International Rankings of Costa Rica 2021, country comparisons

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	0
Internet users - percent of population	79	74.09 %	2018
Internet users - total	95	3.695 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	115	12.7	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	89	640302	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	14	169.59	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	97	8.550 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	88	11.920 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	97	8.357 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	84	6.1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	83	55.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	56	69.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	90	79.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	58	77.6	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	80	61.855 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	103	33.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	67	17.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	92	64.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	55	32.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	106	17.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	45	1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	105	5.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	115	20.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	42	73.9 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	30	36.9 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	36	1.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	74	1.3 %	2017
Labor force	124	1.843 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	84	14 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	55	22 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	67	64 %	2006
Population below poverty line	85	21	2019
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	91	99.146 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	68	19642 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	151	14.3 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	119	7.653 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
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 nuclear fuels	19	0	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
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	98	53000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	81	51320 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	107	8.02 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	118	5.61 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	122	15.85 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	98	37.1	2018
Land use - arable land	120	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	43	51.5	2018
Land use - other	153	11.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	41	6.7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	61	25.5	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	53	0.82 % 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	1.5	2025
Urbanization - urban population	41	81.4	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	1.3 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	128	51060 sq km	0
Area - total	128	51100 sq km	0
Area - water	205	40 sq km	0
Coastline	74	1290 km	0
Elevation - highest point	35	3819 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	45	746 meters	0
Irrigated land	91	1015 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	127	661 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	98	37.1	2018
Land use - arable land	120	4.9	2018
Land use - forest	43	51.5	2018
Land use - other	153	11.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	41	6.7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	61	25.5	2018
Total renewable water resources	60	113.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	105	15.19 %	9277
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	70.9 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	35	7.6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	173	4.86 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	60	14.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	90	6.7 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	130	45.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	116	30.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	11	7 % of GDP	2019
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	34	0.4	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	67	16000	2020
Hospital bed density	58	1.1 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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	142	8.59 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	43	82.22 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	48	76.75 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	51	79.41 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	93	27	2017
Median age - female	79	33.1 years	2020
Median age - male	69	32.1 years	0
Median age - total	72	32.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	60	0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	41	25.7 %	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	98.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	104	4.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	96	2.2 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	92	1.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	4	17 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	20	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	23	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	28	0.94	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.85 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	97	1.87 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	26	37.1	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	23	28	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	25	31.5	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	85	1.5	2025
Urbanization - urban population	41	81.4	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 - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	38	47	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	21	16	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
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
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
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	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	120	278 km	2014
Roadways - paved	161	N/A km	2021
Roadways - total	168	N/A km	2021
Waterways	64	730 km	0

*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.

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