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Costa Rica
Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)

Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $4.20 a day at 2021 international prices.

Global rank#4out of 4 countries
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Historical trend

46.435.224.112.91.7198120032025Costa Rica · 2025: $1.70Costa Rica

Analytical takeaways

  • Costa Rica records $1.70 for Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) in 2025, ranking #4 globally out of 4 countries.
  • Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) declined from $46.40 in 1981 to $1.70 in 2025, a decrease of $44.70.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

Comparison

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