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

Latest (2018)
0.7%
Change on year
down 12.3%
World rank
25th
of 27 countries
All-time high
6.9%
in 2011
All-time low
0.7%
in 2018
Years of data
7
2010–2018

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - International Private Transfers - 1st in Costa Rica, 2010–2018

02462010201420182010: 6.82011: 6.92012: 6.72015: 0.7352016: 12017: 0.8262018: 0.725

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

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - International Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Costa Rica, 2010 to 2018.
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

  1. 22 Türkiye 1.5% compare
  2. 23 Ecuador 1.4% compare
  3. 24 Peru 0.7% compare
  4. 26 Chile 0.6% compare
  5. 27 Uruguay 0.1% compare

See the full ranking of 27 places →

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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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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - International Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 259 data points, 2003–2022
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