PAINTMAPS.comGeneral Information for Costa Rica | ||
| What is the capital city of Costa Rica ? | San Jose |  |
| What is the total area of Costa Rica ? (km2) | 51.100 | |
| What is the population in Costa Rica ? (2020) | 5.094.118 | |
| What is the median age in Costa Rica ? | 33 | |
| What is the iso country code for Costa Rica ? (2lt) | CR | |
| What is the iso country code for Costa Rica ? (3lt) | CRI | |
| What continent is Costa Rica in ? | North & Central America | |
| What currency is used in Costa Rica ? | Costa Rican Colon | |
| What is the currency code for Costa Rica ? | CRC | |
| What is the tel code for Costa Rica ? | +506 | |
| What language use in Costa Rica ? | Spanish | |
| What is the language code for Spanish ? | ES | |
| What is the internet TLD code for Costa Rica ? | .cr | |
| Where is the highest place in Costa Rica ? | Cerro Chirripó (3820 m.) | |
| Where is the lowest place in Costa Rica ? | North Pacific Ocean (0 m.) | |
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Worldbank Country Statistics for Costa Rica | |
 Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) | 9,1 |
| Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) | 28,6487 |
| Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) | 23.793.100.000 |
| Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) | 593.410.000 |
| Service imports (BoP, current US$) | 4.186.400.000 |
| Goods imports (BoP, current US$) | 15.425.200.000 |
| Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) | 13,3191 |
| Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 19.611.600.000 |
| Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) | 4.181.450.000 |
| Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) | 14,8545 |
| Trade in services (% of GDP) | 22,3177 |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) | 45,61 |
| Secondary education, duration (years) | 5 |
| Lower secondary school starting age (years) | 12 |
| Procedures to build a warehouse (number) | 17 |
| Time required to build a warehouse (days) | 138 |
| Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) | 58,3 |
| Profit tax (% of commercial profits) | 19,2 |
| Tax payments (number) | 10 |
| Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits) | 6,4 |
| Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits) | 32,7 |
| Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours) | 151 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, male (number) | 10 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, female (number) | 10 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business (number) | 10 |
| Time required to start a business, male (days) | 23 |
| Time required to start a business, female (days) | 23 |
| Time required to start a business (days) | 23 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita) | 0 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita) | 9,6 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, female (% of GNI per capita) | 9,6 |
| Procedures to register property (number) | 5 |
| Time required to register property (days) | 11 |
| Time required to enforce a contract (days) | 852 |
| Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 12=strong) | 10 |
| Time to resolve insolvency (years) | 3 |
| Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) | 26 |
| Time to import, border compliance (hours) | 80 |
| PPG, private creditors (INT, current US$) | 404.525.000 |
| PPG, other private creditors (INT, current US$) | 52.000 |
| PPG, commercial banks (INT, current US$) | 43.161.000 |
| PPG, bonds (INT, current US$) | 361.312.000 |
| PPG, official creditors (INT, current US$) | 149.359.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (INT, current US$) | 136.696.000 |
| Interest payments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (INT, current US$) | 591.880.000 |
| Interest payments on external debt, long-term (INT, current US$) | 1.145.760.000 |
| Primary education, duration (years) | 6 |
| Primary school starting age (years) | 6 |
| Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$) | 75 |
| Cost to import, border compliance (US$) | 500 |
| Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) | 24 |
| Time to export, border compliance (hours) | 20 |
| Cost to export, documentary compliance (US$) | 80 |
| Cost to export, border compliance (US$) | 450 |
| Time required to get electricity (days) | 39 |
| Public credit registry coverage (% of adults) | 36,4 |
| Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults) | 86 |
| Depth of credit information index (0=low to 8=high) | 7 |
| Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations) | 74 |
| Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure) | 5 |
| Distance to frontier score (0=lowest performance to 100=frontier) | 69,2383 |
| PPG, bilateral (INT, current US$) | 12.662.900 |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 8,191 |
| Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 6,819 |
| Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 10,39 |
| PPG, private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 3.313.000 |
| PPG, other private creditors (DIS, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (DIS, current US$) | 3.313.000 |
| PPG, official creditors (DIS, current US$) | 619.316.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (DIS, current US$) | 543.097.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (DIS, current US$) | 622.629.000 |
| Disbursements on external debt, long-term (DIS, current US$) | 622.629.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (DIS, current US$) | 76.219.400 |
| PPG, private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 276.707.000 |
| PPG, other private creditors (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, commercial banks (AMT, current US$) | 276.707.000 |
| PPG, bonds (AMT, current US$) | 0 |
| PPG, official creditors (AMT, current US$) | 437.899.000 |
