Costa Rica - GDP per Capita 1998
$3,617
+$167 from 1997
Costa Rica's gdp per capita was $3,617 in 1998, increased +$167 from $3,408 in 1997. This was the 81st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | $90,947 | 2.7% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | $78,303 | 6.4% |
| 3rd | Bermuda | $51,629 | 5.9% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | $47,445 | 7.3% |
| 5th | Switzerland | $42,681 | 2.5% |
| 6th | Channel Islands | $40,473 | - |
| 7th | San Marino | $40,127 | 6.0% |
| 8th | Norway | $34,803 | -4.8% |
| 9th | Denmark | $33,346 | 1.5% |
| 10th | United States | $32,854 | 4.5% |
| 11th | Japan | $32,424 | -9.1% |
| 12th | Iceland | $31,519 | 10.2% |
| 13th | Sweden | $30,605 | 0.9% |
| 14th | United Kingdom | $28,396 | 6.1% |
| 15th | Netherlands | $27,924 | 4.0% |
| 16th | Germany | $27,396 | 0.5% |
| 17th | Austria | $27,212 | 2.3% |
| 18th | Finland | $26,000 | 5.0% |
| 19th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $25,809 | -5.2% |
| 20th | Belgium | $25,338 | 1.8% |
| 21st | United Arab Emirates | $24,889 | -16.8% |
| 22nd | France | $24,869 | 2.3% |
| 23rd | Faroe Islands | $24,729 | 16.9% |
| 24th | Ireland | $24,295 | 8.1% |
| 25th | Italy | $22,365 | 2.1% |
| 26th | Singapore | $21,829 | -17.2% |
| 27th | Bahamas, The | $21,667 | -1.3% |
| 28th | Australia | $21,516 | -6.6% |
| 29th | Canada | $21,025 | -4.1% |
| 30th | Greenland | $20,497 | 7.1% |
| 31st | Israel | $20,189 | -1.5% |
| 32nd | Aruba | $18,828 | 22.7% |
| 33rd | Isle of Man | $18,753 | 16.0% |
| 34th | European Union | $18,617 | 2.9% |
| 35th | Andorra | $18,537 | 1.6% |
| 36th | Brunei Darussalam | $17,769 | -23.9% |
| 37th | Qatar | $17,665 | -6.2% |
| 38th | French Polynesia | $16,760 | 2.1% |
| 39th | New Caledonia | $16,615 | 5.8% |
| 40th | Macao SAR, China | $16,095 | -7.6% |
| 41st | Spain | $15,382 | 4.1% |
| 42nd | Cyprus | $15,093 | 5.4% |
| 43rd | New Zealand | $14,738 | -19.0% |
| 44th | Puerto Rico (US) | $14,304 | 10.3% |
| 45th | Kuwait | $14,067 | -8.2% |
| 46th | Greece | $13,023 | -0.4% |
| 47th | Portugal | $12,199 | 5.2% |
| 48th | Bahrain | $11,625 | -10.2% |
| 49th | Slovenia | $11,132 | 6.5% |
| 50th | Antigua and Barbuda | $10,907 | 4.4% |
| 51st | Barbados | $10,734 | 7.4% |
| 52nd | Malta | $10,408 | 14.7% |
| 53rd | Saudi Arabia | $9,836 | -0.2% |
| 54th | St. Kitts and Nevis | $8,711 | 7.0% |
| 55th | Korea | $8,583 | -33.2% |
| 56th | Argentina | $8,219 | -10.6% |
| 57th | Seychelles | $8,210 | 12.8% |
| 58th | Palau | $8,048 | 1.3% |
| 59th | Uruguay | $7,837 | -1.5% |
| 60th | Oman | $7,219 | -9.6% |
| 61st | Czechia | $6,527 | 7.6% |
| 62nd | Mexico | $5,833 | 6.3% |
| 63rd | Croatia | $5,713 | 18.2% |
| 64th | St. Lucia | $5,673 | 7.4% |
| 65th | Slovak Republic | $5,561 | 35.7% |
| 66th | Chile | $5,420 | -6.5% |
| 67th | Libya | $5,301 | -30.8% |
| 68th | Brazil | $5,106 | -4.0% |
| 69th | Hungary | $4,752 | 3.3% |
| 70th | Dominica | $4,664 | 9.6% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | $4,613 | -0.4% |
| 72nd | Poland | $4,534 | 10.9% |
| 73rd | Türkiye | $4,331 | 1.8% |
| 74th | Grenada | $4,206 | 8.9% |
| 75th | Belize | $4,126 | 8.7% |
| 76th | Lebanon | $4,125 | 9.1% |
| 77th | Estonia | $4,093 | 11.0% |
| 78th | Panama | $3,808 | -3.1% |
| 79th | Gabon | $3,700 | -27.0% |
| 80th | Mauritius | $3,642 | -3.0% |
| 81st | Costa Rica | $3,617 | 4.8% |
| 82nd | Jamaica | $3,419 | -0.4% |
| 83rd | South Africa | $3,310 | -15.9% |
| 84th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $3,301 | -5.6% |
| 85th | Malaysia | $3,294 | -34.3% |
| 86th | Lithuania | $3,181 | 11.9% |
| 87th | Botswana | $2,981 | -2.9% |
| 88th | Nauru | $2,909 | -20.5% |
| 89th | Latvia | $2,894 | 11.4% |
| 90th | Serbia | $2,775 | -22.3% |
| 91st | Dominican Republic | $2,608 | 4.5% |
| 92nd | Colombia | $2,605 | -23.4% |
| 93rd | Suriname | $2,429 | -17.6% |
| 94th | Cuba | $2,332 | 1.1% |
| 95th | Tunisia | $2,285 | -1.5% |
| 96th | Ecuador | $2,284 | 5.5% |
| 97th | Marshall Islands | $2,254 | 1.1% |
| 98th | Namibia | $2,235 | -9.3% |
| 99th | Peru | $2,156 | -3.7% |
| 100th | Fiji | $2,010 | -30.7% |
| 101st | Maldives | $1,980 | -22.5% |
| 102nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | $1,944 | -0.3% |
| 103rd | Paraguay | $1,890 | -10.1% |
| 104th | Tonga | $1,889 | -16.6% |
| 105th | North Macedonia | $1,876 | -5.3% |
| 106th | El Salvador | $1,860 | 6.3% |
| 107th | Romania | $1,853 | 17.9% |
| 108th | Thailand | $1,848 | -25.1% |
| 109th | Russian Federation | $1,835 | -37.4% |
| 110th | Nigeria | $1,822 | -21.1% |
| 111th | Bulgaria | $1,820 | 31.3% |
| 112th | Guatemala | $1,741 | 11.3% |
| 113th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $1,709 | -53.6% |
| 114th | Morocco | $1,668 | 7.4% |
| 115th | Algeria | $1,603 | -10.9% |
| 116th | Eswatini | $1,547 | -24.4% |
| 117th | Jordan | $1,532 | -1.8% |
| 118th | Belarus | $1,511 | 8.3% |
| 119th | Samoa | $1,506 | -6.3% |
| 120th | Vanuatu | $1,471 | -4.3% |
| 121st | West Bank and Gaza | $1,465 | 8.4% |
| 122nd | Tuvalu | $1,460 | -0.1% |
| 123rd | Kazakhstan | $1,415 | -3.1% |
| 124th | Montenegro | $1,406 | 2.2% |
| 125th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $1,213 | -8.6% |
| 126th | Cabo Verde | $1,187 | -24.4% |
| 127th | Côte d'Ivoire | $1,177 | 7.8% |
| 128th | Solomon Islands | $1,092 | -19.6% |
| 129th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $1,022 | 1.6% |
| 130th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,007 | -17.9% |
| 131st | Honduras | $989 | 4.2% |
| 132nd | Philippines | $983 | -23.2% |
| 133rd | Syrian Arab Republic | $961 | -11.1% |
| 134th | Nicaragua | $949 | 1.0% |
| 135th | Guyana | $940 | -56.5% |
| 136th | Iraq | $901 | -3.8% |
| 137th | Kiribati | $874 | -12.6% |
| 138th | Georgia | $852 | 4.1% |
| 139th | Sri Lanka | $848 | -15.6% |
| 140th | China | $835 | 6.7% |
| 141st | Ukraine | $831 | -19.9% |
| 142nd | Albania | $831 | 17.6% |
| 143rd | Mauritania | $821 | -3.9% |
