Costa Rica vs Hungary: Prosperity gap

Costa Rica

1.71

in 2025

Hungary

1.87

in 2017

Costa Rica rank

77th

Hungary rank

76th

Prosperity gap over time

Hungary currently reports 1.87 against 1.71 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1614.

That makes Hungary's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 77th and Hungary ranks 76th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Prosperity gap
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.