Costa Rica | |||
Voter turnout in the national election | 60.7% (2022) [122/199 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Statutory number of members (As of February 16, 2023) | 57 [156/190 countries] | ||
Inhabitants per parliamentarian (2021) | 88,737 [55/192 countries] | ||
% of women in parliament (As of February 16, 2023) | 47.37% [8/185 countries] | ||
% of MPs 40 years of age or younger (As of February 16, 2023) | 28.07% [38/143 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of central government employees aged 55 years or older (2020) | 18.19% [33/38 countries] | ||
Evaluation of control of corruption (0-100) (2021) | 67.8 [68/209 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
General government expenditures as % of GDP (2022) | 20.0% [159/189 countries] | ||
General government primary net lending/borrowing as % of GDP (2022) | 1.09% [28/180 countries] | ||
General government gross debt as % of GDP (2022) | 68% [66/185 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
General government revenues as % of GDP (2022) | 16% [155/189 countries] | ||
Corporate income tax rate (central + sub-central) (2021) | 30.00% [6/111 countries] | ||
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains, % of GDP (2019) | 4.9% [87/117 countries] | ||
Social security contributions, % of GDP (2019) | 8.1% [26/113 countries] | ||
Taxes on property, % of GDP (2019) | 0.4% [59/111 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Population (ten thousands) (2021) | 513.9 [121/216 countries] | ||
Popuation growth (annual) (2021) | 0.6% [126/217 countries] | ||
Popuation change in the last 20 years (2001-2021) | 27.4% [110/217 countries] | ||
0-14 years, % of the total population (2021) | 20.6% [123/193 countries] | ||
15-64 years, % of the total population (2021) | 68.8% [25/193 countries] | ||
65 years and over, % of the total population (2021) | 10.6% [69/193 countries] | ||
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years) (2020) | 80.5 [34/199 countries] | ||
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years) (2020) | 83.0 [38/199 countries] | ||
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years) (2020) | 78.0 [34/199 countries] | ||
Population density (per square kilometer) (2021) | 100.6 [103/216 countries] | ||
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) (2021) | 27.6 [41/121 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Crude marriage rate (marriages per 1,000 population) | 3.7 (2020) [25/45 countries] | ||
Crude divorce rate (divorces per 1,000 population) | 2.8 (2019) [2/44 countries] | ||
Relative divorce rate (ratio of divorces to marriages in the latest year) (2008-2020) | 0.76 [5/44 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (2020) | 1.72 [137/200 countries] | ||
Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people) (2020) | 13.4 [127/204 countries] | ||
Mean age of women at childbirth (2020) | 26.6 [43/43 countries] | ||
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) (2017) | 27 [117/183 countries] | ||
Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 6.7 [133/193 countries] | ||
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) (2020) | 8 [132/194 countries] | ||
Adolescent fertility rate (Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19) (2020) | 50.6 [77/194 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 (%) (2020) | 8.6% [108/154 countries] | ||
Prevalence of overweight in children under 5 (%) (2020) | 8.1% [50/154 countries] | ||
Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15?49 years subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime (%) (2018) | 27% [54/151 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
International migrant stock (% of immigrants in the population) (2020) | 10.2% [95/231 countries] | ||
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum (2019) | 6,204 [81/164 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
GDP (current US$, billions) (2021) | 64.276 [81/192 countries] | ||
GDP per capita (current US$) (2021) | 12,408 [64/192 countries] | ||
GDP per capita (PPP, current international$) (2021) | 22,523 [69/192 countries] | ||
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) (2021) | 12,310 [52/173 countries] | ||
Shadow economy, as % of GDP (2015) | 19.2% [118/158 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Income inequality (gini coefficient) (2018) | 0.479 [37/37 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64) (2020) | 3.61 [42/121 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Gender wage gap (comparison of median) | 0.0% (2019) [27/27 countries] | ||
Maternal employment rate - child under 15 | 52.1% (2019) [39/40 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% [7/31 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Pre-school enrolment rates, children aged 0 to 2 year old | 6.9% (2017) [41/44 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Average class size in primary education (public and private) | 15.7 (2018) [33/33 countries] | ||
Average class size in primary education (public) (2018) | 15.6 [35/36 countries] | ||
Average class size in primary education (private) | 16.4 (2018) [26/33 countries] | ||
Ratio of students to teaching staff in primary schools (public and private) (2018) | 11.6 [30/40 countries] | ||
Ratio of students to teaching staff in primary schools (public) (2018) | 11.9 [29/40 countries] | ||
Ratio of students to teaching staff in primary schools (private) (2018) | 9.1 [34/38 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Average class size in lower secondary education (public and private) | 33.2 (2018) [1/34 countries] | ||
