Costa Rica vs Iraq: GNI (current LCU), per capita
Costa Rica
9.15 million current LCU per person
in 2025
Iraq
7.04 million current LCU per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
17th
Iraq rank
20th
GNI (current LCU), per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Iraq
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 9.15 million current LCU per person against 7.04 million current LCU per person in Iraq, a difference of 2.10 million current LCU per person.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Iraq's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 17th and Iraq ranks 20th of 208 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Iraq in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,461 current LCU per person | 122.63 current LCU per person | 2,338 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 7,855 current LCU per person | 457.13 current LCU per person | 7,398 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 64,997 current LCU per person | 958.47 current LCU per person | 64,039 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 559,877 current LCU per person | 357,705 current LCU per person | 202,173 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.24 million current LCU per person | 2.82 million current LCU per person | 579,159 current LCU per person | Iraq |
| 2010s | 5.75 million current LCU per person | 6.37 million current LCU per person | 620,283 current LCU per person | Iraq |
| 2020s | 8.24 million current LCU per person | 7.39 million current LCU per person | 854,132 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gni (current lcu), per capita, Costa Rica or Iraq?
- Costa Rica, at 9.15 million current LCU per person against 7.04 million current LCU per person in Iraq as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gni (current lcu), per capita between Costa Rica and Iraq?
- 2.10 million current LCU per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iraq?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Iraq rank globally for gni (current lcu), per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 17th and Iraq ranks 20th of 208 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as GNI (current 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
GNI (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.