What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Costa Rica and Marshall Islands?

0.0062 people per person, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Marshall Islands?

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

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Marshall Islands: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita

Costa Rica

0.7973 people per person

in 2025

Marshall Islands

0.7911 people per person

in 2025

Costa Rica rank

56th

Marshall Islands rank

59th

Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita over time

Costa Rica
Marshall Islands

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.7973 people per person against 0.7911 people per person in Marshall Islands, a difference of 0.0062 people per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Marshall Islands ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 56th and Marshall Islands ranks 59th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Marshall Islands in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Marshall Islands	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.3547 people per person	0.4179 people per person	0.0631 people per person	Marshall Islands
1970s	0.4104 people per person	0.5968 people per person	0.1864 people per person	Marshall Islands
1980s	0.449 people per person	0.6333 people per person	0.1843 people per person	Marshall Islands
1990s	0.5315 people per person	0.6752 people per person	0.1438 people per person	Marshall Islands
2000s	0.6441 people per person	0.7044 people per person	0.0604 people per person	Marshall Islands
2010s	0.7464 people per person	0.7524 people per person	0.006 people per person	Marshall Islands
2020s	0.7864 people per person	0.7818 people per person	0.0046 people per person	Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita, Costa Rica or Marshall Islands?: Costa Rica, at 0.7973 people per person against 0.7911 people per person in Marshall Islands as of 2025.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita between Costa Rica and Marshall Islands?: 0.0062 people per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Marshall Islands?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Costa Rica and Marshall Islands rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?: Costa Rica ranks 56th and Marshall Islands ranks 59th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita
Unit: people per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 215 places, 14,160 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 29 August 2026

Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.