Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Brazil instead of Costa Rica, you would:
Health
be 14.0% less likely to be obese
In Costa Rica, 25.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Brazil, that number is 22.1% of people as of 2016.
live 3.7 years less
In Costa Rica, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Brazil, that number is 76 years (72 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 80.0% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Costa Rica, 21.0% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Brazil, however, that number is 4.2% as of 2016.
make 28.4% less money
Costa Rica has a GDP per capita of $19,700 as of 2020, while in Brazil, the GDP per capita is $14,100 as of 2020.
be 47.3% more likely to be unemployed
In Costa Rica, 8.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Brazil, that number is 11.9% as of 2019.
pay a 83.3% higher top tax rate
Costa Rica has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Brazil, the top tax rate is 27.5% as of 2016.
Life
be 2.2 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Costa Rica, approximately 27.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Brazil, 60.0 women do as of 2017.
be 58.6% more likely to die during infancy
In Costa Rica, approximately 8.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Brazil, on the other hand, 13.3 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 31.5% more on healthcare
Costa Rica spends 7.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Brazil, that number is 9.6% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 5.8 times more coastline
Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline. In Brazil, that number is 7,491 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil, The World Factbook, Directorate General of Taxation of Costa Rica.
Brazil: At a glance
How big is Brazil compared to Costa Rica? See an in-depth size comparison.