Extreme poverty rate in Costa Rica in 2025 — 0.8%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 4. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 32.7 pp.
1981–2025 · % of population
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.8 | −0.5 pp |
| 2024 | 1.3 | −0.2 pp |
| 2023 | 1.5 | −0.1 pp |
| 2022 | 1.6 | −0.6 pp |
| 2021 | 2.2 | −1.2 pp |
| 2020 | 3.4 | +1.7 pp |
| 2019 | 1.7 | −0.6 pp |
| 2018 | 2.3 | +0.6 pp |
| 2017 | 1.7 | −0.7 pp |
| 2016 | 2.4 | +0 pp |
| 2015 | 2.4 | +0 pp |
| 2014 | 2.4 | −0.2 pp |
| 2013 | 2.6 | +0 pp |
| 2012 | 2.6 | −0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 2.7 | +0.5 pp |
| 2010 | 2.2 | −1.4 pp |
| 2009 | 3.6 | +0.2 pp |
| 2008 | 3.4 | +0.3 pp |
| 2007 | 3.1 | −2.1 pp |
| 2006 | 5.2 | +0.2 pp |
| 2005 | 5 | −1.6 pp |
| 2004 | 6.6 | −0.3 pp |
| 2003 | 6.9 | +0.3 pp |
| 2002 | 6.6 | −1 pp |
| 2001 | 7.6 | −2.2 pp |
| 2000 | 9.8 | +0.5 pp |
| 1999 | 9.3 | +1.8 pp |
| 1998 | 7.5 | −1.6 pp |
| 1997 | 9.1 | −2.6 pp |
| 1996 | 11.7 | +1.1 pp |
| 1995 | 10.6 | +1.2 pp |
| 1994 | 9.4 | −2.4 pp |
| 1993 | 11.8 | −2 pp |
| 1992 | 13.8 | −3.3 pp |
| 1991 | 17.1 | +3.2 pp |
| 1990 | 13.9 | −0.5 pp |
| 1989 | 14.4 | — |
| 1986 | 19.3 | — |
| 1981 | 33.5 | — |
The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.
Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
The share of people living on less than $3.65 a day — the line for lower-middle-income countries.
Labor Poverty at $6.85 a dayThe share of people living on less than $6.85 a day — the line for upper-middle-income countries.
Labor Poverty at the national lineThe share of the poor by the line a country has set for itself.
Labor Gini indexA measure of income inequality: 0 is complete equality, 100 is maximum inequality.
