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
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st in Costa Rica, 2008–2022
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
| 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +120.3% | 3.0% | 6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 10 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 11.3% compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 10.6% compare
- 12 Honduras 10.6% compare
- 14 Armenia 9.7% compare
- 15 Kyrgyzstan 9.6% compare
- 16 Paraguay 9.1% compare
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 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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Poverty headcount reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount