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This table lists the international rankings of Costa Rica, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Costa Rica, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	77	147,258	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	78	59.80	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	93	2,877,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	44	18.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	82	859,514	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	79	880,000	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	18	157.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	102	7,536,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	89	$11,310,000,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	95	$8,115,000,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	78	-5.50	2016 est.
Central bank discount rate (%)	3	21.5	31 Dec 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	34	14.50	31 Dec 2016 est.
Current account balance	153	-$2,570,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	83	$24,910,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	18	50.3	2009
Exports	89	$9,824,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	109	29.60	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	70	16.90	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	99	62.30	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	50	-31.50	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	73	22.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	38	0.50	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	106	5.50	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	125	18.60	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	37	75.90	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	83	$48,510,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	96	$16,100	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	93	$79,260,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	28	4.30	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	97	14.30	2016 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% (%)	18	39.50	2009 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	38	1.20	2009 est.
Imports	83	$14,760,000,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	33	4.00	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	84	0.30	2016 est.
Labor force	119	2,295,000	2016 est.
Labor force - by occupation – agriculture (%)	77	14.00	2006 est.
Labor force - by occupation – industry (%)	43	22.00	2006 est.
Labor force - by occupation – services (%)	61	64.00	2006 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	100	$2,015,000,000	31 Dec 2012 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	69	24.80	2011 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	55	62.30	2016 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	79	$7,960,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of broad money	89	$21,550,000,000	31 Dec 2015 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	76	$3,354,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	68	$31,860,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of domestic credit	71	$35,800,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	94	$5,946,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	146	14.1	2016 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	78	9.30	2016 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	94	7,200,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - exports	77	1,300	2013 est.
Crude Oil - imports	84	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - production	96	0	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	78	0	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	77	9,200,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – exports (kWh)	53	600,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	129	30.7	2012 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	38	55.9	2012 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	32	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	24	13.3	2012 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	55	800,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	75	2,900,000	2014 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	75	10,000,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	117	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	56	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	79	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	98	0	2013 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	99	0	1 Jan 2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	101	53,000	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	127	0	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	80	51,300	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0	2013 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	80	1,290	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	44	3810	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	35	0	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	95	1,031	2003
Land Area - sq km	129	51,060.00	NA
Land boundaries - km	132	661	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	100	37.10	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	122	4.90	2011 est.
Land use - forest (%)	43	51.50	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	155	11.40	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	40	6.70	2011 est.
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	61	25.50	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	46	746	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	111	95.43	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	130	51,100.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	60	112.40	2011
Water Area - sq km	138	40	NA
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	118	543,312	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	118	568,738	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	125	22.82	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	117	399,931	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	118	416,046	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	103	16.75	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	118	1,065,327	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	121	1,078,000	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	49	43.99	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	116	222,183	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	109	211,670	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	97	8.90	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	117	197,690	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	110	169,646	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	103	7.54	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	98	15.70	2016 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	40	5.00	2002 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	72	39,082	2002 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	101	1.10	2009
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	6	82.20	2010
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	81	4.60	2016 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	64	12.90	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	93	7.70	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	130	45.40	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	110	32.40	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – rural	41	91.9	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – total	20	97.8	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – urban	5	99.6	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved – rural	88	8.1	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	101	2.2	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	86	0.4	2015 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	20	6.30	2009
Health expenditures	18	10.10	2012
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	77	0.26	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	64	200	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	94	8,800	2014 est.
Hospital bed density	62	1.20	2011
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	124	7.40	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	132	9.00	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	131	8.30	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	38	81.40	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	40	75.90	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	39	78.60	2016 est.
Literacy – female (%)	17	97.80	2015 est.
Literacy – male (%)	20	97.70	2015 est.
Literacy – total (%)	24	96.30	2011 est.
Maternal mortality rate	75	40	2010
Median age – female (years)	81	31.30	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	75	30.40	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	81	30.90	2016 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	49	0.80	2016 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	58	23.70	2008
Physicians density	80	1.32	2000
Population	124	4,872,543	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	76	1.19	2016 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	39	92.3	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	126	7.7	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	37	94.5	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	122	5.5	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	34	95.2	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	113	4.8	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	6	16	2014
School life expectancy - male (years)	6	15	2014
School life expectancy - total (years)	6	15	2014
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	12	1.05	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	19	1.04	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	25	1.01	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	27	0.95	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	26	0.86	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	10	1.05	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	19	1.01	2016 est
Suffrage	4	18.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	105	1.90	2016 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	39	31	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	52	21	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	54	18	2012 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	58	2.74	2015
Urbanization - urban population (%)	54	76.8	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	35	161	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	39	47	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	32	114	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	100	1	NA
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	87	9,284,160	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	86	1,617,075	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	66	39	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2015
Pipelines (km)	95	662	2013
Railways (km)	122	278	2014
Roadways - paved (km)	73	10,133	2010
Roadways - total (km)	92	39,018	2010
Roadways - unpaved (km)	54	28,885	2010
Waterways (km)	63	730	2011

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Costa Rica on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Costa Rica contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Costa Rica should be addressed to the CIA.

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