Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile was 25.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
25.0%
Change on year
up 29.0%
World rank
18th
of 35 countries
All-time high
25.0%
in 2022
All-time low
11.6%
in 2010
Years of data
13
2008–2022

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile in Costa Rica, 2008–2022

01020302008201520222008: 11.62010: 11.62011: 12.52012: 13.82014: 16.82015: 17.52016: 22.72017: 20.62018: 20.52019: 21.42020: 20.22021: 19.42022: 25

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 25.0% for poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile in 2022. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

That represents a change of up 29.0% on the previous year and up 81.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile in Costa Rica peaked at 25.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 11.6%, in 2010.

That places Costa Rica 18th out of 35 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural in Costa Rica, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 11.6%
2010 11.6% -0.8%
2011 12.5% +8.1%
2012 13.8% +10.7%
2014 16.8% +21.4%
2015 17.5% +4.0%
2016 22.7% +29.9%
2017 20.6% -9.1%
2018 20.5% -0.4%
2019 21.4% +4.5%
2020 20.2% -5.8%
2021 19.4% -3.9%
2022 25.0% +29.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 11.6% 11.6% 11.6% 1
2010s 17.5% 11.6% 22.7% 9
2020s 21.6% 19.4% 25.0% 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 15 Paraguay 29.3% compare
  2. 16 Belarus 28.9% compare
  3. 17 Malawi 26.0% compare
  4. 19 Mongolia 24.4% compare
  5. 20 Ecuador 24.1% compare
  6. 21 El Salvador 22.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile in Costa Rica?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile in Costa Rica was 25.0% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 25.0% in 2022.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 11.6% in 2010.
How does Costa Rica rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile?
Costa Rica ranks 18th out of 35 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all private transfers -1st quintile rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 81.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 334 data points, 2002–2023
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