Average class size in lower secondary education (public) | 35.3 (2018) [1/35 countries] | ||
Average class size in lower secondary education (private) | 20.0 (2018) [22/34 countries] | ||
Ratio of students to teaching staff in lower secondary education (public and private) (2018) | 13.3 [12/36 countries] | ||
Ratio of students to teaching staff in lower secondary education (public) (2018) | 14.0 [10/36 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Performance on the reading (15 years old, average score) (2018) | 426.50 [49/76 countries] | ||
Performance on the reading (15 years old, average score) (2015) | 427 [51/72 countries] | ||
Performance on the mathematics (15 years old, average score) (2018) | 402.33 [62/77 countries] | ||
Performance on the mathematics (15 years old, average score) (2015) | 400 [61/72 countries] | ||
Performance on the science (15 years old, average score) (2018) | 415.62 [60/77 countries] | ||
Performance on the science (15 years old, average score) (2015) | 420 [57/72 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year-old students who have a computer they can use for school work in their home (2018) | 72.4% [57/79 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-old students who have classic literature in their home (2018) | 46.7% [44/79 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-old students who have books of poetry in their home (2018) | 25.7% [75/79 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-old students who have works of art (e.g. paintings) in their home (2018) | 49.3% [62/79 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-old students who have musical instruments (e.g. guitar, piano) in their home (2018) | 51.0% [27/79 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year olds who read emails several times a day (2018) | 5.7% [74/77 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who chat on line several times a day (2018) | 74.9% [24/77 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who read online news several times a day (2018) | 21.3% [56/77 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who search information online to learn about a particular topic several times a day (2018) | 21.8% [65/77 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who take part in online group discussions or forums several times a day (2018) | 4.2% [75/77 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who search for practical information online several times a day (2018) | 17.0% [66/77 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of those who agree that there were many words they could not understand in the PISA test (2018) | 31.1% [19/77 countries] | ||
% of those who agree that many texts were too difficult for them in the PISA test (2018) | 21.0% [32/77 countries] | ||
% of those who agree that they were lost when they had to navigate between different pages in the PISA test (2018) | 22.0% [33/77 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year-olds who think that their life has clear meaning or purpose (2018) | 76.1% [22/74 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who have discovered a satisfactory meaning in life (2018) | 66.6% [23/74 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who have a clear sense of what gives meaning to their life (2018) | 70.7% [23/74 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel happy (2018) | 50.2% [16/73 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel scared (2018) | 2.0% [68/73 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel lively (2018) | 41.3% [22/73 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel miserable (2018) | 3.1% [60/73 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel proud (2018) | 26.3% [20/73 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel afraid (2018) | 2.9% [69/73 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel joyful (2018) | 51.2% [13/73 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel sad (2018) | 5.8% [45/73 countries] | ||
% of 15-year-olds who always feel cheerful (2018) | 43.8% [35/73 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year olds who usually manage one way or another (2018) | 81.6% [43/78 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who feel proud that they have accomplished things (2018) | 84.7% [30/78 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who feel that they can handle many things at a time (2018) | 70.0% [25/78 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who can usually find their way out in a difficult situation (2018) | 78.7% [44/78 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year olds who feel like an outsider (or left out of things) (2018) | 18.4% [52/76 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who make friends easily at school (2018) | 65.9% [62/76 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who feel like they belong at school. (2018) | 70.4% [27/76 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who feel awkward and out of place in their school. (2018) | 16.4% [60/76 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who think that other students seem to like them (2018) | 70.0% [50/76 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who feel lonely at school (2018) | 14.4% [50/76 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 15-year olds who think that their parents support their educational efforts and achievements (2018) | 80.0% [44/77 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who think that their parents support them when they are facing difficulties at school (2018) | 80.2% [33/77 countries] | ||
