Costa Rica | |||
Voter turnout in the national election | 60.7% (2022) [28/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Statutory number of members (As of February 16, 2023) | 57 [38/38 countries] | ||
Inhabitants per parliamentarian (2021) | 88,737 [9/38 countries] | ||
% of women in parliament (As of February 16, 2023) | 47.37% [4/38 countries] | ||
% of MPs 40 years of age or younger (As of February 16, 2023) | 28.07% [13/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of central government employees aged 55 years or older (2020) | 18.19% [31/36 countries] | ||
Evaluation of control of corruption (0-100) (2021) | 67.8 [32/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
General government expenditures as % of GDP (2022) | 20.0% [38/38 countries] | ||
General government primary net lending/borrowing as % of GDP (2022) | 1.09% [5/38 countries] | ||
General government gross debt as % of GDP (2022) | 68% [15/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
General government revenues as % of GDP (2022) | 16% [38/38 countries] | ||
Corporate income tax rate (central + sub-central) (2021) | 30.00% [3/38 countries] | ||
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains, % of GDP (2019) | 4.9% [38/38 countries] | ||
Social security contributions, % of GDP (2019) | 8.1% [23/38 countries] | ||
Taxes on property, % of GDP (2019) | 0.4% [33/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Population (ten thousands) (2021) | 513.9 [30/38 countries] | ||
Popuation growth (annual) (2021) | 0.6% [9/38 countries] | ||
Popuation change in the last 20 years (2001-2021) | 27.4% [9/38 countries] | ||
0-14 years, % of the total population (2021) | 20.6% [5/38 countries] | ||
15-64 years, % of the total population (2021) | 68.8% [3/38 countries] | ||
65 years and over, % of the total population (2021) | 10.6% [35/38 countries] | ||
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years) (2020) | 80.5 [25/38 countries] | ||
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years) (2020) | 83.0 [25/38 countries] | ||
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years) (2020) | 78.0 [24/38 countries] | ||
Population density (per square kilometer) (2021) | 100.6 [21/38 countries] | ||
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) (2021) | 27.6 [14/31 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Crude marriage rate (marriages per 1,000 population) | 3.7 (2020) [20/37 countries] | ||
Crude divorce rate (divorces per 1,000 population) | 2.8 (2019) [1/37 countries] | ||
Relative divorce rate (ratio of divorces to marriages in the latest year) (2008-2020) | 0.76 [5/37 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (2020) | 1.72 [6/38 countries] | ||
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people) (2020) | 13.4 [5/38 countries] | ||
Mean age of women at childbirth (2020) | 26.6 [38/38 countries] | ||
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2017) | 27 [3/38 countries] | ||
Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 6.7 [4/38 countries] | ||
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 8 [4/38 countries] | ||
Adolescent fertility rate (Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19) (2020) | 50.6 [3/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
International migrant stock (% of immigrants in the population) (2020) | 10.2% [25/38 countries] | ||
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (2019) | 6,204 [23/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
GDP (current US$, billions) (2021) | 64.276 [34/38 countries] | ||
GDP per capita (current US$) (2021) | 12,408 [35/38 countries] | ||
GDP per capita (PPP, current international$) (2021) | 22,523 [36/38 countries] | ||
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) (2021) | 12,310 [34/37 countries] | ||
Shadow economy, as % of GDP (2015) | 19.2% [10/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Income inequality (gini coefficient) (2018) | 0.479 [35/35 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64) (2020) | 3.61 [18/31 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Gender wage gap (comparison of median) | 0.0% (2019) [27/27 countries] | ||
Maternal employment rate - child under 15 | 52.1% (2019) [33/34 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Part-time employment - male | 11.1% (2021) [12/37 countries] | ||
Part-time employment - female | 28.7% (2021) [11/37 countries] | ||
Temporary employment - male as % of dependent employment | 8.4% (2021) [23/36 countries] | ||
Temporary employment - female as % of dependent employment | 4.6% (2021) [31/36 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Unemployment rate: all ages, male and female (2021) | 16.7% [1/38 countries] | ||
Unemployment rate: all ages, male (2021) | 12.8% [2/38 countries] | ||
Unemployment rate: all ages, female (2021) | 22.3% [1/38 countries] | ||
Unemployment rate: 15-24 years old, male and female (2021) | 39.5% [1/38 countries] | ||
Long-term (1 year and over) unemployment rate: all ages, male and female | 20.9% (2021) [27/37 countries] | ||
Long-term (1 year and over) unemployment rate: all ages, male | 16.5% (2021) [32/37 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Average annual hours actually worked per worker | 2,073 (2021) [2/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Minimum relative to average (mean) wages of full-time workers (2020) | 48.8% [7/30 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Pre-school enrolment rates, children aged 0 to 2 year old | 6.9% (2017) [34/37 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Average class size in primary education (public and private) | 15.7 (2018) [31/31 countries] | ||
