What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Costa Rica and United States of America?

0.0046 units per person, with United States of America ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and United States of America?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs United States of America: Urban population, per capita

Costa Rica

0.7973 units per person

in 2025

United States of America

0.8019 units per person

in 2025

Costa Rica rank

59th

United States of America rank

57th

Urban population, per capita over time

Costa Rica
United States of America

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 0.8019 units per person against 0.7973 units per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0046 units per person.

Across all 66 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 59th and United States of America ranks 57th of 218 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	United States of America	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.3547 units per person	0.7192 units per person	0.3645 units per person	United States of America
1970s	0.4104 units per person	0.7361 units per person	0.3257 units per person	United States of America
1980s	0.449 units per person	0.743 units per person	0.2939 units per person	United States of America
1990s	0.5315 units per person	0.77 units per person	0.2385 units per person	United States of America
2000s	0.6441 units per person	0.8001 units per person	0.156 units per person	United States of America
2010s	0.7464 units per person	0.8052 units per person	0.0589 units per person	United States of America
2020s	0.7864 units per person	0.8007 units per person	0.0143 units per person	United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban population, per capita, Costa Rica or United States of America?: United States of America, at 0.8019 units per person against 0.7973 units per person in Costa Rica as of 2025.
What is the difference in urban population, per capita between Costa Rica and United States of America?: 0.0046 units per person, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and United States of America?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Costa Rica and United States of America rank globally for urban population, per capita?: Costa Rica ranks 59th and United States of America ranks 57th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Urban population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Urban population, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 14 September 2026

Urban population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.