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Costa Rica Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)
What is Costa Rica's poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)? As of 2023, it's 24.4%, down from 24.6% in 2014.
| Label | Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 24.6% |
| 2015 | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 22.9% |
| 2017 | 22.1% |
| 2018 | 22.9% |
| 2019 | 23.9% |
| 2020 | 30% |
| 2021 | 26.2% |
| 2022 | 25.5% |
| 2023 | 24.4% |
Data Source: World Bank and Wantstats Repository
Costa Rica Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population): Key Points
- What jumps out first is the 1% fall — Costa Rica's poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines went from 24.60 % in 2014 to 24.40 % in 2023.
- 2015-2017: slides to 22.10 % (-10%).
- 2018-2020: surges to 30.00 % (+36%).
- 2021-2023: keeps falling, down to 24.40 % (-19%).
- 2020: This is the one COVID-era reversal in an otherwise declining trend — 23.90 to 30.00 % (~26%), tracking a global setback in the fight against poverty.
- 2023: Closes lower than it opened — 24.40 %, a 0.8% loss over the period.
What Broke A Decade Of Progress
A 0.8% net move looks calm on paper. It is not. The actual path swings well past that number in both directions before returning close to where it began.
This uptick isn't a local failure — 2020 marked the first rise in global extreme poverty in decades, as COVID-19's economic shock hit household incomes worldwide at the same time.
A useful next step is checking whether Costa Rica's policy or economic context changed materially over this period — poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines series like this one often reflect a specific decision or shock more than a slow organic drift.
This kind of indicator is almost never measured continuously — it's estimated from periodic data collection, published and later revised by Costa Rica's statistical authority. Direction is the reliable part; individual years less so.
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