Costa Rica vs Jamaica: Price level index
Price level index over time
- Costa Rica
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 60.21 GDP against 59.06 GDP in Costa Rica, a difference of 1.15 GDP.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Jamaica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 66th and Jamaica ranks 63rd of 204 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Jamaica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.83 GDP | 42.66 GDP | 4.17 GDP | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 49.88 GDP | 53.84 GDP | 3.96 GDP | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 64.32 GDP | 57.67 GDP | 6.66 GDP | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 56.55 GDP | 57.3 GDP | 0.7545 GDP | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher price level index, Costa Rica or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 60.21 GDP against 59.06 GDP in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in price level index between Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 1.15 GDP, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Jamaica rank globally for price level index?
- Costa Rica ranks 66th and Jamaica ranks 63rd of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB), published as Price level index (GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The price level index (PLI) is the ratio of a purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor to the corresponding market exchange rate between two countries, expressed relative to a base country that is set equal to 100. For this series the base country is the United States. It provides a measure of the differences in price level between the country and the United States by indicating the number of units of the common currency (US dollars) needed to buy the same volume of the aggregation level in each country. At the level of GDP, the price level ratio provides a measure of the differences in the general price levels of countries.