Costa Rica

Metrics

1. population
   5M
   117 of 176
   REST Countries · UN data
2. gdp
   $86B
   73 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
3. gdp per capita
   $16,942
   54 of 170
   World Bank · latest available
4. military spending
   $0
   149 of 151
   SIPRI via World Bank
5. area
   51K km²
   130 of 176
   REST Countries
6. population density
   98 /km²
   68 of 176
   zuhd — derived from population and area
7. life expectancy
   80.8 yr
   32 of 175
   World Bank · latest available
8. internet access
   85%
   67 of 166
   ITU via World Bank
9. co₂ per capita
   1.6 t
   101 of 163
   World Bank · Climate Watch
10. urbanization
    80%
    36 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
11. fertility rate
    1.3
    149 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
12. foreign-born share
    12.2%
    39 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
13. remittances % of gdp
    0.8%
    103 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
14. r&d % of gdp
    0.3%
    76 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
15. researchers per million
    508
    70 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
16. scientific articles / yr
    661
    89 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
17. high-tech exports %
    23%
    18 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
18. gini inequality
    46
    130 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
19. youth unemployment
    20%
    121 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
20. adult literacy
    97%
    27 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
21. democracy (v-dem)
    0.81
    7 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
22. cpi (clean gov)
    58
    35 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
23. press freedom
    8.8
    5 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
24. human development
    0.833
    52 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data