🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Latin America & Caribbean · Capital: San Jose
Money4.9 / 10
Safety1.8 / 10
Health6.4 / 10
Quality of life6.6 / 10
Passport6.8 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money4.9 / 10
Purchasing power49.862 of 89Numbeo
GDP per capita, PPP$33,81576 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$17,93072 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth4.6 %61 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation-0.07 %14 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment6.8 %124 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)45.5138 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2025
Reserves$17B71 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2025
Local purchasing power49.181 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety1.8 / 10
Safety (survey)45.876 of 89Numbeo
Crime54.2110 of 148Numbeo
Homicides per 100k17.7142 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2023
✚Health6.4 / 10
Health care (survey)64.846 of 89Numbeo
Health care, expense-adjusted11749 of 101Numbeo
Life expectancy81.0 yr47 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 10009.179 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$1,16360 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending6.9 % GDP87 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10002.771 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2022
Hospital beds per 10001.1118 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2022
☀Quality of life6.6 / 10
Quality of life12757 of 89Numbeo
Pollution41.630 of 115Numbeo
Purity70.786 of 115Numbeo
Climate93.113 of 89Numbeo
Traffic commute time60.088 of 89Numbeo
Internet users87.2 %80 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending5.3 % GDP46 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2023
Urban population79.7 %59 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
Price to income ratio9.333 of 89Numbeo
Mortgage to income8.4102 of 108Numbeo
◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Exports of goods and services$40B73 of 188World Bank · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Imports of goods and services$34B78 of 188World Bank · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Trade to GDP71.5 %113 of 188World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2025
Foreign direct investment$6B42 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2025
Inbound tourism1.1M ppl90 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2020
☗People and environment
Population5.2M126 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth0.45 %143 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman1.3189 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10013647 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024
Access to electricity99.8 %127 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita1.6 t82 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy34.2 %72 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
▤Passport6.8 / 10
No visa needed in advance130 of 19863 of 199
Visa free91 of 198
Visa on arrival34 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)5 of 198
E-visa35 of 198
Visa required33 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not