Average class size in primary education (public) (2018) | 15.6 [33/34 countries] | ||
Average class size in primary education (private) | 16.4 (2018) [25/31 countries] | ||
Ratio of students to teaching staff in primary schools (public and private) (2018) | 11.6 [28/38 countries] | ||
Ratio of students to teaching staff in primary schools (public) (2018) | 11.9 [27/38 countries] | ||
Ratio of students to teaching staff in primary schools (private) (2018) | 9.1 [32/36 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Average class size in lower secondary education (public and private) | 33.2 (2018) [1/32 countries] | ||
Average class size in lower secondary education (public) | 35.3 (2018) [1/33 countries] | ||
Average class size in lower secondary education (private) | 20.0 (2018) [21/32 countries] | ||
Ratio of students to teaching staff in lower secondary education (public and private) (2018) | 13.3 [11/34 countries] | ||
Ratio of students to teaching staff in lower secondary education (public) (2018) | 14.0 [9/34 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Performance on the reading (15 years old, average score) (2018) | 426.50 [35/37 countries] | ||
Performance on the reading (15 years old, average score) (2015) | 427 [36/38 countries] | ||
Performance on the mathematics (15 years old, average score) (2018) | 402.33 [37/38 countries] | ||
Performance on the mathematics (15 years old, average score) (2015) | 400 [37/38 countries] | ||
Performance on the science (15 years old, average score) (2018) | 415.62 [37/38 countries] | ||
Performance on the science (15 years old, average score) (2015) | 420 [36/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year-old students who have a computer they can use for school work in their home (2018) | 72.4% [34/38 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-old students who have classic literature in their home (2018) | 46.7% [24/38 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-old students who have books of poetry in their home (2018) | 25.7% [35/38 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-old students who have works of art (e.g. paintings) in their home (2018) | 49.3% [33/38 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-old students who have musical instruments (e.g. guitar, piano) in their home (2018) | 51.0% [3/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year olds who read emails several times a day (2018) | 5.7% [37/38 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who chat on line several times a day (2018) | 74.9% [17/38 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who read online news several times a day (2018) | 21.3% [23/38 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who search information online to learn about a particular topic several times a day (2018) | 21.8% [30/38 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who take part in online group discussions or forums several times a day (2018) | 4.2% [36/38 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who search for practical information online several times a day (2018) | 17.0% [29/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year-olds who think that their life has clear meaning or purpose (2018) | 76.1% [4/34 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who have discovered a satisfactory meaning in life (2018) | 66.6% [6/34 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who have a clear sense of what gives meaning to their life (2018) | 70.7% [3/34 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel happy (2018) | 50.2% [3/33 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel scared (2018) | 2.0% [30/33 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel lively (2018) | 41.3% [4/33 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel miserable (2018) | 3.1% [27/33 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel proud (2018) | 26.3% [4/33 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel afraid (2018) | 2.9% [31/33 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel joyful (2018) | 51.2% [3/33 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel sad (2018) | 5.8% [16/33 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel cheerful (2018) | 43.8% [13/33 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year olds who usually manage one way or another (2018) | 81.6% [26/37 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who feel proud that they have accomplished things (2018) | 84.7% [17/37 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who feel that they can handle many things at a time (2018) | 70.0% [15/37 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who can usually find their way out in a difficult situation (2018) | 78.7% [24/37 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year olds who feel like an outsider (or left out of things) (2018) | 18.4% [22/37 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who make friends easily at school (2018) | 65.9% [34/37 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who feel like they belong at school. (2018) | 70.4% [14/37 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who feel awkward and out of place in their school. (2018) | 16.4% [27/37 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who think that other students seem to like them (2018) | 70.0% [32/37 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who feel lonely at school (2018) | 14.4% [18/37 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year olds who think that their parents support their educational efforts and achievements (2018) | 80.0% [23/36 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who think that their parents support them when they are facing difficulties at school (2018) | 80.2% [18/36 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who think that their parents encourage them to be confident (2018) | 77.6% [24/36 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Average hours per week to spend learning foreign language out of school (2015) | 5.27 [3/38 countries] | ||
