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Costa Rica vs Paraguay: Gini index

Costa Rica
45.5
in 2025
Paraguay
44.2
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
11th
Paraguay rank
14th

Gini index over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Paraguay
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 45.5 against 44.2 in Paraguay, a difference of 1.3.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Globally, Costa Rica ranks 11th and Paraguay ranks 14th of 121 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Gini index
Source
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
122 places, 2,305 data points, 1963–2025
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Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.