| 144th | Cameroon | $799 | -3.4% |
| 145th | Djibouti | $735 | -31.2% |
| 146th | Papua New Guinea | $733 | -52.0% |
| 147th | Comoros | $704 | -1.9% |
| 148th | Senegal | $685 | 6.5% |
| 149th | Congo, Republic of | $660 | -26.1% |
| 150th | Guinea | $647 | 3.1% |
| 151st | Bhutan | $638 | -6.2% |
| 152nd | Uzbekistan | $621 | -19.6% |
| 153rd | Gambia, The | $610 | -25.5% |
| 154th | Turkmenistan | $591 | 6.7% |
| 155th | Armenia | $590 | 16.5% |
| 156th | Moldova | $579 | -11.4% |
| 157th | Equatorial Guinea | $578 | -40.1% |
| 158th | Azerbaijan | $562 | 1.5% |
| 159th | Zimbabwe | $552 | -57.6% |
| 160th | São Tomé and Principe | $514 | -24.3% |
| 161st | Guinea-Bissau | $498 | -20.8% |
| 162nd | Kenya | $488 | -28.0% |
| 163rd | Mongolia | $484 | -5.5% |
| 164th | Haiti | $465 | -34.2% |
| 165th | Lesotho | $465 | -10.7% |
| 166th | Togo | $461 | -12.6% |
| 167th | Indonesia | $455 | -65.2% |
| 168th | Angola | $429 | -48.3% |
| 169th | Pakistan | $424 | -47.4% |
| 170th | India | $414 | -0.6% |
| 171st | Ghana | $400 | -57.1% |
| 172nd | Tanzania | $386 | 25.5% |
| 173rd | Bangladesh | $386 | -19.6% |
| 174th | Zambia | $373 | -20.8% |
| 175th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $363 | 29.7% |
| 176th | Benin | $362 | -23.8% |
| 177th | Viet Nam | $361 | -19.6% |
| 178th | Mali | $357 | 18.4% |
| 179th | Sudan | $351 | 0.0% |
| 180th | Timor-Leste | $346 | -0.9% |
| 181st | Kyrgyz Republic | $345 | -8.9% |
| 182nd | Yemen, Republic of | $343 | -10.4% |
| 183rd | Eritrea | $342 | 26.4% |
| 184th | Mozambique | $320 | 7.7% |
| 185th | Uganda | $292 | -31.0% |
| 186th | Madagascar | $284 | -8.1% |
| 187th | Central African Republic | $267 | -5.1% |
| 188th | Cambodia | $259 | -17.5% |
| 189th | Burkina Faso | $250 | -0.9% |
| 190th | Rwanda | $246 | -28.8% |
| 191st | Niger | $246 | 9.6% |
| 192nd | Lao PDR | $244 | -64.3% |
| 193rd | Malawi | $236 | -59.5% |
| 194th | Chad | $220 | -27.3% |
| 195th | Tajikistan | $214 | 11.0% |
| 196th | Nepal | $205 | -21.0% |
| 197th | Sierra Leone | $157 | -65.6% |
| 198th | Myanmar | $146 | 35.1% |
| 199th | Burundi | $144 | -22.5% |
| 200th | Liberia | $135 | 9.8% |
| 201st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $131 | -79.5% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's gdp per capita in 1998?▾
Costa Rica's gdp per capita in 1998 was $3,617. This ranked 81st globally.
How did Costa Rica's gdp per capita change in 1998?▾
Costa Rica's gdp per capita increased by 4.8% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 1998?▾
Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 1998 at $90,947.
What is the gdp per capita of Costa Rica in 1998?▾
The gdp per capita of Costa Rica in 1998 was $3,617. This ranked 81st globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Costa Rica's gdp per capita?▾
Costa Rica's gdp per capita went from $3,408 in 1997 to $3,617 in 1998, a 4.8% increase.
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