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Costa Rica
Republic of Costa Rica
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Population
5.31M
Capital
San José
Area
51,100 km²
Currency
CRC
Costa Rican colón
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$95.35B
as of 2024
GDP per capita
$18,587
as of 2024
Population
5.13M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
0.5%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
-0.4%
as of 2024
Unemployment (% of labor force)
6.9%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
87.2%
as of 2024
Life expectancy at birth
81.00
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
6.9%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
5.3%
as of 2023
Urban population (% of total)
79.3%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
1.32
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
—
no data
Trade (% of GDP)
71.3%
as of 2024
Land area (km²)
51,060
as of 2023
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About Costa Rica
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currencies
- Costa Rican colón (CRC)
- Timezones
- UTC-06:00
- Demonym
- Costa Rican
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- CR · CRI
- Map
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