Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Costa Rica
17.1% of people in Costa Rica lived below the national poverty line in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2007.
Costa Rica, 2025
17.1%
Change from 2024
−3.2percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2021
14.8%
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Costa Rica over time
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Costa Rica
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Costa Rica |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.1% |
| 2024 | 20.3% |
| 2023 | 24.4% |
| 2022 | 25.5% |
| 2021 | 26.2% |
| 2020 | 30.0% |
| 2019 | 23.9% |
| 2018 | 22.9% |
| 2017 | 22.1% |
| 2016 | 22.9% |
| 2015 | 23.6% |
| 2014 | 24.6% |
| 2013 | 23.3% |
| 2012 | 23.5% |
| 2011 | 24.8% |
| 2010 | 24.2% |
| 2009 | 18.5% |
| 2008 | 17.7% |
| 2007 | 16.7% |
| 2006 | 20.2% |
| 2005 | 21.2% |
| 2004 | 21.7% |
| 2003 | 18.5% |
| 2002 | 20.6% |
| 2001 | 20.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.2 percentage points from 20.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 23.6%, the figure has changed by −6.5 percentage points.