Costa Rica Poverty Rate 1981-2023

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 2020 was 19.80%, a 6.1% 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 for 2017 was 12.90%, a 1.3% decline from 2016.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Armenia 53.50%
Colombia 44.20%
Peru 42.70%
Ecuador 34.60%
Mexico 32.50%
Dominican Republic 23.80%
Paraguay 22.30%
Costa Rica 19.80%
Brazil 18.70%
Thailand 13.20%
Russia 4.10%
Belarus 1.30%
Costa Rica Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2020 19.80% 6.10%
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%