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Costa Rica Poverty Rate 1960-2024

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
  • Costa Rica poverty rate for 2022 was 14.10%, a 0.4% decline from 2021.
  • Costa Rica poverty rate for 2021 was 14.50%, a 5.4% decline from 2020.
  • Costa Rica poverty rate for 2020 was 19.90%, a 6.2% increase from 2019.
  • Costa Rica poverty rate for 2019 was 13.70%, a 0.2% decline from 2018.
  
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Armenia 51.30%
Colombia 34.80%
Peru 32.20%
Ecuador 29.90%
Brazil 23.50%
Iran 21.90%
Mexico 21.80%
Dominican Republic 21.50%
Paraguay 19.90%
Suriname 17.50%
Costa Rica 14.10%
Azerbaijan 0.00%
Gabon 0.00%
Jordan 0.00%
North Macedonia 0.00%
Romania 0.00%
Tuvalu 0.00%
American Samoa 0.00%
China 0.00%
Fiji 0.00%
Jamaica 0.00%
Marshall Islands 0.00%
Turkey 0.00%
Botswana 0.00%
Iraq 0.00%
Tonga 0.00%
Albania 0.00%
Algeria 0.00%
Maldives 0.00%
Nauru 0.00%
Turkmenistan 0.00%
Belize 0.00%
Guyana 0.00%
St. Lucia 0.00%
Namibia 0.00%
Thailand 0.00%
South Africa 0.00%
Belarus 0.00%
Dominica 0.00%
Guatemala 0.00%
Libya 0.00%
Malaysia 0.00%
Samoa 0.00%
Bosnia 0.00%
Cuba 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Lebanon 0.00%
Mauritius 0.00%
Serbia 0.00%
Venezuela 0.00%
Bulgaria 0.00%
Equatorial Guinea 0.00%
Kazakhstan 0.00%
Montenegro 0.00%
Russia 0.00%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0.00%
Costa Rica Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2022 14.10% -0.40%
2021 14.50% -5.40%
2020 19.90% 6.20%
2019 13.70% -0.20%
2018 13.90% 1.00%
2017 12.90% -1.30%
2016 14.20% -0.60%
2015 14.80% -0.30%
2014 15.10% -0.50%
2013 15.60% 0.00%
2012 15.60% -0.80%
2011 16.40% 0.80%
2010 15.60% -3.80%
2009 19.40% -0.60%
2008 20.00% -0.30%
2007 20.30% -4.80%
2006 25.10% -0.30%
2005 25.40% -2.50%
2004 27.90% 1.40%
2003 26.50% -1.30%
2002 27.80% -0.20%
2001 28.00% -8.10%
2000 36.10% 0.00%
1999 36.10% 2.50%
1998 33.60% -4.50%
1997 38.10% -3.20%
1996 41.30% 4.20%
1995 37.10% 0.50%
1994 36.60% -4.30%
1993 40.90% -7.10%
1992 48.00% -3.40%
1991 51.40% 5.80%
1990 45.60% -1.80%
1989 47.40% 47.40%
1988 0.00% 0.00%
1987 0.00% -63.40%
1986 63.40% 63.40%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% -71.10%
1981 71.10% 71.10%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%