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
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st in Costa Rica, 2008–2022
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
| 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +75.7% | 8.3% | 14.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More work & labour data for Costa Rica
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.9965 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.9952 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.9977 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.61 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.29 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 5,205 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 569.35 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 1,908 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 1,868 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 3,776 1000 No (2100)
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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Poverty gap reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap