Costa Rica

CRILatin America & Caribbean High incomeCapital: San Jose
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75/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
Costa Rica in world space2000–2024
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002024
192 countries · log scale on X world Costa Rica· trajectory line: 1980 → today
About Costa Rica

Costa Rica's GDP is $109.93B (2026), with a population of 5.2M, and GDP per capita of $20,299. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 3.6%, inflation at -0.4%, unemployment at 7.0%, government debt at 61.1% of GDP, life expectancy of 81.0 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

Economy32 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$109.93B2026 6.8%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)3.6%2026 21.7%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$20,2992026 5.9%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$184.98B2026 6.5%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$34,1572026 5.6%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.08%2026 0.0%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$93.62B2025 5.4%WB
GNI per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$)$17,9302025 14.1%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (Current Intl $)$30,7602025 6.1%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)19.9%2025 1.1%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)69.2%2025 0.3%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)3.4%2025 1.7%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)14.0%2025 0.5%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)64.0%2025 0.8%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)15.8%2025 2.5%WB
Gross Savings (% of GDP)13.6%2025 1.6%WB
GDP Deflator Inflation (Annual %)-0.5%2025 200.5%WB
GDP per Employed Person (Constant 2021 PPP $)$64,8232025 3.4%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)13.6%2025 3.7%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)14.2%2022 0.0%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$11,1722021WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)16.9%2021WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)6.2%2025 19.2%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.01%2021WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)0.8%2021WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.75%2021WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$20.46B2025 7.6%WB
GDP per Capita, PPP (Constant 2021 Intl $)$28,4432025 4.1%WB
GDP per Capita (Constant 2015 US$)$15,6692025 4.1%WB
Fiscal & Monetary21 indicators · 2023–2026 · IMF / WB
Trade15 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)71.5%2025 2.3%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)38.8%2025 3.5%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)32.6%2025 1.0%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$39.98B2025 10.1%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$33.59B2025 7.4%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$26.43B2025 21.9%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$27.48B2025 3.8%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)5.4%2025 2.8%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)0.5%2025 30.0%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$5.59B2025 3.4%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$853.4M2025 17.7%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.8%2025 10.7%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)22.9%2024 5.5%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-0.7%2025 23.1%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$-686.8M2025 18.2%WB
External Debt2 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)0.2%2023 81.5%WB
Net ODA Received (USD)$144.6M2023 77.5%WB
Finance12 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB
Business Environment1 indicator · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)252023WB
Private Sector6 indicators · 2023 · WB
People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population5.2M2025 0.4%WB
Population Growth (%)0.4%2025 6.0%WB
Population Density (per km²)1002023 0.5%WB
Surface Area (sq km)51,1002023 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)51,0602023 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)79.7%2025 0.5%WB
Urban Population (total)4.1M2025 1.0%WB
Rural Population (%)20.3%2025 2.0%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth81.0 years2024 0.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Male78.4 years2024 0.3%WB
Life Expectancy, Female83.6 years2024 0.2%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.32024 0.9%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)102024 1.8%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)5.62024 2.0%WB
Net Migration1,0002025 3.4%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)18.3%2025 2.6%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)68.9%2025 0.1%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)12.8%2025 4.3%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)45.1%2025 0.2%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)18.5%2025 4.4%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)26.6%2025 2.6%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)106.92024 4.1%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)55.32024 4.1%WB
Labor20 indicators · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force2.4M2025 1.0%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)57.7%2025 0.0%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)46.0%2025 0.1%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)69.8%2025 0.1%WB
Unemployment (%)6.8%2025 1.3%WB
Female Unemployment (%)7.8%2025 0.1%WB
Male Unemployment (%)6.2%2025 2.5%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)19.9%2025 2.6%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)11.5%2025 2.4%WB
Employment in Industry (%)18.5%2025 0.7%WB
Employment in Services (%)70.0%2025 0.6%WB
Labor Force Participation, Age 15+ (National Estimate, %)55.9%2025 3.0%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)23.4%2025 1.0%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)73.4%2025 0.3%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)18.4%2025 12.8%WB
Employers (% of total employment)3.2%2025 0.4%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)40.7%2025 0.1%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)53.7%2025 0.1%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)26.6%2025 0.8%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)19.4%2025 6.3%WB
Education16 indicators · 2018–2024 · WB
Health49 indicators · 2018–2025 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)6.9%2023 4.4%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$1,1632023 18.8%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)4.6%2023 6.9%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)24.1%2023 7.5%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)2.72022WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)3.12022WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)1.12022WHO
Under-5 Mortality (per 1,000 live births)10.42024 3.0%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)7.32024 2.8%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)242023 11.1%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)9.52024 2.2%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)11.22024 1.8%WHO
Communicable, Maternal, Prenatal & Nutrition Causes (% of Deaths)24.4%2021WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)66.9%2021WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)8.7%2021WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)93.0%2024 0.0%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)99.0%2024 0.0%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.232024 4.5%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)92024 2.1%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Male Adults (%)11.8%2024 2.5%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Female Adults (%)4.1%2024 2.4%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)8.12021WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)3.42020WHO
Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)78.630534122021WHO
Remaining Life Expectancy at Age 60 (WHO)23.495889352021WHO
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)67.634819112021WHO
Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)9.0813594392024WHO
Under-5 Mortality (WHO)10.4067106362024WHO
Neonatal Mortality, 0–27 Days (WHO)7.3025495222024WHO
Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)12.534817032023WHO
Estimated Tuberculosis Incidence (WHO)9.32024WHO
TB Mortality, Excluding HIV (per 100K)0.792024WHO
People Living with HIV230002025WHO
Malaria Deaths (WHO Estimates)02024WHO
Estimated Malaria Incidence (WHO)0.1336698842024WHO
Diabetes Prevalence, Age 18+ (age-standardized, %)23.1812822022WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (WHO/UNICEF)962025WHO
Measles First-Dose Coverage (MCV1, WHO/UNICEF)982025WHO
Hepatitis B Three-Dose Coverage (HepB3, WHO/UNICEF)962025WHO
Physicians (total)13,6562022WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel15,6062022WHO
Dentists (total)5,5362022 2.0%WHO
Pharmacists (total)6,1422022WHO
Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)1.82018WHO
Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)92018WHO
Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)2.92018WHO
UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1)842023WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)15.52021WHO
Current Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, US$)1163.302246092023WHO
Energy & Environment18 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
Agriculture11 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
Technology13 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB
Infrastructure7 indicators · 2001–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Air Transport, Passengers Carried2.0M2023 27.0%WB
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)7.22023 0.8%WB
Container Port Traffic (TEU)1.7M2024 3.6%WB
Rail Lines (total km)8482001WB
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)2.902022WB
Electricity from Oil (%)10.5%2024 108.2%WB
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021WB
Gender8 indicators · 2018–2025 · WB
Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption0.652023 40.3%WB
Government Effectiveness0.262023 394.6%WB
Political Stability0.982023 2.9%WB
Regulatory Quality0.542023 4.1%WB
Rule of Law0.392023 10.7%WB
Voice & Accountability1.072023 0.3%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)72.6%2023 8.5%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)60.8%2023 10.3%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)60.4%2023 6.6%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)83.9%2023 2.8%WB
Military4 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Expenditure (USD)$02024WB
Armed Forces Personnel10,0002020WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.4%2020WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)17.72023 37.5%WB
Poverty & Inequality12 indicators · 2025 · WB
Social Protection8 indicators · 2020–2022 · WB
Tourism6 indicators · 2020 · WB
Urban Development8 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO