Gini index in Costa Rica
The Gini index for Costa Rica was 45.5 (0 to 100) in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1990.
Costa Rica, 2025
45.5
Change from 2024
−0.3points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2021
32.4 (0 to 100)
Gini index in Costa Rica over time
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Costa Rica
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Gini index, 0 to 100. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Costa Rica |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.5 (0 to 100) |
| 2024 | 45.8 (0 to 100) |
| 2023 | 46.7 (0 to 100) |
| 2022 | 47.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2021 | 48.7 (0 to 100) |
| 2020 | 49.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2019 | 48.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2018 | 48.0 (0 to 100) |
| 2017 | 48.3 (0 to 100) |
| 2016 | 48.7 (0 to 100) |
| 2015 | 48.4 (0 to 100) |
| 2014 | 48.6 (0 to 100) |
| 2013 | 49.2 (0 to 100) |
| 2012 | 48.4 (0 to 100) |
| 2011 | 48.8 (0 to 100) |
| 2010 | 48.0 (0 to 100) |
| 2009 | 50.6 (0 to 100) |
| 2008 | 48.6 (0 to 100) |
| 2007 | 49.3 (0 to 100) |
| 2006 | 49.3 (0 to 100) |
| 2005 | 47.5 (0 to 100) |
| 2004 | 48.4 (0 to 100) |
| 2003 | 49.3 (0 to 100) |
| 2002 | 51.8 (0 to 100) |
| 2001 | 51.5 (0 to 100) |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 points from 45.8 (0 to 100) in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 48.4 (0 to 100), the figure has changed by −2.9 points.