Costa Rica poverty rate for 2024 was 12.60%, a 2.7% decline from 2023.
Costa Rica poverty rate for 2023 was 15.30%, a 1.8% decline from 2022.
Costa Rica poverty rate for 2022 was 17.10%, a 0.7% decline from 2021.
Costa Rica poverty rate for 2021 was 17.80%, a 5.5% decline from 2020.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Costa Rica Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1981 - 2024.