Chile vs Costa Rica: Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per capita
Chile
1.53 million current LCU per person
in 2025
Costa Rica
1.37 million current LCU per person
in 2025
Chile rank
12th
Costa Rica rank
15th
Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per capita over time
- Chile
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Chile currently reports 1.53 million current LCU per person against 1.37 million current LCU per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 167,540 current LCU per person.
That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Chile ranks 12th and Costa Rica ranks 15th of 203 countries.
Chile has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3,522 current LCU per person | 1,556 current LCU per person | 1,966 current LCU per person | Chile |
| 1980s | 49,828 current LCU per person | 14,925 current LCU per person | 34,904 current LCU per person | Chile |
| 1990s | 295,515 current LCU per person | 108,273 current LCU per person | 187,243 current LCU per person | Chile |
| 2000s | 521,491 current LCU per person | 369,753 current LCU per person | 151,737 current LCU per person | Chile |
| 2010s | 823,041 current LCU per person | 743,340 current LCU per person | 79,701 current LCU per person | Chile |
| 2020s | 1.27 million current LCU per person | 1.20 million current LCU per person | 70,164 current LCU per person | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher manufacturing, value added (current lcu), per capita, Chile or Costa Rica?
- Chile, at 1.53 million current LCU per person against 1.37 million current LCU per person in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in manufacturing, value added (current lcu), per capita between Chile and Costa Rica?
- 167,540 current LCU per person, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Costa Rica?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
- How do Chile and Costa Rica rank globally for manufacturing, value added (current lcu), per capita?
- Chile ranks 12th and Costa Rica ranks 15th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Manufacturing, value added (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
Manufacturing, value added (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.