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International Rankings of Costa Rica - 2021


SOURCE: 2021 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 77 17.95 2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 75 904734 N/A
Internet users - percent of population 79 74.09 % 2018
Internet users - total 95 3.695 million N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 115 12.70 2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 89 640302 N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 14 169.59 2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 97 8.550 million N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures 88 11.920 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 97 8.357 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 84 6.10 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 151 1.692 billion US Dollars 2017
Debt - external 86 29.589 billion US Dollars 2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score 83 55 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score 56 69 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score 90 80 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score 58 78 2020
Exports 96 10.810 billion US Dollars 2017
GDP (official exchange rate) 80 61.855 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 103 33.30 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 67 17.30 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 92 64.20 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 55 32.90 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 106 17.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 45 1.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 105 5.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 115 20.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 42 73.90 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 18 48 % 2018
Gross national saving 113 14 2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 30 36.90 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 36 1.50 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population N/A
Imports 92 15.150 billion US Dollars 2017
Industrial production growth rate 74 1.30 % 2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 66 2.00 % 2019
Labor force 124 1.843 million US Dollars 2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 84 14 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry 55 22 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services 67 64 % 2006
Population below poverty line 85 21 % 2019
Public debt 92 48.90 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 92 99.146 billion US Dollars 2019
Real GDP growth rate 56 3.30 % 2017
Real GDP per capita 87 19642 US Dollars 2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 86 7.150 billion US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 151 14.30 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 73 8.10 % 2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy 119 7.653 million 2017
Electricity - consumption 99 9.812 billion kWh 2016
Electricity - exports 63 643.000 million kWh 2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels 71 18 2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants 18 64 2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources 23 18 2017
Electricity - imports 72 807.000 million kWh 2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity 95 3.584 million kWh 2016
Electricity - production 99 10.790 billion 2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption 98 53000 2016
Refined petroleum products - imports 81 51320 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 107 8 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 118 6 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 122 16 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 98 37 2018
Land use - arable land 120 5 2018
Land use - forest 43 52 2018
Land use - other 153 11 2018
Land use - permanent crops 41 7 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 61 26 2018
Revenue from forest resources 53 1 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 61 113.000 billion 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 68 2.302 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 76 240.000 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 66 652.000 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 85 1.50 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 41 81 2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 77 1.460 million tons 2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 101 18396 tons 2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 81 1.30 % 2014
Geography
Area - land 128 51060 sq km N/A
Area - total 128 51100 sq km N/A
Area - water 136 40 sq km N/A
Coastline 75 1290 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 34 3819 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 45 746 meters N/A
Irrigated land 91 1015 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 128 661 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 98 37 2018
Land use - arable land 120 5 2018
Land use - forest 43 52 2018
Land use - other 153 11 2018
Land use - permanent crops 41 7 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 61 26 2018
Total renewable water resources 60 113.000 billion 2017
Population Density 107 100.88 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 62 1 % of GDP 2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 105 15.19 N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years 35 43.98 1791
Age structure - 55-64 years 91 9.99 1847
Birth rate 116 14.53 births/1,000 population 2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate 26 70.90 % 2018
Current Health Expenditure 35 8 % of GDP 2018
Death rate 173 4.86 deaths/1,000 population 2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 60 14.90 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 90 6.70 % 2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 130 45.10 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 116 30.20 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 1 100 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 11 7 % of GDP 2019
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 34 0.40 2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 67 16000 2020
Hospital bed density 58 1.10 beds/1,000 population 2017
Infant mortality rate - female 139 7.46 deaths/1,000 live births 2021
Infant mortality rate - male 140 9.66 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 142 8.59 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 43 82 years 2021
Life expectancy at birth - male 48 77 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 51 79 years N/A
Maternal mortality rate 93 27.00 2017
Median age - female 79 33 years 2020
Median age - male 69 32 years N/A
Median age - total 72 33 years N/A
Net migration rate 60 0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 41 25.70 % 2016
Physicians density 48 2.89 physicians/1,000 population 2018
Population 122 5.151 million 2021
Population growth rate 82 1.04 % 2021
Sanitation facility access - improved 16 98 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 104 4 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 96 2 % of population 2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 92 2 % of population N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 5 17 years 2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 4 17 years N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 6 16 years N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 10 1.05 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 20 1.04 N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 23 1.02 N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 28 0.94 N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 26 0.85 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 9 1.05 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 17 1.00 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 97 1.87 children born/woman 2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female 26 37 2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male 23 28 N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total 25 32 N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 85 1.50 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 41 81 2021
Transportation
Airports 34 161 2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 42 2 2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 37 2 2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 22 27 2017
Airports - with paved runways - total 38 47 2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 21 16 2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 40 18 2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 30 114 2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 21 96 2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 85 11.130 million 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 84 1.949 million 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 71 39.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 27 1 2020
Railways - total 111 278 km 2014
Waterways 64 730 km N/A

*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 Costa Rica on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Costa Rica 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Costa Rica 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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