Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers was 22.2% in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)
22.2%
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
12th
of 31 countries
All-time high
24.7%
in 2010
All-time low
19.5%
in 2012
Years of data
13
2008–2022

Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in Costa Rica, 2008–2022

05101520252008201520222008: 20.82010: 24.72011: 22.32012: 19.52014: 24.22015: 19.92016: 22.32017: 23.92018: 20.42019: 202020: 21.82021: 21.92022: 22.2

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 22.2% for benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in Costa Rica peaked at 24.7% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 19.5%, in 2012.

Costa Rica ranks 12th of 31 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban in Costa Rica, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 20.8%
2010 24.7% +18.8%
2011 22.3% -9.9%
2012 19.5% -12.6%
2014 24.2% +24.1%
2015 19.9% -17.7%
2016 22.3% +12.1%
2017 23.9% +7.2%
2018 20.4% -14.7%
2019 20.0% -1.7%
2020 21.8% +8.8%
2021 21.9% +0.4%
2022 22.2% +1.7%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 22.2% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 21.4%, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 22.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 21.8%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 20.8% 20.8% 20.8% 1
2010s 21.9% 19.5% 24.7% 9
2020s 22.0% 21.8% 22.2% 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 9 Mexico 22.6% compare
  2. 10 Poland 22.5% compare
  3. 11 Honduras 22.4% compare
  4. 13 Argentina 21.9% compare
  5. 14 Dominican Republic 21.8% compare
  6. 15 Colombia 21.4% compare

See the full ranking of 31 places →

More work & labour data for Costa Rica

All data for Costa Rica →

Frequently asked questions

What is benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in Costa Rica?
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in Costa Rica was 22.2% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 24.7% in 2010.
What is the lowest benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 19.5% in 2012.
How does Costa Rica rank for benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers?
Costa Rica ranks 12th out of 31 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 13 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in Costa Rica. Statizoid, drawing on ASPIRE. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/benefits-incidence-in-4th-quintile-percent-domestic-private-transfers-urban/costa-rica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/benefits-incidence-in-4th-quintile-percent-domestic-private-transfers-urban/costa-rica/">Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in Costa Rica</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Benefits incidence in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
31 places, 316 data points, 2003–2023
Last refreshed

Percentage of benefits going to the fourth quintile relative to the total benefits going to the population