Costa Rica vs Palau: Rural population, per capita
Costa Rica
0.2027 units per person
in 2025
Palau
0.2072 units per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
158th
Palau rank
155th
Rural population, per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Palau
How they compare
Palau currently reports 0.2072 units per person against 0.2027 units per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0045 units per person.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 158th and Palau ranks 155th of 216 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6453 units per person | 0.4875 units per person | 0.1577 units per person | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.5896 units per person | 0.3934 units per person | 0.1962 units per person | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.551 units per person | 0.3348 units per person | 0.2162 units per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.4685 units per person | 0.2947 units per person | 0.1738 units per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.3559 units per person | 0.2417 units per person | 0.1142 units per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.2536 units per person | 0.1963 units per person | 0.0573 units per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.2136 units per person | 0.2085 units per person | 0.0051 units per person | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rural population, per capita, Costa Rica or Palau?
- Palau, at 0.2072 units per person against 0.2027 units per person in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rural population, per capita between Costa Rica and Palau?
- 0.0045 units per person, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Palau?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Palau rank globally for rural population, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 158th and Palau ranks 155th of 216 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Rural population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.