Equal rights protection index in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Equal rights protection index was 0.917 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.917
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
16th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.923
in 2015
All-time low
0.53
in 1838
Years of data
188
1838–2025
Equal rights protection index in Costa Rica, 1838–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.917 for equal rights protection index in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Costa Rica peaked at 0.923 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.53, in 1838.
Costa Rica ranks 16th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 188 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 2 |
| 1840s | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.5516 | 0.542 | 0.574 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.574 | 0.574 | 0.574 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.574 | 0.574 | 0.574 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.574 | 0.574 | 0.574 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.5842 | 0.567 | 0.683 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.708 | 0.708 | 0.708 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.708 | 0.708 | 0.708 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.7238 | 0.708 | 0.821 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8355 | 0.822 | 0.849 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.879 | 0.879 | 0.879 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.903 | 0.879 | 0.907 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9161 | 0.907 | 0.923 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.917 | 0.917 | 0.917 | 6 |
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More social development data for Costa Rica
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 36,395 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 367 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 1 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.931 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.809 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.862 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.922 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.915 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.606 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is equal rights protection index in Costa Rica?
- Equal rights protection index in Costa Rica was 0.917 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.923 in 2015.
- What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.53 in 1838.
- How does Costa Rica rank for equal rights protection index?
- Costa Rica ranks 16th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Equal rights protection index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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