Dispersion (S.E.) of hours per week to spend learning foreign language out of school (2015) | 0.130 [7/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 25-64 year olds that has attained tertiary education (2020) | 25.1% [33/38 countries] | ||
% of 25-64 year olds that has attained short-cycle tertiary education (2020) | 6.3% [17/34 countries] | ||
% of 25-64 year olds that has attained Bachelorfs or higher (2020) | 18.9% [31/34 countries] | ||
% of 25-34 year olds that has attained tertiary education (2020) | 32.5% [34/38 countries] | ||
% of 25-34 year olds that has attained short-cycle tertiary education (2020) | 10.3% [11/30 countries] | ||
% of 25-34 year olds that has attained Bachelorfs or higher (2020) | 22.2% [30/30 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Daily newspapers: number of titles (2004) | 7 [31/35 countries] | ||
Daily newspapers: Number of titles per 1 million inhabitants (2004) | 1.65 [31/35 countries] | ||
Daily newspapers: Total average circulation (2004) | 275,200 [28/31 countries] | ||
Daily newspapers: Total average circulation per 1,000 inhabitants (2004) | 65 [29/31 countries] | ||
Newspaper journalists (headcounts) | 203 (2003) [26/26 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
E-Government Development Index (2020) | 0.7576 [36/38 countries] | ||
E-Participation Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.6548 [36/38 countries] | ||
Online Service Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.6824 [36/38 countries] | ||
Human Capital Component (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.8428 [33/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Surface area (square km) (2020) | 51,100 [29/38 countries] | ||
Land area (sq. km) (2020) | 51,060 [29/38 countries] | ||
Agricultural land (% of land area) (2020) | 34.5% [25/38 countries] | ||
Forest area (sq. km) (2020) | 30,349 [24/38 countries] | ||
Forest area (% of land area) (2020) | 59.4% [6/38 countries] | ||
Coastline (km) (2019) | 1,290 [24/38 countries] | ||
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) (2015) | 2.0% [22/32 countries] | ||
Average yearly temperature (degrees Celsius) (1961-1990) | 24.8 [1/38 countries] | ||
Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) (2019) | 2,926 [2/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Bird species, threatened (2018) | 27 [9/38 countries] | ||
Fish species, threatened (2018) | 64 [10/38 countries] | ||
Mammal species, threatened (2018) | 11 [13/38 countries] | ||
Plant species (higher), threatened (2018) | 143 [5/38 countries] | ||
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) (2018) | 27.6% [12/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
CO2 emissions (kilo tonnes) (2019) | 8,240 [36/38 countries] | ||
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tonnes) (2019) | 1.63 [37/38 countries] | ||
CO2 emissions (kg per PPP $ of GDP) (2019) | 0.072 [36/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Coal supply per capita (kg) (2018) | 0 [32/32 countries] | ||
Electric power supply per capita (kWh) (2018) | 2,252 [31/32 countries] | ||
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources, % of total (2018) | 2.9% [31/32 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Age-standardized mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution (per 100,000 population) (2016) | 23.3 [13/38 countries] | ||
Mortality rate attributed to exposure to unsafe WASH services (per 100,000 population) (2016) | 0.9 [3/27 countries] | ||
Mortality rate from unintentional poisoning (per 100 000 population) (2019) | 0.1 [33/36 countries] | ||
Proportion of population using safely-managed sanitation services (%) (2020) | 30% [37/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Municipal waste (kg per capita) | 286 (2020) [36/37 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Exports of goods and services (billion US$) (2020) | 19.6 [37/38 countries] | ||
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP (2020) | 31.5% [25/38 countries] | ||
Imports of goods and services (billion US$) (2020) | 17.8 [37/38 countries] | ||
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP (2020) | 28.6% [29/38 countries] | ||
External balance on goods and services (million US$) (2020) | 2 [23/38 countries] | ||
Current account balance (billion US$) (2021) | -0.709 [26/38 countries] | ||
Export from Japan (million US$) (2018) | 349 [32/37 countries] | ||
Import to Japan (million US$) (2018) | 328 [29/37 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Outward direct investment - stock (% of GDP) (2020) | 6.6% [36/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Period of United Nations membership () | 1945.1102 [12/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Military expenditure (billion US$) (2020) | 0.0 [37/38 countries] | ||
Military expenditure (% of GDP) (2020) | 0.0% [37/37 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Intentional homicide (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 11.19 [3/34 countries] | ||
Serious assault (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 177.6 [8/33 countries] | ||
Kidnapping (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 0.14 [17/26 countries] | ||
Sexual violence (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 116.6 [4/33 countries] | ||
