Costa Rica vs Gabon: Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU), per capita
Costa Rica
4.86 million constant LCU per person
in 2025
Gabon
4.30 million constant LCU per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
9th
Gabon rank
12th
Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU), per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Gabon
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 4.86 million constant LCU per person against 4.30 million constant LCU per person in Gabon, a difference of 563,010 constant LCU per person.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 9th and Gabon ranks 12th of 179 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Gabon in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 350,453 constant LCU per person | 433,232 constant LCU per person | 82,779 constant LCU per person | Gabon |
| 1970s | 663,887 constant LCU per person | 1.67 million constant LCU per person | 1.01 million constant LCU per person | Gabon |
| 1980s | 744,235 constant LCU per person | 2.42 million constant LCU per person | 1.67 million constant LCU per person | Gabon |
| 1990s | 1.28 million constant LCU per person | 1.73 million constant LCU per person | 444,221 constant LCU per person | Gabon |
| 2000s | 1.78 million constant LCU per person | 1.76 million constant LCU per person | 25,513 constant LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 2.67 million constant LCU per person | 2.64 million constant LCU per person | 28,517 constant LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 3.92 million constant LCU per person | 4.82 million constant LCU per person | 905,702 constant LCU per person | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher exports as a capacity to import (constant lcu), per capita, Costa Rica or Gabon?
- Costa Rica, at 4.86 million constant LCU per person against 4.30 million constant LCU per person in Gabon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in exports as a capacity to import (constant lcu), per capita between Costa Rica and Gabon?
- 563,010 constant LCU per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Gabon?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Gabon rank globally for exports as a capacity to import (constant lcu), per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 9th and Gabon ranks 12th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.