Costa Rica vs Panama: Gross National Income — Value US$, per capita

Costa Rica
0.0158 million USD per person
in 2023
Panama
0.0175 million USD per person
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
72nd
Panama rank
69th

Gross National Income — Value US$, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Panama
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How they compare

Panama currently reports 0.0175 million USD per person against 0.0158 million USD per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0017 million USD per person.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 72nd and Panama ranks 69th of 194 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Panama in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Panama Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0013 million USD per person 0.001 million USD per person 0.0003 million USD per person Costa Rica
1980s 0.0017 million USD per person 0.0023 million USD per person 0.0006 million USD per person Panama
1990s 0.003 million USD per person 0.003 million USD per person 0 million USD per person Panama
2000s 0.0049 million USD per person 0.0047 million USD per person 0.0002 million USD per person Costa Rica
2010s 0.0106 million USD per person 0.012 million USD per person 0.0014 million USD per person Panama
2020s 0.013 million USD per person 0.0153 million USD per person 0.0023 million USD per person Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross national income — value us$, per capita, Costa Rica or Panama?
Panama, at 0.0175 million USD per person against 0.0158 million USD per person in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross national income — value us$, per capita between Costa Rica and Panama?
0.0017 million USD per person, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Panama?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Panama rank globally for gross national income — value us$, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 72nd and Panama ranks 69th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross National Income — Value US$, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross National Income — Value US$, per capita
Unit
million USD per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
195 places, 9,810 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Gross National Income — Value US$ divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.