Costa Rica vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Population ages 15-64, male, per capita

Costa Rica
0.343 units per person
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.2801 units per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
44th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
41st

Population ages 15-64, male, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.343 units per person against 0.2801 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0629 units per person.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 44th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 0.2532 units per person 0.2632 units per person 0.01 units per person Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1970s 0.2766 units per person 0.2555 units per person 0.0211 units per person Costa Rica
1980s 0.2966 units per person 0.2526 units per person 0.044 units per person Costa Rica
1990s 0.3021 units per person 0.2545 units per person 0.0476 units per person Costa Rica
2000s 0.3237 units per person 0.2588 units per person 0.0649 units per person Costa Rica
2010s 0.3392 units per person 0.2658 units per person 0.0734 units per person Costa Rica
2020s 0.3423 units per person 0.2762 units per person 0.0661 units per person Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population ages 15-64, male, per capita, Costa Rica or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Costa Rica, at 0.343 units per person against 0.2801 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in population ages 15-64, male, per capita between Costa Rica and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.0629 units per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Costa Rica and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for population ages 15-64, male, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 44th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Population ages 15-64, male, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population ages 15-64, male, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
265 places, 17,460 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Population ages 15-64, male divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.