What is the difference in gold reserves at market value (sdr), per capita between Costa Rica and Malawi?

0.6429 SDR per person, with Malawi ahead.

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

43 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2014.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Gold reserves at market value (SDR), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Malawi: Gold reserves at market value (SDR), per capita

Costa Rica

0 SDR per person

in 2025

Malawi

0.6429 SDR per person

in 2014

Costa Rica rank

117th

Malawi rank

114th

Gold reserves at market value (SDR), per capita over time

Costa Rica
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.6429 SDR per person against 0 SDR per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.6429 SDR per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 117th and Malawi ranks 114th of 159 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Malawi in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1970s	5.11 SDR per person	0.1588 SDR per person	4.95 SDR per person	Costa Rica
1980s	6.89 SDR per person	0.6041 SDR per person	6.28 SDR per person	Costa Rica
1990s	1.48 SDR per person	0.3078 SDR per person	1.17 SDR per person	Costa Rica
2000s	0.1684 SDR per person	0.3743 SDR per person	0.2059 SDR per person	Malawi
2010s	0.0036 SDR per person	0.7551 SDR per person	0.7515 SDR per person	Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gold reserves at market value (sdr), per capita, Costa Rica or Malawi?: Malawi, at 0.6429 SDR per person against 0 SDR per person in Costa Rica as of 2014.
What is the difference in gold reserves at market value (sdr), per capita between Costa Rica and Malawi?: 0.6429 SDR per person, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Malawi?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2014.
How do Costa Rica and Malawi rank globally for gold reserves at market value (sdr), per capita?: Costa Rica ranks 117th and Malawi ranks 114th of 159 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Gold reserves at market value (SDR), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Gold reserves at market value (SDR), per capita
Unit: SDR per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 160 places, 7,752 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Gold reserves at market value (SDR) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.