Costa Rica vs Panama
Costa Rica vs Panama: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $15,670 in Costa Rica and $17,650 in Panama, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Panama, by $1,980, or 1.13 times that in Costa Rica.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Panama has been higher since 2008, when it overtook Costa Rica.
- In 2025, Costa Rica ranked 58 and Panama ranked 51 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Costa Rica | Panama | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $15,670 | $17,650 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $15,050 | $17,120 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $14,530 | $16,880 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $13,930 | $15,960 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $13,270 | $14,550 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $12,320 | $12,650 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $12,940 | $15,600 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $12,710 | $15,380 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $12,470 | $15,050 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $12,080 | $14,470 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $11,710 | $14,080 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $11,420 | $13,610 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $11,150 | $13,240 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $11,000 | $12,670 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $10,610 | $11,760 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $10,290 | $10,700 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $9,884 | $10,270 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $10,100 | $10,290 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $9,780 | $9,508 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $9,160 | $8,558 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $8,655 | $7,936 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $8,446 | $7,469 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $8,207 | $7,037 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $7,990 | $6,825 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $7,854 | $6,788 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $7,727 | $6,856 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $7,589 | $6,710 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $7,440 | $6,505 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $7,100 | $6,123 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $6,885 | $5,800 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $6,954 | $5,686 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $6,839 | $5,704 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $6,706 | $5,661 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $6,420 | $5,481 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $6,030 | $5,173 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $6,049 | $4,829 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $5,990 | $4,563 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $5,814 | $4,590 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $5,768 | $5,416 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $5,653 | $5,640 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $5,503 | $5,571 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $5,616 | $5,432 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $5,344 | $5,414 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $5,340 | $5,803 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $5,920 | $5,640 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $6,224 | $5,288 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $6,348 | $4,789 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $6,214 | $4,693 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $6,006 | $4,380 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $5,662 | $4,441 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $5,507 | $4,481 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $5,534 | $4,520 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $5,378 | $4,531 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $5,122 | $4,418 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $4,860 | $4,343 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $4,674 | $4,075 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $4,469 | $3,919 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $4,357 | $3,719 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $4,136 | $3,578 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $4,037 | $3,395 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $3,898 | $3,251 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $3,725 | $3,069 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $3,721 | $3,029 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $3,608 | $2,877 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $3,549 | $2,739 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $3,616 | $2,543 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Costa Rica vs Panama
Health
- Life expectancyCosta Rica: 80.8 years in 2023Panama: 79.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCosta Rica: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Panama: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCosta Rica: 6.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Panama: 12.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCosta Rica: 2.91% in 2017Panama: 2.68% in 2017
- Suicide rateCosta Rica: 7.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Panama: 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCosta Rica: 5.11 million people in 2023Panama: 4.46 million people in 2023
- Population growthCosta Rica: 0.49% a year in 2023Panama: 1.29% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCosta Rica: 1.33 births per woman in 2023Panama: 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCosta Rica: 79.7% in 2025Panama: 66.2% in 2025
- Median ageCosta Rica: 34.1 years in 2023Panama: 29.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCosta Rica: 11.7% in 2023Panama: 9.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCosta Rica: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Panama: 1.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCosta Rica: 0% of GDP in 2025Panama: 0% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCosta Rica: $0 in 2025Panama: $0 in 2025
- Military spending per personCosta Rica: $0 in 2025Panama: $0 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCosta Rica: 0% of government spending in 2025Panama: 0% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCosta Rica: 10,000 people in 2020Panama: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerCosta Rica: 0.03% of world capability in 2022Panama: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCosta Rica: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Panama: 1.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCosta Rica: 8 million TIV in 2019Panama: 2 million TIV in 1989
- Arms exportsCosta Rica: 3 million TIV in 2009Panama: 1 million TIV in 2019