Costa Rica: Poverty ratio

The latest value from 2022 is 25.5 percent, a decline from 26.2 percent in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 23.45 percent, based on data from 28 countries. Historically, the average for Costa Rica from 1989 to 2022 is 22.79 percent. The minimum value, 16.7 percent, was reached in 2007 while the maximum of 31.9 percent was recorded in 1991. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.