What is the difference in monthly minimum wage (local currency), per capita between Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea?

0.0064 units per person, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea?

16 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Equatorial Guinea: Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per capita

Costa Rica

0.0699 units per person

in 2024

Equatorial Guinea

0.0635 units per person

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

10th

Equatorial Guinea rank

11th

Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per capita over time

Costa Rica
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0699 units per person against 0.0635 units per person in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.0064 units per person.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 10th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 11th of 170 countries.

Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.0305 units per person	0.086 units per person	0.0555 units per person	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	0.0505 units per person	0.0813 units per person	0.0308 units per person	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	0.0647 units per person	0.0659 units per person	0.0012 units per person	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher monthly minimum wage (local currency), per capita, Costa Rica or Equatorial Guinea?: Costa Rica, at 0.0699 units per person against 0.0635 units per person in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in monthly minimum wage (local currency), per capita between Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea?: 0.0064 units per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea?: 16 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for monthly minimum wage (local currency), per capita?: Costa Rica ranks 10th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 11th of 170 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 170 places, 3,872 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Monthly minimum wage (Local currency) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.