Poverty Gap reduction (%) - International Private Transfers - 1st in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - International Private Transfers - 1st was 0.7% in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - International Private Transfers - 1st in Costa Rica, 2010–2018
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.7% for poverty gap reduction (%) - international private transfers - 1st in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.3% on the previous year and down 89.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - international private transfers - 1st in Costa Rica peaked at 6.9% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2018.
That places Costa Rica 25th out of 27 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - International Private Transfers - 1st in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6.8% | — |
| 2011 | 6.9% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 6.7% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -89.0% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | +41.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -20.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -12.3% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.5%, 28% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
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 (%) - international private transfers - 1st in Costa Rica?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - international private transfers - 1st in Costa Rica was 0.7% in 2018, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - international private transfers - 1st recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 6.9% in 2011.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - international private transfers - 1st recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2018.
- How does Costa Rica rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - international private transfers - 1st?
- Costa Rica ranks 25th out of 27 countries with data for 2018.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - international private transfers - 1st rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 89.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - International Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty gap reduction due to International Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap