Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st was 18.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
18.7%
Change on year
down 2.9%
World rank
16th
of 31 countries
All-time high
19.8%
in 2020
All-time low
8.3%
in 2012
Years of data
13
2008–2022

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st in Costa Rica, 2008–2022

051015202008201520222008: 8.92010: 10.22011: 9.32012: 8.32014: 14.62015: 16.42016: 17.52017: 16.62018: 17.12019: 18.12020: 19.82021: 19.32022: 18.7

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st in Costa Rica stood at 18.7%.

The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and up 125.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st in Costa Rica peaked at 19.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8.3%, in 2012.

Costa Rica ranks 16th 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.

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Costa Rica, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 8.9%
2010 10.2% +13.8%
2011 9.3% -8.8%
2012 8.3% -10.5%
2014 14.6% +75.7%
2015 16.4% +12.5%
2016 17.5% +6.6%
2017 16.6% -4.9%
2018 17.1% +2.8%
2019 18.1% +5.7%
2020 19.8% +9.6%
2021 19.3% -2.5%
2022 18.7% -2.9%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 18.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 18.1%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 18.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.0%, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2014 +75.7% 8.3% 14.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 8.9% 8.9% 8.9% 1
2010s 14.2% 8.3% 18.1% 9
2020s 19.3% 18.7% 19.8% 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 13 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 23.1% compare
  2. 14 Republic of Moldova 22.0% compare
  3. 15 Peru 20.0% compare
  4. 17 Uruguay 18.3% compare
  5. 18 Romania 17.9% compare
  6. 19 Colombia 17.0% compare

See the full ranking of 31 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st in Costa Rica?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st in Costa Rica was 18.7% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 19.8% in 2020.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 8.3% in 2012.
How does Costa Rica rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st?
Costa Rica ranks 16th out of 31 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 125.7%. 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 Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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