Country comparison Belarus vs Costa Rica 2018

Belarus			Costa Rica
Comptes nationaux - Government
			2,533€	2017Q4	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2016	43,096M.€	52,227M.€	2016	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2016	47,703M.$	57,810M.$	2016	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	4,534€	10,639€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	5,022$	11,776$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
			12,434M.€	2017Q4	Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt [+]	2016	23,064	23,476	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2016	25,529	25,986	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2016	53.50%	44.94%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	2,427€	4,782€	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	2,686$	5,293$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2016	-1,449	-2,760	2016	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]	2016	-1,604	-3,055	2016	Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2016	-3.36%	-5.28%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	19,746.1	10,109.8	2016	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	21,856.9	11,190.5	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2015	2,511.9	3,581.7	2015	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	2,787.0	3,973.9	2015	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
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.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	13.79%	23.34%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	548.4	0	2015	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	607.1	0	2015	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2016	4.27%	0%	2015	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2016	45.81%	19.35%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	2,078€	2,059€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	2,300$	2,280$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2015	264€	738€	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2015	294$	819$	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	58€	0€	2015	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	64$	0$	2015	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	03/16/2018	B3	Ba2	02/09/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	10/06/2017	B	BB-	02/25/2016	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	01/26/2018	B	BB	01/18/2018	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2017	44	59	2017	Corruption Index [+]
			47º	2017	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	75.6	46.7	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2017	88º	53º	2017	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]	2014Q4	0.5%	9.3%	2018Q1	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2015Q4	43 m.	206 m.	2018Q1	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2016	0.0 $	460.4 $	2018	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2016	0.0 €	383.9 €	2018	NMW [+]
			62º	2016	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / Belarusian rubles [+]	09/07/2015	19,696.0000
US Dollar exchange rate [+]	09/07/2015	17,683.0000	569.7700	10/17/2017	US Dollar exchange rate [+]
			-13.45%	06/15/2018	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	November 2015	10.7%	2.0%	May 2018	CPI (overall index) [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	02/14/2018	10.50%	5.00%	03/01/2018	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2018	38º	61º	2018	Doing Business [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	368.69	221.89	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 [+]	2017	25,866.7 M.€	9,074.1 M.€	2017	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2017	29,221.6 M.$	10,251.0 M.$	2017	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	49.34%	16.67%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2017	30,289.6 M.€	13,562.9 M.€	2017	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2017	34,218.2 M.$	15,322.0 M.$	2017	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	57.88%	26.16%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-4,422.9 M.€	-4,488.8 M.€	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-4,996.6 M.$	-5,071.0 M.$	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	-8.54%	-9.49%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	46	96	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	9,504,704	4,909,000	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2017	1,078,652	414,214	2017	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2016	920.4	551.4	2016	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2017	11.35%	8.44%	2017	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2016	817.9	825.4	2016	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2017	1,484,875	143,465	2017	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2017	15.62%	2.92%	2017	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.796	0.776	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2018	101º	40º	2018	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	30º	32º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Ranking [+]	2015	64º	28º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2016	12.40‰	14.29‰	2016	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2016	1.73	1.78	2016	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2016	12.60‰	4.94‰	2016	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2016	74.20	79.83	2016	Life expectancy [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]	2016	6.80‰
Crude divorce rate [+]	2016	3.40‰
Number of homicides [+]	2014	340	566	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2014	3.58	11.77	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2016	6.61	1.71	2016	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)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: CIS, EAEU, IMF, UN, OSCE

Costa Rica

Capital: San Jose
Population: 4,909,000
Surface Area: 51,100 km2
Currency: Costa Rican colones (1 EUR=569.7700 CRC)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: IMF, OAS, UN, SICA