Adequacy of benefits (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Adequacy of benefits (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban was 18.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
18.7%
Change on year
up 2.5%
World rank
14th
of 31 countries
All-time high
18.7%
in 2022
All-time low
13.6%
in 2011
Years of data
13
2008–2022

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

051015202008201520222008: 15.22010: 14.22011: 13.62012: 14.52014: 13.62015: 13.92016: 15.22017: 15.42018: 16.52019: 16.42020: 16.92021: 18.22022: 18.7

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban in Costa Rica stood at 18.7%. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 28.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban in Costa Rica peaked at 18.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13.6%, in 2011.

Costa Rica ranks 14th of 31 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Adequacy of benefits (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban in Costa Rica, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 15.2%
2010 14.2% -6.7%
2011 13.6% -4.4%
2012 14.5% +6.9%
2014 13.6% -6.3%
2015 13.9% +2.5%
2016 15.2% +8.7%
2017 15.4% +1.4%
2018 16.5% +7.6%
2019 16.4% -1.0%
2020 16.9% +3.3%
2021 18.2% +7.9%
2022 18.7% +2.5%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 18.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 18.4%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 18.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15.6%, 1.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 15.2% 15.2% 15.2% 1
2010s 14.8% 13.6% 16.5% 9
2020s 17.9% 16.9% 18.7% 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 11 Georgia 20.1% compare
  2. 12 Kazakhstan 19.0% compare
  3. 13 Viet Nam 18.8% compare
  4. 15 Uruguay 18.1% compare
  5. 16 Türkiye 17.9% compare
  6. 17 Brazil 17.8% compare

See the full ranking of 31 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban in Costa Rica?
Adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban in Costa Rica was 18.7% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 18.7% in 2022.
What is the lowest adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 13.6% in 2011.
How does Costa Rica rank for adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban?
Costa Rica ranks 14th out of 31 countries with data for 2022.
Is adequacy of benefits (%) - domestic private transfers -urban rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 28.8%. 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 (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
31 places, 316 data points, 2003–2023
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Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group