Net migration in Costa Rica

Net migration to Costa Rica was 1,000 people in 2025.

Measure: Net migration Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Costa Rica, 2025 1,000 People
Change from 2024 +3.4% 2024: 967 people
World, 2025 0 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 64th of 217 See the full ranking

Net migration in Costa Rica over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Net migration (people), 2001 to 2025
Period Costa RicaWorld
2025 1,000 people 0 people
2024 967 people 0 people
2023 995 people 0 people
2022 1,006 people 0 people
2021 1,018 people 0 people
2020 1,029 people 0 people
2019 1,653 people 0 people
2018 1,673 people 0 people
2017 1,671 people 0 people
2016 1,649 people 0 people
2015 1,617 people 0 people
2014 1,589 people 0 people
2013 1,579 people 0 people
2012 1,587 people 0 people
2011 1,695 people 0 people
2010 2,357 people 0 people
2009 3,432 people 0 people
2008 3,794 people 0 people
2007 4,080 people 0 people
2006 4,321 people 0 people
2005 4,567 people 0 people
2004 4,856 people 0 people
2003 5,216 people 0 people
2002 5,812 people 0 people
2001 7,119 people 0 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +3.4% from 967 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1,617 people, the figure has changed by −38.2%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Costa Rica has the 64th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SM.POP.NETM · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Costa Rica
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects