Costa Rica registered GDP growth of 5.1% in 2023, the highest among all members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) It was the country with the lowest inflation (-1.8%) in Latin America. The good macroeconomic numbers conceal the conditions in which large groups of the population live and the growth of the gap compared to the most advantaged sectors.

Costa Rica is the nation with the highest percentage of poverty among OECD nations, stagnating at more than 20% during this century.