OECD Economic Surveys: Costa Rica 2023
Basic statistics of Costa Rica, 2021
Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million) |
5.2 |
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Population density per km² |
100.9 |
(38.7) |
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Under 15 (%) |
20.5 |
(17.4) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2020) |
79.3 |
(79.0) |
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Over 65 (%) |
10.5 |
(17.7) |
Men (2020) |
76.8 |
(76.2) |
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International migrant stock (% of population, 2019) |
8.3 |
(13.2) |
Women (2020) |
81.9 |
(82.0) |
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Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
0.8 |
(0.5) |
Latest general election |
Feb. 2022 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
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Value added shares (%) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
64.6 |
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Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
4.8 |
(2.6) |
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In current prices (billion CRC) |
40 112.9 |
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Industry including construction |
22.4 |
(26.6) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
2.5 |
(1.6) |
Services |
72.8 |
(70.8) |
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Per capita (thousand USD PPP) |
22.7 |
(50.8) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT Per cent of GDP |
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Expenditure (2020) |
32.5 |
(46.4) |
Gross financial debt |
68.2 |
(111.9) |
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Revenue (2020) |
24.7 |
(38.7) |
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EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (CRC per USD) |
621.23 |
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Main exports (% of total merchandise exports) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
342.39 |
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Food and live animals |
36.8 |
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In per cent of GDP |
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Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
34.2 |
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Exports of goods and services |
36.8 |
(29.8) |
Manufactured goods |
9.7 |
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Imports of goods and services |
35.1 |
(29.9) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports) |
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Current account balance |
-2.4 |
(0.2) |
Machinery and transport equipment |
23.7 |
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Net international investment position |
-60.7 |
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Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. |
19.3 |
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Manufactured goods |
19.1 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
52.4 |
(56.2) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %) |
16.4 |
(6.1) |
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Men |
62.7 |
(64.1) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %) |
39.4 |
(12.8) |
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Women |
38.0 |
(48.7) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %) |
3.4 |
(2.0) |
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Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
60.3 |
(60.3) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %, 2020) |
24.6 |
(39.9) |
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Average hours worked per year |
2,073 |
(1,716) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2018, OECD: 2020) |
0.4 |
(3.0) |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe) |
1.0 |
(3.8) |
CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes) |
1.4 |
(7.9) |
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Renewables (%) |
51.5 |
(11.6) |
Water abstractions per capita (1 000 m³, 2020) |
0.6 |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2019) |
99.9 |
(61.7) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2020) |
0.3 |
(0.5) |
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SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, OECD: latest available) |
0.487 |
(0.315) |
Education outcomes (PISA score, 2018) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, OECD: 2018) |
20.3 |
(11.7) |
Reading |
426 |
(485) |
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Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2020, OECD: 2018) |
8.1 |
(25.5) |
Mathematics |
402 |
(487) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
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Science |
416 |
(487) |
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Health care (2020) |
7.9 |
(9.7) |
Share of women in parliament (%) |
45.6 |
(32.4) |
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Pensions (2018, OECD: 2017) |
3.6 |
(8.6) |
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Education (% of GNI, 2020) |
7.1 |
(4.4) |
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* The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table.
** Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries.
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.