International Rankings of Costa Rica 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	147,258	78	2012
Internet users	1,485,000	82	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	1,018,000	75	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	6,151,000	100	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$9,621,000,000	89	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$7,197,000,000	94	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-5.00	82	2013 est.
Current account balance	-$2,673,000,000	152	2013 est.
Debt - external	$15,100,000,000	87	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	50.3	18	2009
Exports	$11,660,000,000	91	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	35.20	96	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	17.90	51	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	64.70	82	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-39.50	67	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	20.90	75	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	0.80	34	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	6.20	97	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	21.30	121	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	72.50	45	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$48,510,000,000	84	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$12,900	91	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$61,430,000,000	91	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	3.50	44	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	16.30	82	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	39.50	20	2009 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	1.20	36	2009 est.
Imports	$17,560,000,000	82	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	4.30	38	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	5.60	40	2013 est.
Labor force	2,222,000	117	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	14.00	75	2006 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	22.00	48	2006 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	64.00	55	2006 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 1,443,000,000	94	31 Dec 2011
Population below poverty line (%)	24.80	69	2011 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	55.00	55	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$7,406,000,000	80	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 14,570,000,000	92	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	$1,681,000,000	73	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	$21,700,000,000	70	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$22,920,000,000	76	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 4,633,000,000	103	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	14.8	159	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	7.90	85	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	6,806,000	115	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	75	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	10,040	77	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	291	114	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	93	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	8,532,000,000	92	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	135,000,000	73	2010 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	32.4	119	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	55.5	33	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	12.1	22	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	164,000,000	88	2010 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	2,800,000	91	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	9,473,000,000	96	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1,794.23	112	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	110	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	76	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	95	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	99	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	50,200	100	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	1,898	102	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	40,290	80	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	10,630	104	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	1,290	80	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	3810	44	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	0	35	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	1,582	9	2006
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	5.77	60	2006
Irrigated land (sq km)	1,031	95	2003
Land Area - sq km	51,060.00	129	NA
Land boundaries - km	661	130	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	4.89	145	2011
Land use - other (%)	88.65	90	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	6.46	45	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	93.13	111	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	51,100.00	130	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	112.40	60	2011
Water Area - sq km	40	138	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	1,230,202	105	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	1,255,798	113	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	1,037,053	112	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	1,058,419	112	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	40,444	112	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	42,201	112	2010 est.
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	545,026	118	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	570,311	118	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	23.50	101	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	407,335	117	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	423,340	117	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	17.50	47	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	1,035,273	119	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	1,045,296	121	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	43.80	38	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	201,377	118	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	193,205	110	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	8.30	58	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	179,604	118	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	154,467	111	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	6.80	78	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	16.08	119	2014 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	5.00	40	2002 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	39,082	81	2002 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	1.10	100	2009
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	82.20	7	2010
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	4.49	188	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	10.40	68	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	9.60	81	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	43.60	132	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	33.20	112	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	90.9	42	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	96.6	28	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	99.6	5	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	9.1	91	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	3.4	97	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	0.4	91	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	6.30	20	2009
Health expenditures	10.90	14	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.30	40	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	300	65	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	9,800	100	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	1.20	63	2011
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	7.86	145	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	9.50	151	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	8.70	150	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	81.01	57	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	75.59	55	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	78.23	54	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	96.50	25	2011 est.
Literacy - male (%)	96.00	29	2011 est.
Literacy - total (%)	96.30	24	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	40.00	75	2010
Median age - female (years)	30.50	75	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	29.50	82	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	30.00	74	2014 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	0.84	60	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	23.70	58	2008
Physicians density	1.32	81	2000
Population	4,755,234	124	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	1.24	78	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	92	32	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	8	123	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	93.9	31	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	6.1	118	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	94.9	32	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	5.1	107	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	14	8	2012
School life expectancy - male (years)	13	8	2012
School life expectancy - total (years)	14	7	2012
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.05	12	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	19	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	25	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	17	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.86	25	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	11	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	1.01	21	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	1.91	106	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	24	40	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	15	57	2012
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	18	58	2012
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	2.06	73	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	64.7	76	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	161	35	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	47	39	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	114	32	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	1	102	2010
Pipelines (km)	662	95	2013
Railways (km)	278	122	2008
Roadways (km)	39,018	90	2010
Waterways (km)	730	64	2011

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