Costa Rica Poverty Rate 1981-2024
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 2021 was 14.30%, a 5.6% 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.
- Costa Rica poverty rate for 2018 was 13.90%, a 1% increase from 2017.
| Costa Rica Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2021 |
14.30% |
-5.60% |
| 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% |
-16.00% |
| 1986 |
63.40% |
-7.70% |
| 1981 |
71.10% |
-7.70% |
