The latest results published in 2022 are based on data from the National Household Survey, Encuesta Nacional de Hogares (ENAHO), and are included in its report: 

• Citation: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (2022). Encuesta Nacional de Hogares Julio 2022: Resultados Generales. San José, Costa Rica. 

The Costa Rica MPI was launched in October 2015 by the Ministry of Social Inclusion and Human Development and the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). The national MPI was developed with the support of OPHI and Horizonte Positivo, a non-governmental organisation from the private sector focused on promoting sustainable development. The MPI was based on Costa Rica's National Household Survey, Encuesta Nacional de Hogares (ENAHO), which is conducted annually. Using this data, the first report calculated the incidence of poverty dating back to 2010. The MPI was used to inform budget allocation in social spending. 

Costa Rica has also been at the forefront of applying the MPI in the private sector. Horizonte Positivo with the support of SOPHIA Oxford developed a Business MPI based on the National Household Survey to help businesses address the poverty of their employees and contribute to national poverty reduction. 

• Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (2015). Índice de pobreza multidimensional: resultados generales. San José, Costa Rica. 
• Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (2017). Encuesta Nacional de Hogares julio 2017: Resultados generales. San José, Costa Rica. 

Poverty Cut-Off: A person is considered poor if they are deprived in 20% or more of the 19 weighted indicators.  

The annual global MPI produced by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative in partnership with the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme is an internationally comparable index of acute multidimensional poverty. OPHI publishes Country Briefings summarising poverty statistics of the global MPI for each country.     

Visit the most recent Global MPI Country Briefing for Costa Rica based on MICS year 2018. 

Official institution responsible for statistics  

• National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC)
• Social Inclusion and Human Development Ministry 

Additional materials: 

• 2015 video | ¿Qué es el Indice de Pobreza Multidimensional? - YouTube 

Events:  

• 27 September 2015 | Intervention by host H.E. Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, President of Costa Rica  
• 22 September 2016 | Intervention by H.E. Juan Carlos Mendoza, Ambassador to the UN, on behalf of H.E. Luis Guillermo Solís, President of Costa Rica at UNGA 71 Side Event  
• 19 September 2017 | Intervention by H.E. Ana-Helena Chacón, Vice President of Costa Rica at UNGA 72 Side Event
• 25 September 2018 | Intervention by H.E. Epsy Campbell Barr, Vice-President at UNGA 73 Side Event
• 25 September 2019 | Intervention by host H.E. Carlos Alvarado, President of Costa Rica at UNGA 74 Side Event
• 23 September 2021 | Intervention by H.E. Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President of Costa Rica at UNGA 76 Side Event 
• 28 February 2022 | Intervention by Sofia Mora Steiner, Design, product and analysis coordinator of the National Census, National Institute of Statistics and Census at UNSC 53 Side Event
• 23 September 2022 | Intervention by H.E. Arnoldo André Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Costa Rica at UNGA 77 Side Event 

Dimensions articles:  

• August 2017 | Using the MPI to Determine National Budgets in Costa Rica | MPPN
• February 2022 | bMPI supporting the private sector to achieve the eradication of multidimensional poverty in Costa Rica | MPPN
• August 2017 | ‘Involving the Private Sector Is the Right Idea for Ramping Up the Fight against Poverty’ | MPPN
• August 2017 | Costa Rica Launches an Innovative Tool: Business MPI | MPPN
• Januayr 2017 | Multidimensional Poverty Index and Private Sector in Costa Rica | MPPN
• November 2018 | The MPI as a Tool for Achieving Poverty Reduction Goals in Costa Rica | MPPN
• April 2019 | Two Key Aspects to Tackle Poverty in Its Many Dimensions | MPPN

Press Releases/News:  

• 2 January 2016 | Índice de Pobreza Multidimensional permite mejorar inversión social – Presidencia de la República de Costa Rica 

VNRs 

• 2017 | Costa Rica: Construyendo una visión compartida del desarrollo sostenible
• 2020 | Segundo Informe Nacional Voluntario Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible Costa Rica 2020, p128