Costa Rica's hdi rose from 0.7 in 1994 to 0.8 in 2023.
Costa Rica · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 13 with data
Costa Rica's life satisfaction rose from 7.3 in 2011 to 7.4 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs47th of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthdown −1.2 yrs33rd of 185
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- Gini indexdown −0.7 %3rd of 4
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)down −3.0 %101st of 200
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- Homicide rateup +37.5 %70th of 83
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- Safe drinking waterdown −0.0 pts76th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)down −0.2 pts126th of 215
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- Internet usersup +1.8 pts73rd of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs39th of 195
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- Unemploymentdown −0.1 pts127th of 185
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- Women in parliamentunchanged +0.0 pts8th of 184
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- Housing cost overburden rateNo data