| PPG, multilateral (AMT, current US$) | 400.046.000 |
| Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 21,173 |
| Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 17,936 |
| Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 26,384 |
| Labor force, total | 2.392.430 |
| Labor force, female (% of total labor force) | 38,4334 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 60,051 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 74,422 |
| Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 61,6216 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 45,86 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 66,814 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 81,343 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 52,205 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 43,348 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 52,389 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 33,923 |
| Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 69,299 |
| Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 59,346 |
| Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 85,884 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) (AMT, current US$) | 714.606.000 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, private nonguaranteed (PNG) (AMT, current US$) | 2.978.650.000 |
| Principal repayments on external debt, long-term (AMT, current US$) | 3.693.260.000 |
| PPG, bilateral (AMT, current US$) | 37.852.600 |
| Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 18,37 |
| Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 23,575 |
| Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 9,695 |
| GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $) | 37.608,7 |
| Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 1,871 |
| Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 1,203 |
| Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 2,985 |
| Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 75,944 |
| Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 73,876 |
| Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 79,39 |
| Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 19,927 |
| Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 20,934 |
| Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 18,249 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 55,132 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 69,348 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 41,095 |
| Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 24,056 |
| Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 26,124 |
| Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 20,61 |
| Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 4,129 |
| Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 5,191 |
| Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 2,361 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 34,17 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 42,992 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 24,973 |
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 12,332 |
| Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 17,079 |
| Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 4,42 |
| Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) | 1,65062 |
| Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) | 0,0592483 |
| Stocks traded, total value (current US$) | 36.600.000 |
| Listed domestic companies, total | 10 |
| Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (% of GDP) | 3,58946 |
| Market capitalization of listed domestic companies (current US$) | 2.217.350.000 |
| Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) | 0,895811 |
| Personal remittances, received (current US$) | 553.378.000 |
| Personal transfers, receipts (BoP, current US$) | 518.785.000 |
| Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) | 1.002.220.000 |
| Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | 55.425.900 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) | 4,05524 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | 2.505.080.000 |
| Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) | 41,7653 |
| Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) | 5,16588 |
| Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) | 21.805.000.000 |
| Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) | 6.217.540 |
| Service exports (BoP, current US$) | 9.600.100.000 |
| Goods exports (BoP, current US$) | 11.622.900.000 |
| Insurance and financial services (% of service exports, BoP) | 0,932489 |
| Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 21.223.000.000 |
| Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) | 581.936.000 |
| Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) | 2,70812 |
| Net capital account (BoP, current US$) | 31.784.900 |
| Net secondary income (BoP, current US$) | 513.263.000 |
| Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$) | 1.392.610.000 |
| Portfolio investment, net (BoP, current US$) | -959.050.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) | -2.481.190.000 |
| Net errors and omissions (BoP, current US$) | 189.955.000 |
| Net trade in goods (BoP, current US$) | -3.802.290.000 |
| Net trade in goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 1.611.400.000 |
| Net primary income (BoP, current US$) | -3.599.510.000 |
| Net financial account (BoP, current US$) | -1.253.110.000 |
| Current account balance (% of GDP) | -2,38749 |
| Current account balance (BoP, current US$) | -1.474.850.000 |
| Personal remittances, paid (current US$) | 530.421.000 |
| Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) | 486.837.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP) | 0,0386707 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) | 23.888.400 |
| Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) | 25,9904 |