Chile vs Costa Rica: Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita
Chile
16.41 million current LCU per person
in 2025
Costa Rica
9.43 million current LCU per person
in 2025
Chile rank
14th
Costa Rica rank
17th
Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita over time
- Chile
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Chile currently reports 16.41 million current LCU per person against 9.43 million current LCU per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 6.98 million current LCU per person.
That makes Chile's figure about 1.7 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Chile ranks 14th and Costa Rica ranks 17th of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 6 and Costa Rica in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.6 current LCU per person | 2,649 current LCU per person | 2,646 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 16,642 current LCU per person | 8,762 current LCU per person | 7,881 current LCU per person | Chile |
| 1980s | 254,964 current LCU per person | 72,000 current LCU per person | 182,964 current LCU per person | Chile |
| 1990s | 1.78 million current LCU per person | 596,052 current LCU per person | 1.18 million current LCU per person | Chile |
| 2000s | 3.85 million current LCU per person | 2.40 million current LCU per person | 1.46 million current LCU per person | Chile |
| 2010s | 8.46 million current LCU per person | 6.06 million current LCU per person | 2.40 million current LCU per person | Chile |
| 2020s | 13.69 million current LCU per person | 8.55 million current LCU per person | 5.14 million current LCU per person | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross national expenditure (current lcu), per capita, Chile or Costa Rica?
- Chile, at 16.41 million current LCU per person against 9.43 million current LCU per person in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current lcu), per capita between Chile and Costa Rica?
- 6.98 million current LCU per person, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Costa Rica?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Chile and Costa Rica rank globally for gross national expenditure (current lcu), per capita?
- Chile ranks 14th and Costa Rica ranks 17th of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (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
Gross national expenditure (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.