The nematode Meloidogyne exigua causes moderate losses in almost all coffee plantations in Costa Rica. The objective of this research was to evaluate the resistance of Coffea arabica cultivars developed in Brazil to M. exigua native from Costa Rica. The trial was carried out in Heredia, Costa Rica. A randomized complete block design with five replications was used to evaluate the cultivars Caturra, Catuaí Vermelho IAC 99, IAPAR 59, IPR 98, IPR 99, IPR 100, IPR 102, IPR 103, IPR 106 and IPR 107. The plants were grown in pots and inoculated with 2500 eggs + J2 117 d after the transplant. The evaluation was performed 209 d after the inoculation considering the number of eggs + J2 in 100 g of roots and the estimation of gall index (GI) of each plant. The reduction in the reproduction factor showed resistance for the cultivars IPR 99, IPR 100, IPR 102, IPR 103 and IPR 107. This represents a great possibility to face M. exigua of Costa Rica in a sustainable way with varieties developed in Brazil.