Costa Rica vs Iceland: Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates
Annual Purchasing Power Parities and exchange rates — Exchange rates over time
- Costa Rica
- Iceland
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 498.6 National currency per US dollar against 125.2 National currency per US dollar in Iceland, a difference of 373.4 National currency per US dollar.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 4.0 times Iceland's.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 5th and Iceland ranks 8th of 43 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.66 National currency per US dollar | 0.1632 National currency per US dollar | 5.5 National currency per US dollar | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 6.53 National currency per US dollar | 0.5297 National currency per US dollar | 6.01 National currency per US dollar | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 7.8 National currency per US dollar | 1.76 National currency per US dollar | 6.03 National currency per US dollar | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 52.17 National currency per US dollar | 32.56 National currency per US dollar | 19.61 National currency per US dollar | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 192.18 National currency per US dollar | 66.21 National currency per US dollar | 125.97 National currency per US dollar | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 454.89 National currency per US dollar | 84.22 National currency per US dollar | 370.67 National currency per US dollar | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 541.77 National currency per US dollar | 119.35 National currency per US dollar | 422.43 National currency per US dollar | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 564.25 National currency per US dollar | 133.21 National currency per US dollar | 431.04 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 Iceland?
- Costa Rica, at 498.6 National currency per US dollar against 125.2 National currency per US dollar in Iceland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates between Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 373.4 National currency per US dollar, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Iceland rank globally for annual purchasing power parities and exchange rates — exchange rates?
- Costa Rica ranks 5th and Iceland ranks 8th of 43 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, end of period. 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