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Human development index — Costa Rica

Human development index in Costa Rica in 2023 — 0.833 index. Ranked 62 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 23%.

2023 0.833 index +1.22% vs 2022
World rank 62of 193
Period maximum 0.833 index2023
Period minimum 0.677 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Costa Rica, 1990–20230.650.70.750.80.851990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.677 index1991: 0.682 index1992: 0.691 index1993: 0.696 index1994: 0.701 index1995: 0.706 index1996: 0.707 index1997: 0.712 index1998: 0.714 index1999: 0.717 index2000: 0.72 index2001: 0.726 index2002: 0.73 index2003: 0.736 index2004: 0.741 index2005: 0.748 index2006: 0.755 index2007: 0.76 index2008: 0.769 index2009: 0.773 index2010: 0.776 index2011: 0.783 index2012: 0.789 index2013: 0.795 index2014: 0.802 index2015: 0.803 index2016: 0.805 index2017: 0.809 index2018: 0.813 index2019: 0.821 index2020: 0.819 index2021: 0.817 index2022: 0.823 index2023: 0.833 index
Change over the period: +0.156 (+23.04%) Average annual rate: 0.63 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica

Costa Rica 0.833 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
Central America computed 0.763 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.833 +0.01 +1.22%
2022 0.823 +0.006 +0.73%
2021 0.817 −0.002 −0.24%
2020 0.819 −0.002 −0.24%
2019 0.821 +0.008 +0.98%
2018 0.813 +0.004 +0.49%
2017 0.809 +0.004 +0.5%
2016 0.805 +0.002 +0.25%
2015 0.803 +0.001 +0.12%
2014 0.802 +0.007 +0.88%
2013 0.795 +0.006 +0.76%
2012 0.789 +0.006 +0.77%
2011 0.783 +0.007 +0.9%
2010 0.776 +0.003 +0.39%
2009 0.773 +0.004 +0.52%
2008 0.769 +0.009 +1.18%
2007 0.76 +0.005 +0.66%
2006 0.755 +0.007 +0.94%
2005 0.748 +0.007 +0.94%
2004 0.741 +0.005 +0.68%
2003 0.736 +0.006 +0.82%
2002 0.73 +0.004 +0.55%
2001 0.726 +0.006 +0.83%
2000 0.72 +0.003 +0.42%
1999 0.717 +0.003 +0.42%
1998 0.714 +0.002 +0.28%
1997 0.712 +0.005 +0.71%
1996 0.707 +0.001 +0.14%
1995 0.706 +0.005 +0.71%
1994 0.701 +0.005 +0.72%
1993 0.696 +0.005 +0.72%
1992 0.691 +0.009 +1.32%
1991 0.682 +0.005 +0.74%
1990 0.677 — —

Central America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PA Panama 0.839 CR Costa Rica 0.833 MX Mexico 0.789 BZ Belize 0.721 NI Nicaragua 0.706 SV El Salvador 0.678 GT Guatemala 0.662 HN Honduras 0.645
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About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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