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International Rankings of Costa Rica - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 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 33 20.00 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 73 992725 2020
Internet users - percent of population 26 81.00 % 2020
Internet users - total 97 4.126 million 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 44 11.00 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 89 559882 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 20 147.00 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 99 7.512 million 2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures 86 11.920 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 95 8.357 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 80 6.10 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 145 1.692 billion US Dollars 2017
Debt - external 83 29.589 billion US Dollars 2019
Exports 77 21.200 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP (official exchange rate) 79 61.855 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 99 33.30 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 62 17.30 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 89 64.20 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 53 32.90 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 103 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 101 5.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 110 20.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 39 73.90 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 17 48 % 2018
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 84 19.390 billion US Dollars 2019
Industrial production growth rate 73 1.30 % 2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 65 2.00 % 2019
Labor force 122 1.843 million US Dollars 2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 78 14 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry 52 22 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services 64 64 % 2006
Population below poverty line 82 21 % 2019
Public debt 90 48.90 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 85 100.250 billion US Dollars 2020
Real GDP growth rate 53 3.30 % 2017
Real GDP per capita 72 19700 US Dollars 2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 84 7.150 billion US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 144 14.30 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 65 8.10 % 2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 11 47.90 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 15 32.70 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 11 38.80 N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 122 1000 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 98 8.114 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 110 8.115 million 2019
Electricity - consumption 99 10.072 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 62 712.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity - imports 74 733.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 98 3.674 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 100 1.321 billion kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 46 1.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 149 0.20 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 6 14.50 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 23 71.10 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 60 0.60 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 22 12.50 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 98 44.899 million Btu/person 2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 95 63300 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 97 400 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - imports 80 51320 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 105 8 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 116 6 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 119 16 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 95 37 2018
Land use - arable land 113 5 2018
Land use - forest 40 52 2018
Land use - other 145 11 2018
Land use - permanent crops 38 7 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 59 26 2018
Revenue from forest resources 52 1 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 59 113.000 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 67 2.302 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 74 240.000 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 64 652.000 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 83 1.50 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 34 83 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 76 1.460 million tons 2014
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 100 18396 tons 2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 79 1.30 % 2014
Geography
Area - land 125 51060 sq km N/A
Area - total 125 51100 sq km N/A
Area - water 133 40 sq km N/A
Coastline 69 1290 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 34 3819 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 43 746 meters N/A
Irrigated land 88 1015 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 125 661 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 95 37 2018
Land use - arable land 113 5 2018
Land use - forest 40 52 2018
Land use - other 145 11 2018
Land use - permanent crops 38 7 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 59 26 2018
Population Density 102 101.93 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 46 1 % of GDP 2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 100 15.19 N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years 33 43.98 1791
Age structure - 55-64 years 86 9.99 1847
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 72 2 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 99 3 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 113 14.28 births/1,000 population 2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 79 3 % 2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate 22 70.90 % 2018
Current health expenditure 39 7 % of GDP 2019
Death rate 157 4.91 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 68 15.30 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 93 6.50 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 134 45.10 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 114 29.80 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 1 100 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 17 7 % of GDP 2020
Hospital bed density 59 1.10 beds/1,000 population 2019
Infant mortality rate - female 133 7.28 deaths/1,000 live births 2022
Infant mortality rate - male 135 9.45 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 134 8.39 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 41 82 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 48 77 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 46 80 years N/A
Literacy - female 16 98 % 2018
Literacy - male 20 98 % N/A
Literacy - total population 17 98 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 92 27.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 75 33 years 2020
Median age - male 68 32 years N/A
Median age - total 68 33 years N/A
Net migration rate 62 0.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 38 25.70 % 2016
Physicians density 40 3.30 physicians/1,000 population 2020
Population 120 5.204 million 2022
Population growth rate 76 1.01 % 2022
Sanitation facility access - improved 10 99 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 92 3 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 101 1 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 83 1 % of population N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 6 17 years 2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 4 16 years N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 5 17 years N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 10 1.05 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 19 1.04 N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 19 1.02 N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 27 0.94 N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 33 0.64 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 8 1.05 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 17 1.00 male(s)/female N/A
Tobacco use - female 72 5 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 125 13 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 102 9 % 2020
Total fertility rate 90 1.86 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 83 1.50 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 34 83 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 11 47.90 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 15 32.70 N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 11 38.80 N/A
Transportation
Airports 34 161 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 42 2 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 36 2 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 21 27 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total 37 47 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 21 16 2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 40 18 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 30 114 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 21 96 2021
Merchant marine - total 124 11 N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 83 11.130 million 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 82 1.949 million 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 69 39.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 27 1 2020
Railways - total 112 278 km 2014
Waterways 69 730 km 2011

*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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