Costa Rica vs Iceland: Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency, per capita
Costa Rica
8.58 million SLC per person
in 2023
Iceland
11.34 million SLC per person
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
15th
Iceland rank
12th
Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency, per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Iceland
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 11.34 million SLC per person against 8.58 million SLC per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 2.76 million SLC per person.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 15th and Iceland ranks 12th of 194 countries.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0101 million SLC per person | 0.0137 million SLC per person | 0.0036 million SLC per person | Iceland |
| 1980s | 0.0835 million SLC per person | 0.5235 million SLC per person | 0.44 million SLC per person | Iceland |
| 1990s | 0.5645 million SLC per person | 1.75 million SLC per person | 1.18 million SLC per person | Iceland |
| 2000s | 2.24 million SLC per person | 3.41 million SLC per person | 1.17 million SLC per person | Iceland |
| 2010s | 5.74 million SLC per person | 6.61 million SLC per person | 0.8698 million SLC per person | Iceland |
| 2020s | 7.76 million SLC per person | 9.63 million SLC per person | 1.87 million SLC per person | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross national income — value standard local currency, per capita, Costa Rica or Iceland?
- Iceland, at 11.34 million SLC per person against 8.58 million SLC per person in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in gross national income — value standard local currency, per capita between Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 2.76 million SLC per person, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Iceland rank globally for gross national income — value standard local currency, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 15th and Iceland ranks 12th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Gross National Income — Value Standard Local Currency, 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 Income — Value Standard Local Currency divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.