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 16.10%, a 5.5% increase from 2019.
- Costa Rica poverty rate for 2019 was 10.60%, a 0.6% decline from 2018.
- Costa Rica poverty rate for 2018 was 11.20%, a 1.3% increase from 2017.
- Costa Rica poverty rate for 2017 was 9.90%, a 0.9% decline from 2016.
| Costa Rica Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2020 |
16.10% |
5.50% |
| 2019 |
10.60% |
-0.60% |
| 2018 |
11.20% |
1.30% |
| 2017 |
9.90% |
-0.90% |
| 2016 |
10.80% |
-1.20% |
| 2015 |
12.00% |
-0.30% |
| 2014 |
12.30% |
-0.10% |
| 2013 |
12.40% |
0.20% |
| 2012 |
12.20% |
-1.20% |
| 2011 |
13.40% |
0.80% |
| 2010 |
12.60% |
-3.00% |
| 2009 |
15.60% |
-0.30% |
| 2008 |
15.90% |
-0.40% |
| 2007 |
16.30% |
-4.20% |
| 2006 |
20.50% |
-0.50% |
| 2005 |
21.00% |
-2.20% |
| 2004 |
23.20% |
0.80% |
| 2003 |
22.40% |
-0.50% |
| 2002 |
22.90% |
-0.80% |
| 2001 |
23.70% |
-6.80% |
| 2000 |
30.50% |
-0.10% |
| 1999 |
30.60% |
2.80% |
| 1998 |
27.80% |
-5.30% |
| 1997 |
33.10% |
-2.50% |
| 1996 |
35.60% |
3.40% |
| 1995 |
32.20% |
1.30% |
| 1994 |
30.90% |
-5.00% |
| 1993 |
35.90% |
-6.10% |
| 1992 |
42.00% |
-3.30% |
| 1991 |
45.30% |
4.60% |
| 1990 |
40.70% |
-0.90% |
| 1989 |
41.60% |
-14.10% |
| 1986 |
55.70% |
-10.50% |
| 1981 |
66.20% |
-10.50% |
