State Capacity Index in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: State Capacity Index was 0.8696 in 2015. ▲ Rising
State Capacity Index in Costa Rica, 1960–2015
Source: Jonathan Hanson and Rachel Sigman (2021); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.8696 for state capacity index in 2015.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.7% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, state capacity index in Costa Rica peaked at 0.9366 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.3709, in 1983.
That places Costa Rica 50th out of 166 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
State Capacity Index in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.4988 | — |
| 1961 | 0.4978 | -0.2% |
| 1962 | 0.5083 | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 0.6477 | +27.4% |
| 1964 | 0.6457 | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 0.654 | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 0.6537 | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.6715 | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 0.6742 | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 0.6675 | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 0.7153 | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 0.7117 | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.4844 | -31.9% |
| 1973 | 0.5102 | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 0.45 | -11.8% |
| 1975 | 0.4329 | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 0.4678 | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 0.4684 | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 0.4908 | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 0.4588 | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 0.4475 | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 0.3782 | -15.5% |
| 1982 | 0.3819 | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 0.3709 | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 0.5557 | +49.8% |
| 1985 | 0.5396 | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 0.5615 | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 0.5519 | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.4549 | -17.6% |
| 1989 | 0.4439 | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 0.5497 | +23.8% |
| 1991 | 0.6197 | +12.7% |
| 1992 | 0.6906 | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 0.7096 | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 0.6177 | -13.0% |
| 1995 | 0.6199 | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.696 | +12.3% |
| 1997 | 0.7115 | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 0.7202 | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 0.7716 | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8848 | +14.7% |
| 2001 | 0.9366 | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8725 | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 0.8911 | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9255 | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7947 | -14.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9266 | +16.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9216 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.884 | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8838 | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7958 | -10.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8335 | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8337 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8189 | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.8003 | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8696 | +8.7% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.8696 is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.59, 55% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.8696 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5648, 1.5× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where State Capacity Index in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +49.8% | 0.3709 | 0.5557 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6119 | 0.4978 | 0.6742 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.519 | 0.4329 | 0.7153 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4686 | 0.3709 | 0.5615 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6706 | 0.5497 | 0.7716 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8921 | 0.7947 | 0.9366 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8253 | 0.7958 | 0.8696 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More reference data data for Costa Rica
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2987 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.406 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0167 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3161 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0907 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is state capacity index in Costa Rica?
- State capacity index in Costa Rica was 0.8696 in 2015, according to Jonathan Hanson and Rachel Sigman (2021); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest state capacity index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9366 in 2001.
- What is the lowest state capacity index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3709 in 1983.
- How does Costa Rica rank for state capacity index?
- Costa Rica ranks 50th out of 166 countries with data for 2015.
- Is state capacity index rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Jonathan Hanson and Rachel Sigman (2021); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of State Capacity Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measures state capacity by combining 21 different indicators related to three key dimensions: extractive capacity, coercive capacity, and administrative capacity. Higher values indicate greater state capacity.