% of 15-year olds who think that their parents encourage them to be confident (2018) | 77.6% [52/77 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Average hours per week to spend learning foreign language out of school (2015) | 5.27 [13/56 countries] | ||
Dispersion (S.E.) of hours per week to spend learning foreign language out of school (2015) | 0.130 [14/56 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of 25-64 year olds that has attained tertiary education (2020) | 25.1% [35/46 countries] | ||
% of 25-64 year olds that has attained short-cycle tertiary education (2020) | 6.3% [20/40 countries] | ||
% of 25-64 year olds that has attained Bachelorfs or higher (2020) | 18.9% [34/40 countries] | ||
% of 25-34 year olds that has attained tertiary education (2020) | 32.5% [36/45 countries] | ||
% of 25-34 year olds that has attained short-cycle tertiary education (2020) | 10.3% [13/35 countries] | ||
% of 25-34 year olds that has attained Bachelorfs or higher (2020) | 22.2% [32/35 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Daily newspapers: number of titles (2004) | 7 [80/153 countries] | ||
Daily newspapers: Number of titles per 1 million inhabitants (2004) | 1.65 [90/154 countries] | ||
Daily newspapers: Total average circulation (2004) | 275,200 [46/82 countries] | ||
Daily newspapers: Total average circulation per 1,000 inhabitants (2004) | 65 [48/84 countries] | ||
Newspaper journalists (headcounts) | 203 (2003) [58/76 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
E-Government Development Index (2020) | 0.7576 [56/193 countries] | ||
E-Participation Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.6548 [77/193 countries] | ||
Online Service Index (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.6824 [72/193 countries] | ||
Human Capital Component (as a component of E-Government Development Index) (2020) | 0.8428 [48/193 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Surface area (square km) (2020) | 51,100 [127/215 countries] | ||
Land area (sq. km) (2020) | 51,060 [127/216 countries] | ||
Agricultural land (% of land area) (2020) | 34.5% [114/209 countries] | ||
Forest area (sq. km) (2020) | 30,349 [91/209 countries] | ||
Forest area (% of land area) (2020) | 59.4% [28/209 countries] | ||
Coastline (km) (2019) | 1,290 [72/230 countries] | ||
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) (2015) | 2.0% [127/172 countries] | ||
Average yearly temperature (degrees Celsius) (1961-1990) | 24.8 [67/191 countries] | ||
Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) (2019) | 2,926 [6/182 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Bird species, threatened (2018) | 27 [45/215 countries] | ||
Fish species, threatened (2018) | 64 [28/215 countries] | ||
Mammal species, threatened (2018) | 11 [86/215 countries] | ||
Plant species (higher), threatened (2018) | 143 [31/215 countries] | ||
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) (2018) | 27.6% [42/211 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
CO2 emissions (kilo tonnes) (2019) | 8,240 [112/191 countries] | ||
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tonnes) (2019) | 1.63 [120/191 countries] | ||
CO2 emissions (kg per PPP $ of GDP) (2019) | 0.072 [170/182 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Coal supply per capita (kg) (2018) | 0 [69/73 countries] | ||
Electric power supply per capita (kWh) (2018) | 2,252 [61/95 countries] | ||
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources, % of total (2018) | 2.9% [94/97 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Age-standardized mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution (per 100,000 population) (2016) | 23.3 [153/183 countries] | ||
Mortality rate attributed to exposure to unsafe WASH services (per 100,000 population) (2016) | 0.9 [103/157 countries] | ||
Mortality rate from unintentional poisoning (per 100 000 population) (2019) | 0.1 [166/173 countries] | ||
Proportion of population using safely-managed sanitation services (%) (2020) | 30% [87/114 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Municipal waste (kg per capita) | 286 (2020) [36/37 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Exports of goods and services (billion US$) (2020) | 19.6 [74/173 countries] | ||
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP (2020) | 31.5% [82/173 countries] | ||
Imports of goods and services (billion US$) (2020) | 17.8 [81/173 countries] | ||
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP (2020) | 28.6% [126/173 countries] | ||
External balance on goods and services (million US$) (2020) | 2 [42/173 countries] | ||
Current account balance (billion US$) (2021) | -0.709 [121/193 countries] | ||
Export from Japan (million US$) (2018) | 349 [75/161 countries] | ||
Import to Japan (million US$) (2018) | 328 [63/161 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Outward direct investment - stock (% of GDP) (2020) | 6.6% [44/46 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Period of United Nations membership () | 1945.1102 [32/192 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Military expenditure (billion US$) (2020) | 0.0 [135/150 countries] | ||
Military expenditure (% of GDP) (2020) | 0.0% [146/148 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Intentional homicide (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 11.19 [19/97 countries] | ||
Serious assault (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 177.6 [19/80 countries] | ||
Kidnapping (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 0.14 [41/69 countries] | ||
Sexual violence (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 116.6 [6/75 countries] | ||
Theft (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 386.9 [40/80 countries] | ||
