Costa Rica vs Japan: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates over time
- Costa Rica
- Japan
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 503.5 National currency per US dollar against 149.66 National currency per US dollar in Japan, a difference of 353.84 National currency per US dollar.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 3.4 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 8th and Japan ranks 10th of 53 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Japan in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.62 National currency per US dollar | 360.33 National currency per US dollar | 354.72 National currency per US dollar | Japan |
| 1960s | 6.46 National currency per US dollar | 360 National currency per US dollar | 353.54 National currency per US dollar | Japan |
| 1970s | 7.73 National currency per US dollar | 286.91 National currency per US dollar | 279.18 National currency per US dollar | Japan |
| 1980s | 47.99 National currency per US dollar | 198.92 National currency per US dollar | 150.93 National currency per US dollar | Japan |
| 1990s | 181.07 National currency per US dollar | 118.82 National currency per US dollar | 62.25 National currency per US dollar | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 443.87 National currency per US dollar | 112 National currency per US dollar | 331.87 National currency per US dollar | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 538.36 National currency per US dollar | 101.24 National currency per US dollar | 437.12 National currency per US dollar | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 569.25 National currency per US dollar | 131.59 National currency per US dollar | 437.66 National currency per US dollar | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates, Costa Rica or Japan?
- Costa Rica, at 503.5 National currency per US dollar against 149.66 National currency per US dollar in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates between Costa Rica and Japan?
- 353.84 National currency per US dollar, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Japan?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Japan rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates?
- Costa Rica ranks 8th and Japan ranks 10th of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates, average. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table shows annual Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for Gross Domestic Product (GDP), household final consumption expenditure and actual individual consumption. It also shows exchange rates (annual averages and end of period), sourced from the International Monetary Fund's database on International Financial Statistics. Final consumption expenditure is the expenditure of resident households on consumption goods or services, while individual consumption is the sum of household consumption plus the individual (not collective) consumption of the non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) and General Government sectors. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE4 dataset. For further information on (PPPs) please check the following link: Purchasing Power Parities and more precisely FAQ 2: Purchasing power parities OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org