Poverty headcount ratio at $1.9 PPP a day

1.3 (%) in 2016

Poverty rate of Costa Rica slumped by 13.33% from 1.5 % in 2015 to 1.3 % in 2016. Since the 6.67% surge in 2011, poverty rate sank by 18.75% in 2016.

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Population below $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices.

Date Value Change, %
2016 1.3 -13.33%
2015 1.5 7.14%
2014 1.4 -12.50%
2013 1.6 0.00%
2012 1.6 0.00%
2011 1.6 6.67%
2010 1.5 -37.50%
2009 2.4 9.09%
2008 2.2 29.41%
2007 1.7 -46.88%
2006 3.2 3.23%
2005 3.1