Costa Rica vs Gabon: Imports of goods and services (constant LCU), per capita
Costa Rica
4.09 million constant LCU per person
in 2025
Gabon
2.28 million constant LCU per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
14th
Gabon rank
17th
Imports of goods and services (constant LCU), per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Gabon
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 4.09 million constant LCU per person against 2.28 million constant LCU per person in Gabon, a difference of 1.81 million constant LCU per person.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.8 times Gabon's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 14th and Gabon ranks 17th of 179 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Gabon in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 430,811 constant LCU per person | 417,518 constant LCU per person | 13,292 constant LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 847,468 constant LCU per person | 1.43 million constant LCU per person | 584,691 constant LCU per person | Gabon |
| 1980s | 803,429 constant LCU per person | 1.87 million constant LCU per person | 1.07 million constant LCU per person | Gabon |
| 1990s | 1.44 million constant LCU per person | 1.17 million constant LCU per person | 278,894 constant LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 1.90 million constant LCU per person | 863,148 constant LCU per person | 1.04 million constant LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 2.74 million constant LCU per person | 1.36 million constant LCU per person | 1.39 million constant LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 3.48 million constant LCU per person | 2.08 million constant LCU per person | 1.40 million constant LCU per person | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher imports of goods and services (constant lcu), per capita, Costa Rica or Gabon?
- Costa Rica, at 4.09 million constant LCU per person against 2.28 million constant LCU per person in Gabon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in imports of goods and services (constant lcu), per capita between Costa Rica and Gabon?
- 1.81 million constant LCU per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Gabon?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Gabon rank globally for imports of goods and services (constant lcu), per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 14th and Gabon ranks 17th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Imports of goods and services (constant 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
Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.