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share in poverty relative to different poverty thresholds. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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