Costa Rica

Official Name:	The Republic of Costa Rica
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Presidential Republic
Official Name (Local Language):	Republica de Costa Rica
ISO Country Codes:	CR : CRI
Internet Domain:	.cr
Government Web Site:	https://www.presidencia.go.cr/

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Capital:	San Jose	Main Airports:	Tobías Bolaños International Airport
Language(s):	Spanish	Population:	5,204,411
Currency:	Costa Rican Colon	ISO Currency Code:	CRC
Telephone Dial In:	+506	ID Prefix:	00

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO;

Political & Cultural Organisations:

Association of Caribbean States; Central American Integration System; Community of Democracies; Inter Parliamentary Union; Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie; Organizacion de Estados Iberoamericanos; Organization of American States; Pacific Alliance; Secretar a General Iberoamericana; Sistema Economico Latinoamericano; UN; UNESCO; Union Latina;

Travel Guides:

Fodor's Travel; Lonely Planet; Rough Guide

News Resources:

Newspaper

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Periódico La República;

Teletica;

The Costa Rica News;

The Costa Rican Times;

The Costa Rica Star;

The Tico Times;

Radio

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Costa Rica

Government Website:	https://www.presidencia.go.cr/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/costa-rica
Central Bank:	Banco Central de Costa Rica
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	573.5 Costa Rican colones (CRC) per US dollar (2017 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	8.1% (2017 est.)
Population below poverty line:	21% (2019 est.)
Inflation Rate:	2% (2019 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	8.70% (2019 - World Bank)
GDP:	$109.26 billion (2021 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$21,200 (2021 est.)
Currency Name:	Costa Rican Colon
Currency Code:	CRC
World Bank Classification:	Upper-Middle-Income Economy

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	5.5%	bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef, poultry, dairy; timber
Industry:	18.6%	medical equipment, food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products
Services:	75.9%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

Consejo Monetario Centroamericano; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; The Cairns Group; Un Economic Commission for Latin America the Caribbean UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Countryeconomy; FAO; IMF; Inter American Development Bank; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Stock & Securities Exchange: Bolsa Nacional de Valores ;

National Statistics Office:

Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Trading Economics;

Costa Rica

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

The World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Trade Statistics

Trade Summary

Trade Indicators

Business Language(s):	Spanish
Customs & Excise:	Ministerio de Hacienda
Development Bank(s):	Development Bank of Latin America; Inter-American Development Bank;
National Standards Bureau:	Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 62/141 (2019)	Corruption Perceptions Index: 48/180 (2022 Rank)
Ease of Doing Business: N/A	Enabling Trade Index: 57/136 (2016)
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