In 2019, poverty gap at $1.9 a day for Costa Rica was 0.4 %. Poverty gap at $1.9 a day of Costa Rica fell gradually from 3.3 % in 2000 to 0.4 % in 2019.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $1.90 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
| Date | Value | Change, % |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.4 | -33.33% |
| 2018 | 0.6 | 50.00% |
| 2017 | 0.4 | -20.00% |
| 2016 | 0.5 | -16.67% |
| 2015 | 0.6 | 0.00% |
| 2014 | 0.6 | 0.00% |
| 2013 | 0.6 | 0.00% |
| 2012 | 0.6 | -14.29% |
| 2011 | 0.7 | 0.00% |
| 2010 | 0.7 | -36.36% |
| 2009 | 1.1 | 22.22% |
| 2008 | 0.9 |