Country
Costa Rica
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Income group
- high income
- Capital
- San Jose
- ISO code
- CR · CRI
74 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 5.2M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 28,443 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 81.0 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 1.6 t CO₂
Population
- Population 5.2M 2025 126th of 214
- Population density 101 people/km² 2024 101st of 212
- Population growth 0.45 % per year 2025 142nd of 214
- Natural increase 4.7 per 1,000 people 2023 131st of 228
- Net migration 0.2 per 1,000 people 2025 80th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.32 births per woman 2024 186th of 214
- Urban population 79.7 % 2025 58th of 214
- Median age 34.1 years 2023 99th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 12.8 % 2025 75th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 18.5 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 79th of 214
- Children under 15 18.3 % 2025 135th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 81.0 years 2024 45th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 83.6 years 2024 41st of 214
- Life expectancy, men 78.4 years 2024 46th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 5.2 years 2024 89th of 214
- Infant mortality 9.1 per 1,000 births 2024 117th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 10.4 per 1,000 births 2024 117th of 195
- Maternal mortality 24 per 100,000 births 2023 119th of 193
- Health spending per person 1,163 USD 2023 58th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 1,928 $ (PPP) 2023 66th of 191
- Physicians 2.69 per 1,000 people 2022 68th of 179
- Hospital beds 1.1 per 1,000 people 2022 112th of 150
- Measles immunization 93 % 2024 73rd of 191
- Undernourishment 2.5 % 2024 102nd of 165
- Tobacco use 7.9 % 2024 148th of 165
- Calorie supply 3,061 kcal per day 2023 76th of 175
- Meat supply 64.1 kg per person per year 2023 74th of 175
Economy
- GDP 103B USD 2025 73rd of 185
- GDP per capita 19,970 USD 2025 55th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 28,443 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 66th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 15,497 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 73rd of 165
- GDP growth 4.6 % 2025 54th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 4.1 % 2025 41st of 185
- Inflation -0.1 % 2025 158th of 169
- Unemployment 6.8 % 2025 59th of 181
- Youth unemployment 19.9 % 2025 48th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 19.4 % 2025 62nd of 150
- Trade 70 % of GDP 2024 104th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 45.5 2025 14th of 151
- Extreme poverty 0.8 % 2025 94th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 3.4 % of GDP 2024 119th of 187
- Women in the labour force 46.0 % 2025 133rd of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.833 2023 62nd of 192
- Literacy rate 97.4 % 2011 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Education spending 5.5 % of GDP 2022 31st of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 126 % 2023 9th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 55 % 2019 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 101 % 2023 28th of 135
- Women in parliament 49.1 % 2025 8th of 183
- Homicide rate 11.3 per 100,000 people 2020 24th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 87 % 2024 73rd of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 134 per 100 people 2023 46th of 172
- Fixed broadband 22.5 per 100 people 2023 70th of 169
- Access to electricity 99.8 % 2024 123rd of 212
- Safe drinking water 80 % 2024 75th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 26 % 2024 112th of 140
- Research and development 0.34 % of GDP 2023 59th of 84
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 8.4 Mt CO₂ 2024 116th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 1.6 t CO₂ 2024 121st of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 1.71 t CO₂ 2024 139th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.3 Gt CO₂ 2024 120th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 3.3 t CO₂e 2024 113th of 201
- Forest area 59.1 % of land 2024 32nd of 208
- Water stress 6 % 2022 112th of 176
- Arable land 3.3 % of land 2024 152nd of 205
- Renewable energy 34.2 % of final energy 2021 71st of 210
- Renewable electricity 99.9 % of electricity 2024 8th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 11.3 % of electricity 2024 29th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.8 % of electricity 2024 137th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 26 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 188th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 2,144 kWh 2024 103rd of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 17.7 µg/m³ 2023 100th of 199
Costa Rica on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldSpanish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldCosta Rican colón (CRC)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC−6Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType A, B · 120 V · 60 Hz
- National dishes of the world3 national dishes
- Plants of the world10 characteristic plants
- Volcano & earthquake map10 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- Ghost map1 ghost story
- UFO sightings map1 UFO or unexplained case
- VPN provider mapServers of 19 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)