
Costa Rica: poverty headcount ratio at 3.20 U.S. dollars a day 2010-2018
In 2018, approximately 3.6 percent of Costa Ricans were living on less than 3.20 U.S. dollars per day, down from four percent of the country's population in 2015. Costa Rica is one of the Latin American countries showing the best measurements regarding socio-economic indicators. Poverty rates seem to be no exception, as they have been decreasing during the past decade.