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Social protection, poverty, gender, and development indicators

Overview

Social protection, poverty, gender, health, and development indicators for Costa Rica, sourced from the World Bank, OECD, and the United Nations.

SDG Indicators

Age-standardised prevalence of current tobacco use among persons 15+ years
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UN SDG 3.a.1
Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
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UN SDG 8.1.1
Proportion of youth (15-24 years) not in education, employment or training
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UN SDG 8.6.1
Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
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UN SDG 8.5.2
Proportion of population with access to electricity
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UN SDG 7.1.1
Under-five mortality rate
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UN SDG 3.2.1
Participation rate in organised learning (one year before official primary entry age)
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UN SDG 4.2.2
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
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UN SDG 13.1.1
Maternal mortality ratio
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UN SDG 3.1.1
Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population
17.8%
2023 · UN SDG 16.1.1
Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption
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UN SDG 7.2.1
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population
20.8%
2023 · UN SDG 16.3.2
Proportion of businesses that had at least one contact with a public official and that paid a bribe or were asked to pay a bribe
5.6%
2023 · UN SDG 16.5.2
Satisfaction with public services
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UN SDG 16.6.2
Perception of inclusive decision-making
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UN SDG 16.7.2
Total greenhouse gas emissions per year
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UN SDG 13.2.2
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease
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UN SDG 3.4.1
Proportion of persons who had at least one contact with a public official and who paid a bribe or were asked to pay a bribe
7.0%
2019 · UN SDG 16.5.1
Experience of discrimination
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UN SDG 16.b.1
Proportion feeling safe walking alone at night
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UN SDG 16.1.4

Integration Gaps (OECD)

Employment rate differences between foreign-born and native-born populations by education level.

Medium (3-4)
Native-born 57.8%
Foreign-born 68.9%
Gap +11.2pp
2023
Total
Native-born 54.2%
Foreign-born 60.2%
Gap +6.0pp
2020
Low (0-2)
Native-born 52.2%
Foreign-born 64.4%
Gap +12.2pp
2023
High (5-8)
Native-born 71.5%
Foreign-born 75.3%
Gap +3.7pp
2023

Data Explorer

Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)
20.726
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative)
19.2411186824805
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated
30541
2024 · World Bank
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)
126.377496863843
2024 · World Bank
Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24)
0.4
2024 · World Bank
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female (%)
65
2024 · World Bank
Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, male (per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-24)
0.93
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
20.4235965804218
2024 · World Bank
Labor force, female
930523
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated
31809
2024 · World Bank
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, male (%)
61
2024 · World Bank
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) (national estimate)
123.658626307215
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated
33148.5
2024 · World Bank
Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, female (per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-49)
0.1
2024 · World Bank
Incidence of HIV, ages 15-24, female (per 1,000 uninfected female population ages 15-24)
0.13
2024 · World Bank
Labor force, female (% of total labor force)
39.4759940556265
2024 · World Bank
Incidence of HIV, ages 15-49, male (per 1,000 uninfected male population ages 15-49)
0.73
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 25+, female (%) (cumulative)
44.0235520235762
2024 · World Bank
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated
26839
2024 · World Bank
Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%)
33.3333333333333
2024 · World Bank

Frequently Asked Questions

Sources: UN SDG Indicators | OECD · Last updated: 2025

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