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2026 HPI index for Costa Rica
Rank Life expectancy Wellbeing Ecological footprint HPI score
1st 81.2 years 7.6/10 2.62 gha 68.3
HPI Data over time for Costa Rica
Year Rank Life expectancy Wellbeing Ecological footprint HPI score
2025 1st 81.2 years 7.6/10 2.62 gha 68.3
2024 1st 81 years 7.4/10 2.64 gha 66.8
2023 1st 80.8 years 7.4/10 2.66 gha 66.6
2022 1st 79.3 years 7.1/10 2.52 gha 64.4
2021 3rd 78.1 years 6.4/10 2.54 gha 59
2020 1st 79.7 years 6.3/10 2.37 gha 61.1
2019 1st 80.3 years 7/10 2.6 gha 64.5
2018 1st 80.1 years 7.1/10 2.8 gha 64
2017 1st 80 years 7.2/10 2.86 gha 64.2
2016 1st 80 years 7.1/10 2.87 gha 63.6
2015 1st 80.4 years 6.9/10 2.73 gha 63.1
2014 1st 80.2 years 7.2/10 2.75 gha 65.5
2013 1st 80.2 years 7.2/10 2.73 gha 65.1
2012 1st 79.9 years 7.3/10 2.76 gha 65.4
2011 1st 79.6 years 7.2/10 2.63 gha 65.9
2010 1st 79.4 years 7.3/10 2.55 gha 66.5
2009 1st 79.4 years 7.6/10 2.22 gha 71.4
2008 1st 79.2 years 6.9/10 2.84 gha 62.1
2007 1st 79.1 years 7.4/10 2.92 gha 65.1
2006 1st 79 years 7.1/10 2.57 gha 65.3
HPI Data in 2026 by Income groups Costa Rica
Decile Price range Life expectancy Wellbeing Ecological footprint HPI score
1 No income from employment
(No income from employment)		 77.4 years 6.1/10 1.2 gha 63.6
2 Less than $905 USD
(Less than 299,900 colones)		 77.9 years 6.6/10 1.4 gha 67.5
3 $905 to $5,588 USD
(299,900 to 1,852,573 colones)		 78.4 years 6.8/10 2 gha 67.7
4 $5,588 to $9,565 USD
(1,852,573 to 3,171,131 colones)		 78.8 years 7/10 2.5 gha 67.6
5 $9,565 to $5,762 USD
(3,171,131 to 4,506,826 colones)		 79.3 years 7.1/10 3 gha 67.1
6 $5,762 to $18,861 USD
(4,506,826 to 6,253,541 colones)		 79.7 years 7.2/10 3.5 gha 66.3
7 $18,861 to $24,156 USD
(6,253,541 to 8,008,984 colones)		 80.1 years 7.2/10 4.1 gha 65.1
8 $24,156 to $34,653 USD
(8,008,984 to 11,489,250 colones)		 80.5 years 7.3/10 5 gha 63.2
9 $34,653 to $61,890 USD
(11,489,250 to 20,519,804 colones)		 80.9 years 7.3/10 6.6 gha 59
10 Over $61,890 USD
(Over 20,519,804 colones)		 81.3 years 7.4/10 14.1 gha 43.8

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