Costa Rica: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Costa Rica — 262 indicators across 10 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
3.27
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.03
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
2.93
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
49,804.71
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
2.87
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
1,473.33
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
51,100.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
1,475.94
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.05
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
27.00
Economy (35)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2021
3.88
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
0.61
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
5.98
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
6.86
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.01
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
0.00
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
3.56
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
38.53
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.75
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
76.26B
GDP (current US$)
2024
95.35B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
4.32
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
14,866.58
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
18,587.15
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
3.83
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
26,973.44
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
31,106.76
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
138.37B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
159.57B
GNI (current US$)
2024
88.41B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
15,620.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
28,840.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
80.15B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
147.97B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
32.80
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
19.71
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
0.05
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
-0.41
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.00
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.01
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
68.78
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.76
Trade (% of GDP)
2024
71.33
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
13.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2023
5.31
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2011
97.41
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2024
104.77
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2024
121.81
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
5.00
Energy (10)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
96.60
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
90.30
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
98.40
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
100.00
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2024
2,282.30
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
26.47
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
3.37B
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
99.37
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
25.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
187.21
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
8.38
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
1.63
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.52
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.98
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.49
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
6.24
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
-3.07
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.11
Fish species, threatened
2022
144.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
12.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
21.89
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
6.38
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
4.38
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.03
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.92
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
21.56
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.75
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.47
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.09
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.07
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.08
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
14.31
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
99.69
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
319.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
99.99
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
2.00
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
1.04
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
28.20
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
26.60
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
77.98
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
17.08
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
3.33
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.96
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
24.84
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
44.98
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
17.72
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
27.25
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
2,381.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
9.99
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
24.44
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
8.70
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
66.85
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
0.00
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
6.87
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
5.57
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
9.80
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
1.32
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2022
1.14
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
99.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
99.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
93.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
12.20
International migrant stock, total
2024
628,404.00
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
83.58
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
78.37
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
81.00
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
0.03
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
3,404.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
24.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
14.80
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
9.90
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
8.60
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
11.40
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
17.80
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
13.90
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
22.10
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
0.13
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.09
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
0.18
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
2.90
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
55.32
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
106.91
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
9.10
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
8.30
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
9.80
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
7.30
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
10.40
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
9.50
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
11.20
Net migration
2025
1,000.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
82.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
253.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
455.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
55.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
468.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
13.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
374.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
541.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
0.06
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
99.82
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
98.79
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2022
2.69
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
18.80
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
471,912.00
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
18.18
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
492,473.00
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
19.43
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
964,386.00
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
68.98
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
1.78M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
68.55
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
1.76M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
69.41
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
3.54M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
12.23
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
344,221.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
13.26
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
282,918.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
11.16
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
627,139.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
0.48
Population, female
2024
2.60M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
50.59
Population, male
2024
2.53M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
49.41
Population, total
2024
5.13M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
19.00
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
13.50
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
23.30
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
13.70
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
1.20
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
3.50
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
0.80
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
6.00
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
49.12
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
316.00
Rural population
2024
1.06M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
20.69
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
-1.58
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.05
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
8.06
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
2.79
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
13.45
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
91.04
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
84.34
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
3.40
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
1.28
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
5.54
UHC service coverage index
2023
84.00
Urban population
2024
4.07M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
79.31
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
1.02
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
11.49
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
6.32
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
14.97
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
46.02
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
69.76
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
6.84
Poverty & Inequality (2)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (33)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
5.56
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
5.30B
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2024
22.86
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
21.69B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
18.15B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.08
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.50
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
75.27
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
2.60
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.32
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
21.07
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.26
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.32
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.08
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
3.58
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
21.07
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
26.48B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
22.46B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.03
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.89
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
61.44
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
18.04
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.57
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
18.45
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.13
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
1.30
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.04
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
20.08
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
18.45
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
50.52
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2023
0.18
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
629.37M
Real interest rate (%)
2024
7.28
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.