Cambodia vs Costa Rica: General government total expenditure (current LCU), per capita
Cambodia
2.04 million current LCU per person
in 2025
Costa Rica
1.80 million current LCU per person
in 2025
Cambodia rank
16th
Costa Rica rank
18th
General government total expenditure (current LCU), per capita over time
- Cambodia
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Cambodia currently reports 2.04 million current LCU per person against 1.80 million current LCU per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 234,810 current LCU per person.
That makes Cambodia's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Cambodia ranks 16th and Costa Rica ranks 18th of 195 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cambodia | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 current LCU per person | 15,337 current LCU per person | 15,337 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 52,318 current LCU per person | 136,601 current LCU per person | 84,282 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 298,435 current LCU per person | 558,784 current LCU per person | 260,349 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.01 million current LCU per person | 1.61 million current LCU per person | 601,920 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.86 million current LCU per person | 1.91 million current LCU per person | 56,393 current LCU per person | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher general government total expenditure (current lcu), per capita, Cambodia or Costa Rica?
- Cambodia, at 2.04 million current LCU per person against 1.80 million current LCU per person in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in general government total expenditure (current lcu), per capita between Cambodia and Costa Rica?
- 234,810 current LCU per person, with Cambodia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Costa Rica?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2025.
- How do Cambodia and Costa Rica rank globally for general government total expenditure (current lcu), per capita?
- Cambodia ranks 16th and Costa Rica ranks 18th of 195 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as General government total expenditure (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
General government total expenditure (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.