Burglary (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 349.4 [18/71 countries] | ||
Fraud (cases per 100,000 population) (2020) | 297.8 [17/69 countries] | ||
Road traffic mortality rate (per 100,000 population) (2019) | 14.8 [98/183 countries] | ||
Mortality rate due to homicide (per 100,000 population) (2019) | 12.6 [32/183 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Number of police personnels (per 100,000 population) | 277.5 (2015) [54/89 countries] | ||
Female police personnels (% in all police personnels) | 0.2% (2015) [10/81 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents (5?19 years) (%) (2016) | 12.3% [43/190 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Prevalence of anaemia in women of reproductive age (15?49 years) (%) (2019) | 13.7% [158/192 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Current tobacco smokers, men and women (% of population) | 8.9% (2015) [109/121 countries] | ||
Current tobacco smokers, men (% of population) (2001-2020) | 13.4% [131/150 countries] | ||
Current tobacco smokers, women (% of population) (2001-2020) | 4.4% [80/150 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
% of those who use cannabis | 5.18% (2015) [44/122 countries] | ||
% of those who use cocaine | 1.23% (2015) [22/98 countries] | ||
% of those who use amphetamines | 0.00% (2015) [95/99 countries] | ||
% of those who use ecstasy | 0.42% (2015) [38/93 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Healthy life expectancy at birth - male (2019) | 68.6 [33/183 countries] | ||
Healthy life expectancy at birth - female (2019) | 71.3 [27/183 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
New HIV infectionsf (per 1000 uninfected population) (2020) | 0.34 [32/130 countries] | ||
Tuberculosis incidence (per 100,000 population) (2020) | 10 [146/194 countries] | ||
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence among children under 5 years (%) (2020) | 0.02 [185/194 countries] | ||
Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs (2020) | 10,590 [105/194 countries] | ||
Probability of dying from any of CVD, cancer, diabetes, CRD between age 30-70 (%) (2019) | 9.5 [172/183 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Density of medical doctors (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 33.0 [42/193 countries] | ||
Density of nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 38.0 [93/194 countries] | ||
Density of dentists (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 11.5 [11/167 countries] | ||
Density of pharmacists (per 10,000 population) (2012-2020) | 11.9 [14/167 countries] | ||
Hospital beds (number per 1,000 population) | 1.1 (2019) [90/110 countries] | ||
Health expenditure (% of GDP) (2016) | 7.5% [26/44 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, value added per worker (constant 2015 US$) (2019) | 10,837 [65/165 countries] | ||
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (million US$) | 2,863 (2021) [94/185 countries] | ||
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) | 4.5% (2021) [112/185 countries] | ||
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 12.0% [109/187 countries] | ||
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (2019) | 12.0% [109/187 countries] | ||
Producer support estimates, as % of gross farm receipts (2021) | 3.83% [17/27 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Stimulants, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 6.19 [17/179 countries] | ||
Coffee and products, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 6.06 [14/179 countries] | ||
Tea (including mate), food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.13 [121/178 countries] | ||
Alcoholic Beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 25.41 [107/178 countries] | ||
Total alcohol per capita (??15 years of age) consumptionl (litres of pure alcohol) (2019) | 4.1 [114/185 countries] | ||
Wine, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 2.46 [71/177 countries] | ||
Beer, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 14.68 [104/177 countries] | ||
Fermented beverages, food supply quantity (kg/capita/year) (2019) | 0.05 [109/175 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Travel & Tourism Competitiveness (ranking by World Economic Forum) (2019) | 41 [41/140 countries] | ||
Number of foreign visitors to Japan (2019) | 3,305 [71/196 countries] | ||
Number of foreign visitors to Japan (per 10,000 population) (2019) | 6.5 [79/188 countries] | ||
International tourism, receipts (% of total exports) (2019) | 18.8% [44/136 countries] | ||
International tourism, number of arrivals (ten thousands) (2019) | 336.6 [83/179 countries] | ||
International tourism, expenditures (% of total imports) (2019) | 6.5% [66/149 countries] | ||
International tourism, number of departures (ten thousands) (2019) | 115.3 [80/96 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Number of world heritage properties (2011) | 3 [73/151 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Book production, annual total | 1,464 (1998) [49/104 countries] | ||
Book production, % of arts and recreation | 2.7% (1998) [69/95 countries] | ||
Book production, % of literature | 15.1% (1998) [66/98 countries] | ||
Book production, % of religion and theology | 3.3% (1998) [63/97 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Number of cinemas (2005) | 18 [50/62 countries] | ||
Film production, 2005-2009 average (2005-2009) | 0.8 [98/109 countries] |
Costa Rica | |||
Christian, % of population (2012) | 92.0% [42/180 countries] | ||
Catholic, % of population (2012) | 76.3% [34/120 countries] | ||
Protestant, % of population (2012) | 14.4% [67/100 countries] |