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Republic of Costa Rica
CRI CR ₡ Costa Rican colón (CRC)
Every statistic we track for Costa Rica — 151 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$34,157
78.9 yrs
7.44
0.81
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📈 Economy
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 1.3 | #189/217 | 2024 |
| Gender Inequality Index | 0.2 | #118/172 | 2023 |
| Median Age | 35.7 | #100/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 4.9 | #119/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 5.4 | #116/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 101.3 | #116/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 367 | #123/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 79.3% | #58/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 99.8% | #126/214 | 2024 |
| Broadband Internet at Home (AmericasBarometer) | 76.6% | #3/18 | 2025–2026 |
| Internet Users | 87.2% | #73/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 136.5 | #45/209 | 2022 |
| Read News Online | 52.8% | #25/75 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
🎓 Education
| Mean Years of Schooling | 9.1 | #83/146 | 2020 |
| PISA Mathematics Score | 385 | #62/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Reading Score | 415 | #49/79 | 2022 |
| PISA Science Score | 411 | #55/79 | 2022 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 1.6 | #122/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 1,025 | #87/149 | 2023 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 55.5 | #40/179 | 2024 |
| Renewable Electricity | 99.9% | #8/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 72.4 | #38/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Feel Unsafe in the Neighbourhood (AmericasBarometer) | 34.9% | #14/20 | 2025–2026 |
| Global Peace Index | 1.8 | #107/160 | 2025 |
| Homicide Rate | 11.1 | #45/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 15.5 | #73/195 | 2021 |
| Trust in the Police (AmericasBarometer) | 56.4% | #8/20 | 2025–2026 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 91.1% | #39/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 59.7% | #24/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 10.6 | #33/193 | 2026 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 19.1% | #100/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 8.2% | #55/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 3.7 | #95/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 53.8 | #65/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 12.1 | #47/193 | 2026 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 83.5% | #18/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 7.4 | #4/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 1.1 | #8/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.7 | #58/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #112/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.7 | #46/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.1 | #69/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.5 | #37/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.8 | #62/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 15.1% | #37/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 86.8% | #44/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 86.4% | #41/143 | 2018 |
| Individualism | 15 | #58/65 | 2010 |
| Interpersonal Trust (Latinobarómetro) | 10% | #14/17 | 2024 |
| Left–Right Self-placement | 6.9 | #2/53 | 2011–2024 |
| Masculinity | 21 | #61/65 | 2010 |
| People in the Neighbourhood Are Trustworthy (AmericasBarometer) | 69.2% | #6/20 | 2025–2026 |
| Power Distance | 35 | #54/65 | 2010 |
| Signed a Petition | 19.1% | #46/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 4.6% | #101/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 4.4 | #72/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 4.2 | #96/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in political parties | 3.4 | #80/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 80.5% | #44/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 75.7% | #48/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 4.9 | #82/153 | 2017 |
| Uncertainty Avoidance | 86 | #16/65 | 2010 |
| Voting Makes a Difference | 79.9% | #7/54 | 2011–2024 |
| Who Is in Power Makes a Difference | 67.8% | #30/51 | 2011–2021 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.