Share of population in poverty ($3 a day): Costa Rica
0.7546557113528252% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 39 years from 1981 to 2025 are below.
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.7546557113528252 |
| 2024 | 1.283707655966282 |
| 2023 | 1.5395533293485641 |
| 2022 | 1.598765142261982 |
| 2021 | 2.159622870385647 |
| 2020 | 3.3517811447381973 |
| 2019 | 1.729835756123066 |
| 2018 | 2.320723980665207 |
| 2017 | 1.7488792538642883 |
| 2016 | 2.4028999730944633 |
| 2015 | 2.4401484057307243 |
| 2014 | 2.3871447890996933 |
| 2013 | 2.6420895010232925 |
| 2012 | 2.5627970695495605 |
| 2011 | 2.7238452807068825 |
| 2010 | 2.2089725360274315 |
| 2009 | 3.608841821551323 |
| 2008 | 3.373982757329941 |
| 2007 | 3.1409792602062225 |
| 2006 | 5.160284787416458 |
| 2005 | 5.042462795972824 |
| 2004 | 6.5921105444431305 |
| 2003 | 6.873222440481186 |
| 2002 | 6.5660156309604645 |
| 2001 | 7.60335698723793 |
| 2000 | 9.776751697063446 |
| 1999 | 9.287099540233612 |
| 1998 | 7.475000619888306 |
| 1997 | 9.0693898499012 |
| 1996 | 11.749160289764404 |
| 1995 | 10.598238557577133 |
| 1994 | 9.390194714069366 |
| 1993 | 11.798690259456635 |
| 1992 | 13.801230490207672 |
| 1991 | 17.141106724739075 |
| 1990 | 13.883034884929657 |
| 1989 | 14.398539066314697 |
| 1986 | 19.26400065422058 |
| 1981 | 33.51899981498718 |