| Ranking | Colombia | Costa Rica | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countries with the highest income inequality2026-11-02 | #1 · 0.54 index (0-1) | #9 · 0.45 index (0-1) | Colombia by 8 |
| Countries with the highest share of births outside marriage2026-11-02 | #1 · 87 % | #3 · 74 % | Colombia by 2 |
| Countries with the highest average annual precipitation2026-11-02 | #1 · 3,240 mm per year | #6 · 2,926 mm per year | Colombia by 5 |
| Countries with the highest egg yields per hen2026-11-02 | #41 · 14.72 kilograms per bird | #2 · 21.2 kilograms per bird | Costa Rica by 39 |
| Countries with the highest income inequality before tax2026-11-02 | #2 · 74.92 Gini index | #10 · 65.35 Gini index | Colombia by 8 |
| Countries with the highest share of overexploited fish stocks2026-11-02 | #29 · 52.27 % | #2 · 100 % | Costa Rica by 27 |
| Countries producing the most coffee2026-11-02 | #3 · 839.85 thousand tonnes | #21 · 62.15 thousand tonnes | Colombia by 18 |
| Countries where the top 1% earn the largest share of income2026-11-02 | #3 · 26.96 % | #15 · 20.32 % | Colombia by 12 |
| Countries with the most threatened bird species2026-11-02 | #3 · 102 | #49 · 25 | Colombia by 46 |
| Countries with the highest share of renewable electricity2026-11-02 | #38 · 77.03 % | #4 · 100 % | Costa Rica by 34 |
| Countries producing the most palm oil2026-11-02 | #4 · 1,841.88 thousand tonnes | #17 · 280.46 thousand tonnes | Colombia by 13 |
| Countries with the highest fertilizer use per hectare2026-11-02 | #12 · 416.02 kg per hectare of arable land | #4 · 1,402.54 kg per hectare of arable land | Costa Rica by 8 |
| Countries with the most land used for palm oil2026-11-02 | #5 · 511.58 thousand hectares | #18 · 74.74 thousand hectares | Colombia by 13 |
| Countries applying the most potash fertilizer per hectare2026-11-02 | #11 · 70.49 kilograms per hectare | #6 · 122.34 kilograms per hectare | Costa Rica by 5 |
| Countries with the most bank depositors per 1,000 adults2026-11-02 | #17 · 1,802.83 per 1,000 adults | #6 · 1,958 per 1,000 adults | Costa Rica by 11 |
| Countries with the highest banana yields2026-10-29 | #43 · 24.98 tonnes per hectare | #7 · 57.34 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica by 36 |
| Countries with the highest palm oil yields2026-11-02 | #9 · 15.3 tonnes per hectare | #7 · 16.4 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica by 2 |
| Countries producing the most sugar cane2026-11-02 | #8 · 31.86 million tonnes | #34 · 4.14 million tonnes | Colombia by 26 |
| Countries with the highest stomach cancer death rates2026-11-02 | #8 · 9.2 deaths per 100,000 people | #13 · 8.68 deaths per 100,000 people | Colombia by 5 |
| Countries with the most threatened plant species2026-11-02 | #8 · 918 | #24 · 319 | Colombia by 16 |
| Countries with the most threatened fish species2026-11-02 | #9 · 183 species | #16 · 144 species | Colombia by 7 |
| Countries using the most nitrogen fertilizer per hectare of cropland2026-11-02 | #36 · 85.31 kg per hectare | #9 · 161.41 kg per hectare | Costa Rica by 27 |
| Countries with the highest cocaine-related death rates2026-11-02 | #30 · 0.17 per 100,000 people | #9 · 0.36 per 100,000 people | Costa Rica by 21 |
| Countries with the highest child homicide rates2026-11-02 | #10 · 13 per 100,000 people | #47 · 5 per 100,000 people | Colombia by 37 |
| Countries with the highest maternal death rates2026-11-02 | #11 · 0.76 per 100,000 people | #40 · 0.15 per 100,000 people | Colombia by 29 |
| Countries with the highest share of waters that are protected2026-11-02 | #12 · 41.1 % of territorial waters | #18 · 28.4 % of territorial waters | Colombia by 6 |
| Countries using the most potash fertilizer per person2026-11-02 | #22 · 6.73 kg per person | #13 · 13.04 kg per person | Costa Rica by 9 |
| Countries with the most renewable freshwater per person2026-11-02 | #13 · 41.5k cubic metres per person | #29 · 22.2k cubic metres per person | Colombia by 16 |
| Countries with the highest sugar cane yields2026-11-02 | #13 · 89.22 tonnes per hectare | #27 · 71 tonnes per hectare | Colombia by 14 |
| Countries with the highest homicide rates2026-11-02 | #14 · 24.91 per 100,000 people | #19 · 17.75 per 100,000 people | Colombia by 5 |
| Countries by mobile subscriptions per 100 people2026-10-28 | #15 · 174.09 per 100 people | #47 · 136.02 per 100 people | Colombia by 32 |
| Countries where beer makes up the most of alcohol consumption2026-10-31 | #16 · 73.83 % | #18 · 72.31 % | Colombia by 2 |
| Countries with the highest rotavirus vaccination coverage in children2026-11-02 | #27 · 91 % | #16 · 95 % | Costa Rica by 11 |
| Countries with the highest share of people covered by social protection2026-11-02 | #38 · 40.98 % | #17 · 70.9 % | Costa Rica by 21 |
| Countries with the highest coffee yields2026-11-02 | #20 · 1 tonnes per hectare | #32 · 0.75 tonnes per hectare | Colombia by 12 |
