Global Database on Violence against Women
Costa Rica
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :35.9 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 7.8 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Child Marriage :21.2 % (3)
Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Gender Equality Indexes:
Gender Inequality Index Rank :60 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :12 (5)
Costa Rica Search Data
1 - 10 of 49 ResultsProtocol of Police Intervention in the Cases of Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces
Costa Rica | 2018
Type of Measure : Police > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence : Sexual harassment
National Policy for the Care and Prevention of Violence against Women of All Ages 2017-2032
Costa Rica | 2017 | 2032
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Secretaría Técnica del Sistema Nacional de Atención y Prevención de la Violencia contra las Mujeres y la Violencia Intrafamiliar
Costa Rica | 2013
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Violence against women and girls
Emergency Plan to reduce Gender related Murders of Women
Costa Rica | 2013
Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery, Education > Non-formal education
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Femicide/Feminicide, Violence against women and girls
Campaña Educativa: Contra la Trata de personas en conjunto con la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones
Costa Rica | 2012
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Ley N° 9095 de 2012 (Contra la Trata de Personas)
Costa Rica | 2012
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Trafficking
Investigation on the Access of Women to Criminal Justice System
Costa Rica | 2012
Type of Measure : Research and statistical data > Other research and statistical data
Form of Violence : Femicide/Feminicide, Trafficking, Violence against women and girls
Revisión y Redefinición de su Modelo de Rectoría en violencia contra las mujeres
Costa Rica | 2011 | 2012
Type of Measure : Monitoring and Evaluation > Policies
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Act No. 8925 of 2011 (Internal Registry of Perpetrators administered by the Judiciary)
Costa Rica | 2011
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
(1) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18-69 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Bott S, Guedes A, Ruiz-Celis AP, Mendoza JA. Intimate partner violence in the Americas: A systematic review and reanalysis of national prevalence estimates. Based on data from the 2003 International Violence against Women Survey in Costa Rica, originally published in: Johnson H, Ollus N, Nevala S. 2008. Violence against Women: An International Perspective. New York: Springer.
(2) Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18-69 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Bott S, Guedes A, Ruiz-Celis AP, Mendoza JA. Intimate partner violence in the Americas: A systematic review and reanalysis of national prevalence estimates. Based on data from the 2003 International Violence against Women Survey in Costa Rica, originally published in: Johnson H, Ollus N, Nevala S. 2008. Violence against Women: An International Perspective. New York: Springer.
(3) Percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were first married or in union before age 18. Source: UNICEF global databases, 2021, based on DHS, MICS and other nationally representative surveys.
(4) The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality between women and men in three different dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rate), empowerment (share of parliamentary seats held by women and share of population with at least some secondary education), and labour market participation (labour force participation rate). Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2021/2022.
(5) The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2022.
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