Country comparison Belarus vs Costa Rica 2017

Belarus			Costa Rica
Government
GDP Mill. € [+]	2016	42,852M.€	51,889M.€	2016	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2016	47,433M.$	57,436M.$	2016	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	4,509€	10,683€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	4,991$	11,825$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
			2,770€	2017Q1	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
			13,453M.€	2017Q1	Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]
Debt [+]	2015	26,925 M.€	20,413 M.€	2015	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2015	29,873 M.$	22,648 M.$	2015	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2015	53.04%	40.83%	2015	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	2,835 €	4,246 €	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	3,151$	4,711$	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2015	-2,069 M.€	-2,820 M.€	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2015	-2,296 M.$	-3,128 M.$	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2015	-4.08%	-5.64%	2015	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2015	22,066.6	9,630.5	2015	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	24,482.9	10,685.0	2015	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2015	2,511.9	3,588.0	2015	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	2,787.0	3,980.9	2015	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2015	11.20%	23.38%	2015	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
			2,524.3	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
			3,353.5	2014	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	13.79%	23.34%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	545.3	0	2015	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	603.6	0	2015	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2015	4.56%	0%	2015	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2015	43.47%	19.26%	2015	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	2,323€	2,003€	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	2,578$	2,222$	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2015	264€	746€	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2015	294$	828$	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	234€	529€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	311$	703$	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	57€	0€	2015	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	64$	0$	2015	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	06/17/2016	Caa1	Ba2	02/09/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	09/26/2011	B-	BB-	02/25/2016	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	07/28/2017	B-	BB	01/19/2017	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2016	40	58	2016	Corruption Index [+]
			52º	2016	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	75.6	46.7	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2016	79º	45º	2016	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]	2014Q4	0.5%	8.0%	2017Q2	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2015Q4	43 m.	180 m.	2017Q2	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2015	184.0 $	526.1 $	2015	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2015	151.6 €	433.4 €	2015	NMW [+]
			53º	2015	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / Belarusian rubles [+]	09/07/2015	19,696.0000
			2.88%	09/14/2017	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	November 2015	10.7%	0.9%	August 2017	CPI (overall index) [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	09/13/2017	11.50%	3.00%	07/31/2015	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	37º	62º	2017	Doing Business [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	368.69	223.88	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2010	20.00%	13.00%	01/01/2006	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2015	13.0%	15.0%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2016	21,085.7 M.€	8,704.0 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	23,339.8 M.$	9,634.4 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	49.21%	16.77%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	24,909.7 M.€	13,661.1 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	27,572.5 M.$	15,121.5 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	58.13%	26.33%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-3,823.9 M.€	-4,957.2 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-4,232.7 M.$	-5,487.1 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	-8.92%	-9.55%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	46	95	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	9,504,704	4,857,274	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	1,082,905	421,697	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2015	695.7	552.0	2015	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	11.40%	8.77%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	835.2	785.5	2015	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	1,485,323	133,185	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	15.64%	2.77%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.796	0.776	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	103º	34º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	30º	32º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Ranking [+]	2015	64º	28º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2016	12.40‰	14.52‰	2015	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	1.72	1.80	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2016	12.60‰	4.89‰	2015	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	74.00	79.59	2015	Life expectancy [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]	2014	8.90‰
Crude divorce rate [+]	2014	3.70‰
Number of homicides [+]	2014	340	566	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2014	3.6	11.8	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	6.82	1.72	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Belarus

Capital: Minsk
Population: 9,504,704
Surface Area: 207,600 km2
Currency: Belarusian rubles (1 EUR=19,696.0000 BYR)
Belongs to: CIS, EAEU, IMF, UN, OSCE

Costa Rica

Capital: San Jose
Population: 4,857,274
Surface Area: 51,100 km2
Currency: Costa Rican colones (1 EUR=575.3800 CRC)
Belongs to: IMF, OAS, UN, SICA