Canada vs Costa Rica: Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita
Canada
2,202 SDR per person
in 2025
Costa Rica
2,421 SDR per person
in 2025
Canada rank
48th
Costa Rica rank
45th
Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita over time
- Canada
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 2,421 SDR per person against 2,202 SDR per person in Canada, a difference of 219 SDR per person.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 48th and Costa Rica ranks 45th of 179 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89.97 SDR per person | 9.44 SDR per person | 80.53 SDR per person | Canada |
| 1970s | 163.16 SDR per person | 31.11 SDR per person | 132.06 SDR per person | Canada |
| 1980s | 181.86 SDR per person | 123.64 SDR per person | 58.22 SDR per person | Canada |
| 1990s | 424.81 SDR per person | 206.15 SDR per person | 218.66 SDR per person | Canada |
| 2000s | 810.78 SDR per person | 397.04 SDR per person | 413.74 SDR per person | Canada |
| 2010s | 1,464 SDR per person | 1,007 SDR per person | 457.01 SDR per person | Canada |
| 2020s | 2,054 SDR per person | 1,618 SDR per person | 435.3 SDR per person | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher reserves excluding gold (sdr), per capita, Canada or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 2,421 SDR per person against 2,202 SDR per person in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in reserves excluding gold (sdr), per capita between Canada and Costa Rica?
- 219 SDR per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Costa Rica?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Costa Rica rank globally for reserves excluding gold (sdr), per capita?
- Canada ranks 48th and Costa Rica ranks 45th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Reserves excluding gold (SDR), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reserves excluding gold (SDR) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.