Argentina vs Costa Rica: Augmented Human Development Index

Argentina

0.5809

in 2020

Costa Rica

0.5879

in 2020

Argentina rank

43rd

Costa Rica rank

41st

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Argentina
Costa Rica

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.5879 against 0.5809 in Argentina, a difference of 0.0071.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1913 it was Argentina ahead.

Argentina ranks 43rd and Costa Rica ranks 41st of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Argentina
Augmented Human Development Index in Costa Rica
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Augmented Human Development Index
Source: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (2021) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,421 data points, 1870–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The AHDI seeks to give a historical perspective on human development, in four dimensions: healthy life, knowledge, a decent standard of living, and civil and political freedom.