Poverty & Inequality in Costa Rica 110 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 10 surveys 2025 unchanged 1st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 6.5% 29th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 45.2% 49th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.33 live births per woman 2023 down 25.2% 208th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,807 kg per hectare 2024 down 15.4% 70th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 54.5% 98th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -14.41 % change on previous year 2024 down 139.0% 164th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 24.93 2023 up 8.5% 64th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 24.9% 2023 up 8.5% 64th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 36.8% 105th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -1.01 % change on previous year 2023 down 155.3% 122nd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.217 2023 down 25.9% 115th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 20.1% 2023 up 11.0% 89th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0904 2023 down 1.8% 148th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0904 2023 down 1.8% 148th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1121 2023 up 0.0% 143rd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2025 down 66.7% 73rd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2025 down 77.8% 80th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.7% 2025 down 63.8% 72nd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 9.7% 2025 down 44.6% 78th Prosperity gap 1.7 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2025 down 32.0% 81st Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3559 2023 down 4.5% 54th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2025 down 70.6% 78th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 23.6% 2025 down 0.8% 45th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 2.8% 2025 down 54.1% 75th Population living in slums 3.5% 2022 down 50.8% 117th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.678 2023 up 6.4% 65th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.678 2023 up 6.4% 65th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.678 2023 up 6.4% 65th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.8% 2025 down 66.7% 76th Three metrics of inequality 65.35 2022 up 0.2% 12th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6535 2022 up 0.2% 12th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 280.66 2023 up 45.6% 58th Income share held by second 20% 9.0% 2025 up 7.1% 114th Income share held by third 20% 13.8% 2025 up 7.8% 114th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.5% 2025 up 4.4% 88th Income share held by highest 20% 50.9% 2025 down 5.6% 10th Income share held by highest 10% 34.3% 2025 down 6.8% 13th Income share held by lowest 10% 1.8% 2025 up 20.0% 107th Income share held by lowest 20% 4.7% 2025 up 9.3% 110th Gini index 45.5 2025 down 6.0% 11th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 20.0% 2025 up 7.5% 12th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 13.12 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2025 down 72.9% 85th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.2% 2025 down 74.7% 79th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0058 2024 down 1.2% 136th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5933 2022 down 2.6% 21st Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5933 2022 down 2.6% 21st Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 unchanged 117th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 14,471 2017 up 40.4% 66th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 49.5% 2022 down 3.5% 23rd Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 20.3% 2022 up 10.9% 18th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 25.8% 2023 up 22.2% 60th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.8% 2025 down 69.1% 73rd Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.4546 2025 down 6.0% 11th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 38,887 people 2025 down 66.9% 84th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.8% 2025 down 69.1% 73rd How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.8% 2025 down 69.1% 73rd Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.8% 2025 down 69.1% 73rd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 4.39 million people 2025 up 20.2% 69th Page 1 of 2 Next →