Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers was 17.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
17.3%
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
15th
of 31 countries
All-time high
17.3%
in 2022
All-time low
10.1%
in 2008
Years of data
13
2008–2022

Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in Costa Rica, 2008–2022

0510152008201520222008: 10.12010: 16.12011: 13.12012: 10.62014: 12.82015: 12.12016: 13.82017: 14.62018: 152019: 13.32020: 14.92021: 172022: 17.3

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 17.3% for adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in 2022. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 62.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in Costa Rica peaked at 17.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 2008.

That places Costa Rica 15th out of 31 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.

Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in Costa Rica, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 10.1%
2010 16.1% +59.4%
2011 13.1% -18.5%
2012 10.6% -18.8%
2014 12.8% +20.0%
2015 12.1% -4.9%
2016 13.8% +13.4%
2017 14.6% +5.7%
2018 15.0% +3.0%
2019 13.3% -11.5%
2020 14.9% +12.2%
2021 17.0% +13.8%
2022 17.3% +2.1%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 17.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 16.9%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 17.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14.7%, 1.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 10.1% 10.1% 10.1% 1
2010s 13.5% 10.6% 16.1% 9
2020s 16.4% 14.9% 17.3% 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 12 Brazil 18.5% compare
  2. 13 Türkiye 18.3% compare
  3. 14 Argentina 18.0% compare
  4. 16 Uruguay 16.5% compare
  5. 17 Honduras 16.0% compare
  6. 18 Colombia 15.7% compare

See the full ranking of 31 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in Costa Rica?
Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in Costa Rica was 17.3% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 17.3% in 2022.
What is the lowest adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 10.1% in 2008.
How does Costa Rica rank for adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers?
Costa Rica ranks 15th out of 31 countries with data for 2022.
Is adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 62.5%. 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 Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
31 places, 318 data points, 2003–2023
Last refreshed

Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group