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

Costa Rica: Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st was 9.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
9.7%
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
13th
of 31 countries
All-time high
10.2%
in 2020
All-time low
3.0%
in 2012
Years of data
13
2008–2022

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

468102008201520222008: 5.12010: 4.52011: 4.32012: 32014: 6.62015: 9.42016: 9.32017: 8.32018: 10.12019: 9.12020: 10.22021: 9.82022: 9.7

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, poverty headcount reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st in Costa Rica stood at 9.7%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 223.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty headcount reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st in Costa Rica peaked at 10.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2012.

Costa Rica ranks 13th 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 Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Costa Rica, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 5.1%
2010 4.5% -12.6%
2011 4.3% -4.7%
2012 3.0% -29.6%
2014 6.6% +120.3%
2015 9.4% +42.0%
2016 9.3% -1.1%
2017 8.3% -10.8%
2018 10.1% +22.0%
2019 9.1% -10.8%
2020 10.2% +12.5%
2021 9.8% -3.6%
2022 9.7% -0.7%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 9.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 8.5%, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 9.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8.8%, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Poverty Headcount 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 +120.3% 3.0% 6.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 5.1% 5.1% 5.1% 1
2010s 7.2% 3.0% 10.1% 9
2020s 9.9% 9.7% 10.2% 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 10 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 11.3% compare
  2. 11 Republic of Moldova 10.6% compare
  3. 12 Honduras 10.6% compare
  4. 14 Armenia 9.7% compare
  5. 15 Kyrgyzstan 9.6% compare
  6. 16 Paraguay 9.1% compare

See the full ranking of 31 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty headcount reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st in Costa Rica?
Poverty headcount reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st in Costa Rica was 9.7% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty headcount reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 10.2% in 2020.
What is the lowest poverty headcount reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2012.
How does Costa Rica rank for poverty headcount reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st?
Costa Rica ranks 13th out of 31 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty headcount reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 223.3%. 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 Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Headcount 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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