Costa Rica

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Costa Rica

Central America · data available 2000-2019 (20 years)

12.6POP (2019)
#6of 18 countries, 2019
72thpercentile, 2019

Score over time

Figure 1: Costa Rica: POP, PEP, and PIP by year

What’s driving the score

Latest-year breakdown of the six Institutional Populism components and four Economic Populism components – see Documentation for what each one measures.

Figure 2: Costa Rica: sub-index components, latest year

Costa Rica vs. the regional average

Figure 3: Costa Rica vs. regional average POP

Governing party by year

The populist rhetoric score (POP_R) is specific to whichever party governed that year – see Documentation for how this is determined.

Year Governing party Populist rhetoric (POP_R)
2019 Citizens' Action Party 0.61
2018 Citizens' Action Party 0.61
2017 Citizens' Action Party 0.61
2016 Citizens' Action Party 0.61
2015 Citizens' Action Party 0.61
2014 Citizens' Action Party 0.61
2013 National Liberation Party 0.32
2012 National Liberation Party 0.32
2011 National Liberation Party 0.32
2010 National Liberation Party 0.32
2009 National Liberation Party 0.32
2008 National Liberation Party 0.32
2007 National Liberation Party 0.32
2006 National Liberation Party 0.32
2005 Social Christian Unity Party 0.62
2004 Social Christian Unity Party 0.57
2003 Social Christian Unity Party 0.52
2002 Social Christian Unity Party 0.47
2001 Social Christian Unity Party 0.49
2000 Social Christian Unity Party 0.50