Costa Rica vs Peru: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st

Costa Rica
18.7%
in 2022
Peru
20.0%
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
16th
Peru rank
15th

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Peru
05101520200820152022

How they compare

Peru currently reports 20.0% against 18.7% in Costa Rica, a difference of 1.3%.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Peru ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 16th and Peru ranks 15th of 31 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Peru in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Peru Difference Ahead
2000s 8.9% 13.7% 4.8% Peru
2010s 14.2% 14.2% 0.1% Costa Rica
2020s 19.3% 18.1% 1.2% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st, Costa Rica or Peru?
Peru, at 20.0% against 18.7% in Costa Rica as of 2022.
What is the difference in poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st between Costa Rica and Peru?
1.3%, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
13 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st?
Costa Rica ranks 16th and Peru ranks 15th of 31 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ASPIRE, published as Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
31 places, 316 data points, 2003–2023
Last refreshed

Poverty gap reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap