NationMaster - Costa Rican Economy statistics

Agriculture > products coffee, pineapples, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber
Aid as % of GDP	0.1%	[126th of 129]
Economic freedom	2.35	[50th of 156]
Exchange rates Costa Rican colones per US dollar - 437.91 (2004), 398.66 (2003), 359.82 (2002), 328.87 (2001), 308.19 (2000)
Exports to US	$847,700,000.00	[45th of 224]
GDP > PPP	$39,823,000,000.00	[75th of 163]
Income category	Upper middle income
Income distribution > Poorest 10%	1.7%	[89th of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 10%	34.6%	[34th of 114]
Income distribution > Richest 20%	51%	[33rd of 114]
Innovation	18.8	[37th of 68]
Population under $1 a day	12.6	[41st of 59]
Poverty > Share of all poor people	0.04 % of world's poor	[58th of 80]
Technological achievement	0.36	[32nd of 68]
Trade with US > US exports of textile, sewing machines	9,112	[28th of 183]
World Trade > Exports > Base metal handheld equipment	14,032	[44th of 110]
World Trade > Imports > Mech transmission equipment	10,275	[62nd of 137]
World Trade > Imports > Mechanical handling equipment	28,531	[65th of 146]
World Trade > Imports > Special industrial machines nes	109,307	[55th of 144]
World Trade > Imports > Special transactions nes	18	[116th of 118]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; The Heritage Foundation; US Census Bureau; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; Porter, Michael E. and Scott Stern, National Innovative Capacity, Chapter 2.2 in Porter, Michael, and JeffreySachs (eds.), The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, p.104. via ciesin.org; World Bank 2002b via backone.pdf; Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO; International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica, Republica de Costa Rica

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