| COSTA RICAN ECONOMY STATS: |
| Top Stats |
| | All Stats |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Agriculture > products coffee, pineapples, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber |
|
Aid as % of GDP
|
0.1% |
|
[126th of 129]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Aid as % of GDP |
|
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
|
Big Mac Index
|
$2.38 |
|
[30th of 65]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Big Mac Index |
|
Source: 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 |
|
Debt > External
|
$7,416,000,000.00 |
|
[84th of 136]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Debt > External |
|
Source: The Economist. |
|
Distribution of family income > Gini index
|
49.8 |
|
[10th of 43]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Distribution of family income > Gini index |
|
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
|
Economic freedom
|
2.35 |
|
[50th of 156]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Economic freedom |
|
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
|
Exports
|
$9,268,000,000.00 |
|
[81st of 189]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Exports |
|
Source: The Heritage Foundation |
|
GDP
|
$22,145,080,000.00 |
|
[73rd of 203]
|
|
Definition: Economy > GDP |
|
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
|
GDP > PPP
|
$39,823,000,000.00 |
|
[75th of 163]
|
|
Definition: Economy > GDP > PPP |
|
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook |
|
GDP > Real growth rate
|
6.8% |
|
[52nd of 198]
|
|
Definition: Economy > GDP > Real growth rate |
|
Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005. |
|
GINI index
|
49.76
|
|
[10th of 40]
|
|
Definition: Economy > GINI index |
|
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
|
Gross National Income
|
$15,715,300,000.00 |
|
[66th of 172]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Gross National Income |
|
Source: World Development Indicators database |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.838 |
|
[47th of 178]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Human Development Index |
|
Income category
|
Upper middle income |
|
|
|
Definition: Economy > Income category |
|
Source: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme |
|
Income distribution > Richest 10%
|
34.6% |
|
[34th of 114]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Income distribution > Richest 10% |
|
Source: |
|
Population below poverty line
|
16% |
|
[16th of 46]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Population below poverty line |
|
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC |
|
Poverty > Share of all poor people
|
0.04 % of world's poor |
|
[58th of 80]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Poverty > Share of all poor people |
|
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
|
Public debt
|
46.6 % of GDP |
|
[42nd of 121]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Public debt |
|
Source: Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling |
|
Technological achievement
|
0.36 |
|
[32nd of 68]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Technological achievement |
|
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
|
Tourist arrivals
|
811,000 |
|
[57th of 152]
|
|
Definition: Economy > Tourist arrivals |
|
Source: United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org |