Costa Rica vs Palau: GDP per capita

Costa Rica
19,970 current US$
in 2025
Palau
19,532 current US$
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
74th
Palau rank
77th

GDP per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Palau
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k196019922025

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 19,970 current US$ against 19,532 current US$ in Palau, a difference of 437.7 current US$.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Palau ahead.

Globally, Costa Rica ranks 74th and Palau ranks 77th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP per capita (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,741 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.