Costa Rica vs Iraq: Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita
Costa Rica
9.43 million current LCU per person
in 2025
Iraq
6.93 million current LCU per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
17th
Iraq rank
19th
Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Iraq
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 9.43 million current LCU per person against 6.93 million current LCU per person in Iraq, a difference of 2.50 million current LCU per person.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.4 times Iraq's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 17th and Iraq ranks 19th of 186 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8,762 current LCU per person | 280.33 current LCU per person | 8,482 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 72,000 current LCU per person | 1,068 current LCU per person | 70,932 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 596,052 current LCU per person | 241,790 current LCU per person | 354,262 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.40 million current LCU per person | 1.98 million current LCU per person | 410,762 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 6.06 million current LCU per person | 5.12 million current LCU per person | 939,683 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 8.38 million current LCU per person | 6.08 million current LCU per person | 2.30 million current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross national expenditure (current lcu), per capita, Costa Rica or Iraq?
- Costa Rica, at 9.43 million current LCU per person against 6.93 million current LCU per person in Iraq as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current lcu), per capita between Costa Rica and Iraq?
- 2.50 million current LCU per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iraq?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Iraq rank globally for gross national expenditure (current lcu), per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 17th and Iraq ranks 19th 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.