Theft (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 386.9 [26/33 countries] | ||
Burglary (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 349.4 [13/30 countries] | ||
Fraud (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 297.8 [15/31 countries] | ||
Road traffic mortality rate (per 100,000 population) (2019) | 14.8 [3/38 countries] | ||
Mortality rate due to homicide (per 100,000 population) (2019) | 12.6 [3/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Number of police personnels (per 100,000 population) | 277.5 (2015) [21/35 countries] | ||
Female police personnels (% in all police personnels) | 0.2% (2015) [8/34 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents (5?19 years) (%) (2016) | 12.3% [8/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Prevalence of anaemia in women of reproductive age (15?49 years) (%) (2019) | 13.7% [12/36 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Current tobacco smokers, men and women (% of population) | 8.9% (2015) [32/32 countries] | ||
Current tobacco smokers, men (% of population) (2001-2020) | 13.4% [30/32 countries] | ||
Current tobacco smokers, women (% of population) (2001-2020) | 4.4% [32/32 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of those who use cannabis | 5.18% (2015) [24/38 countries] | ||
% of those who use cocaine | 1.23% (2015) [13/38 countries] | ||
% of those who use amphetamines | 0.00% (2015) [35/36 countries] | ||
% of those who use ecstasy | 0.42% (2015) [25/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Healthy life expectancy at birth - male (2019) | 68.6 [27/38 countries] | ||
Healthy life expectancy at birth - female (2019) | 71.3 [24/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
New HIV infectionsf (per 1000 uninfected population) (2020) | 0.34 [1/19 countries] | ||
Tuberculosis incidence (per 100,000 population) (2020) | 10 [10/38 countries] | ||
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence among children under 5 years (%) (2020) | 0.02 [34/38 countries] | ||
Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs (2020) | 10,590 [4/38 countries] | ||
Probability of dying from any of CVD, cancer, diabetes, CRD between age 30-70 (%) (2019) | 9.5 [29/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Density of medical doctors (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 33.0 [26/38 countries] | ||
Density of nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 38.0 [34/38 countries] | ||
Density of dentists (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 11.5 [5/38 countries] | ||
Density of pharmacists (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 11.9 [9/36 countries] | ||
Hospital beds (number per 1,000 population) | 1.1 (2019) [37/38 countries] | ||
Health expenditure (% of GDP) (2016) | 7.5% [24/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) (2019) | 10,837 [35/38 countries] | ||
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (million US$) | 2,863 (2021) [29/36 countries] | ||
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) | 4.5% (2021) [3/36 countries] | ||
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 12.0% [4/38 countries] | ||
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 12.0% [4/38 countries] | ||
Producer support estimates, as % of gross farm receipts (2021) | 3.83% [13/16 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Stimulants, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 6.19 [11/38 countries] | ||
Coffee and products, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 6.06 [11/38 countries] | ||
Tea (including mate), food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.13 [33/38 countries] | ||
Alcoholic Beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 25.41 [36/38 countries] | ||
Total alcohol per capita (??15 years of age) consumptionl (litres of pure alcohol) (2019) | 4.1 [37/38 countries] | ||
Wine, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 2.46 [33/38 countries] | ||
Beer, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 14.68 [37/38 countries] | ||
Fermented beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.05 [30/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Travel & Tourism Competitiveness (ranking by World Economic Forum) (2019) | 41 [28/38 countries] | ||
Number of foreign visitors to Japan (2019) | 3,305 [34/37 countries] | ||
Number of foreign visitors to Japan (per 10,000 population) (2019) | 6.5 [34/37 countries] | ||
International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) (2019) | 18.8% [3/29 countries] | ||
International tourism, number of arrivals (ten thousands) (2019) | 336.6 [34/37 countries] | ||
International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) (2019) | 6.5% [8/29 countries] | ||
International tourism, number of departures (ten thousands) (2019) | 115.3 [37/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Number of world heritage properties (2011) | 3 [31/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Book production, annual total | 1,464 (1998) [32/33 countries] | ||
Book production, % of arts and recreation | 2.7% (1998) [32/33 countries] | ||
Book production, % of literature | 15.1% (1998) [28/33 countries] | ||
Book production, % of religion and theology | 3.3% (1998) [22/33 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Number of cinemas (2005) | 18 [29/29 countries] | ||
Film production, 2005-2009 average (2005-2009) | 0.8 [38/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Christian, % of population (2012) | 92.0% [5/35 countries] | ||
Catholic, % of population (2012) | 76.3% [10/27 countries] | ||
Protestant, % of population (2012) | 14.4% [16/24 countries] |