| Countries with the longest compulsory education2026-11-02 | #40 · 12 years | #21 · 13 years | Costa Rica by 19 |
| Countries by reserves and related items2026-10-28 | #23 · 4,669.48 BoP, current US$ million | #31 · 2,872.45 BoP, current US$ million | Colombia by 8 |
| Countries with the highest diabetes death rates2026-11-02 | #38 · 20.76 per 100,000 people | #24 · 34.49 per 100,000 people | Costa Rica by 14 |
| Countries using the most phosphate fertilizer per hectare of cropland2026-11-02 | #24 · 34.52 kg per hectare | #27 · 30.82 kg per hectare | Colombia by 3 |
| Countries with the highest share of electricity from hydropower2026-11-02 | #27 · 72.05 % of total electricity | #24 · 74.35 % of total electricity | Costa Rica by 3 |
| Countries using the most pesticides2026-11-02 | #26 · 19.42 thousand tonnes | #47 · 9.45 thousand tonnes | Colombia by 21 |
| Countries with the highest electric car sales share2026-11-02 | #41 · 10 % | #27 · 17 % | Costa Rica by 14 |
| Countries with the highest death rates from digestive diseases2026-11-02 | #29 · 26 per 100,000 people | #34 · 24.93 per 100,000 people | Colombia by 5 |
| Countries with the highest death rates from natural disasters2026-11-02 | #32 · 0.1 per 100,000 people | #42 · 0.06 per 100,000 people | Colombia by 10 |
| Most forested countries2026-10-28 | #45 · 53.71 % of land | #32 · 59.06 % of land | Costa Rica by 13 |
| Countries by charges for the use of intellectual property, payments2026-10-28 | #33 · 2,188.39 BoP, current US$ million | #42 · 1,169.72 BoP, current US$ million | Colombia by 9 |
| Countries with the highest share of energy from fossil fuels2026-11-02 | #33 · 0 % of total energy | #37 · 0 % of total energy | Colombia by 4 |
| Countries with the highest government procurement spending2026-11-02 | #34 · 10.33 % of GDP | #42 · 5.56 % of GDP | Colombia by 8 |
| Countries with the highest cocoa bean yields2026-11-02 | #35 · 0.34 tonnes per hectare | #48 · 0.13 tonnes per hectare | Colombia by 13 |
| Countries attracting the most foreign direct investment2026-10-29 | #35 · 11.6k BoP, current US$ million | #46 · 5,597.4 BoP, current US$ million | Colombia by 11 |
| Countries with the most electric car sales2026-11-02 | #37 · 21.7 thousand cars | #43 · 12.19 thousand cars | Colombia by 6 |
| Countries with the most electric cars on the road2026-11-02 | #38 · 49 thousand cars | #40 · 34.7 thousand cars | Colombia by 2 |
| Countries with the highest orange yields2026-11-02 | #44 · 15.96 tonnes per hectare | #49 · 14.47 tonnes per hectare | Colombia by 5 |
| Countries with the most bank borrowers per 1,000 adults2026-11-02 | #45 · 263.02 per 1,000 adults | #46 · 259.8 per 1,000 adults | Colombia by 1 |
| Countries with the highest rice yields2026-11-02 | #46 · 4.5 tonnes per hectare | #50 · 4.36 tonnes per hectare | Colombia by 4 |
History
Rank history in Countries with the highest income inequality
Head to head
Colombia vs Costa Rica, explained
Colombia vs Costa Rica, head to head across 55 shared rankings. Colombia ranks higher in 37, Costa Rica ranks higher in 18. On that count Colombia comes out ahead overall, though each ranking measures something different, so the detail below matters more than the tally.
Ranking by ranking: in Countries with the highest income inequality, Colombia is #1 with 0.54 index (0-1) and Costa Rica is #9 with 0.45 index (0-1) (Colombia ahead by 8); in Countries with the highest share of births outside marriage, Colombia is #1 with 87 % and Costa Rica is #3 with 74 % (Colombia ahead by 2); in Countries with the highest average annual precipitation, Colombia is #1 with 3,240 mm per year and Costa Rica is #6 with 2,926 mm per year (Colombia ahead by 5); in Countries with the highest egg yields per hen, Colombia is #41 with 14.72 kilograms per bird and Costa Rica is #2 with 21.2 kilograms per bird (Costa Rica ahead by 39); in Countries with the highest income inequality before tax, Colombia is #2 with 74.92 Gini index and Costa Rica is #10 with 65.35 Gini index (Colombia ahead by 8); in Countries with the highest share of overexploited fish stocks, Colombia is #29 with 52.27 % and Costa Rica is #2 with 100 % (Costa Rica ahead by 27).
Within each ranking both entries are measured by the same metric from the same source at the same time, which makes every row a like-for-like comparison. Across rankings the metrics differ, so a lead in one does not cancel out a deficit in another. The rank history chart tracks both entries through every published snapshot of the first shared ranking.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who ranks higher, Colombia or Costa Rica?
- Colombia ranks higher in more shared rankings (37 of 55). In Countries with the highest income inequality, Colombia is #1 and Costa Rica is #9.
- In how many rankings do Colombia and Costa Rica both appear?
- 55 current rankings.
- How current is this comparison?
- The newest shared snapshot was captured on 2026-11-02.