Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Augmented Human Development Index

Costa Rica

0.5879

in 2020

Uruguay

0.5827

in 2020

Costa Rica rank

41st

Uruguay rank

42nd

Augmented Human Development Index over time

Costa Rica
Uruguay

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.5879 against 0.5827 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0052.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1913 it was Uruguay ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 41st and Uruguay ranks 42nd of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Augmented Human Development Index in Costa Rica
Augmented Human Development Index in Uruguay
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.