Costa Rica vs Peru: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor
Costa Rica
17.9%
in 2022
Peru
22.3%
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
20th
Peru rank
19th
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor over time
- Costa Rica
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 22.3% against 17.9% in Costa Rica, a difference of 4.4%.
That makes Peru's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2018 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 20th and Peru ranks 19th of 26 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 22.2% | 2.2% | 20.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 37.7% | 27.0% | 10.7% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor, Costa Rica or Peru?
- Peru, at 22.3% against 17.9% in Costa Rica as of 2022.
- What is the difference in poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor between Costa Rica and Peru?
- 4.4%, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2018 to 2022.
- How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor?
- Costa Rica ranks 20th and Peru ranks 19th of 26 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ASPIRE, published as Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Poverty gap reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap