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Country comparison Belgium vs Costa Rica

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Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2020Q39,971€chart2,488€2020Q3Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]2020449,571M.€chart55,509M.€2019Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2019529,665M.$chart62,142M.$2019Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]202038,970€chart10,938€2019GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]201946,237$chart12,244$2019GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2020Q3115,160M.€chart12,625M.€2020Q3Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]2019466,961chart32,4032019Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt (M.$.) [+]2019522,763chart36,2752019Debt (M.$.) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]201998.10%chart58.38%2019Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]201940,430€chart6,385€2019Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]201945,261$chart7,148$2019Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]2019-9,279chart-3,8882019Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]2019-10,388chart-4,3532019Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2019-1.90%chart-7.01%2019Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2019247,877.3chart11,785.42019Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]2019277,498.6chart13,193.72019Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]201628,149.6chart3,623.62018Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]201631,160.9chart4,279.52018Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201612.33%chart26.09%2018Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]201937,205.5chart2,822.32018Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]201941,651.6chart3,333.12018Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201715.31%chart26.91%2017Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20194,446.1chart02019Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]20194,945.2chart02019Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20191.79%chart0%2019Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]201952.10%chart21.23%2019Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]201921,461€chart2,322€2019Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]201924,026$chart2,600$2019Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]20162,485€chart722€2018Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]20162,755$chart852$2018Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]20193,248€chart564€2018Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]20193,636$chart666$2018Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2019387€chart0€2019Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2019432$chart0$2019Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]10/11/2019Aa3B206/02/2020Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]11/25/2011AAB06/09/2020S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]04/03/2020AA-B05/12/2020Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]201875chart562018Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201922ºchart62º2019Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]201829.7chart43.22018Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]09/28/2018111º
Innovation Ranking [+]201825ºchart54º2018Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]December 20205.8%
Unemployment rate [+]2020Q36.5%chart10.9%2019Q1Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]2020Q3332 m.chart266 m.2019Q1Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]20211,994.9 $chart441.8 $2019NMW [+]
NMW [+]20211,625.7 €chart385.9 €2019NMW [+]
Average Wage [+]201949,565€
Average Wage [+]201955,488$
Human Capital Ranking [+]201715ºchart61º2017Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/01/20210.8297chart613.330003/02/2021US Dollar exchange rate [+]
10-Year Bond Yield [+]03/03/20210.00%
Risk Premium [+]03/03/202129
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/02/20215.52%chart-2.54%03/01/2021Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]February 20210.5%chart-5.7%January 2021CPI (overall index) [+]
HICP [+]February 20210.3%
PPI Year on Year [+]January 20211.3%
Money Market
Key rates [+]10/17/20170%chart0.75%03/01/2021Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]201945ºchart67º2019Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]December 2020-4.6%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]January 2021417,386chart30,825December 2019Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]January 202142.96chart7.23December 2019Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
Motor vehicle production [+]2019247,020
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015568.13chart221.892015Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200621.00%chart13.00%01/01/2006Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]201960.2%chart25.0%2020Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20189,119,000chart3,017,0002018Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]2019399,183.2 M.€chart10,543.1 M.€2019Exports [+]
Exports [+]2019444,563.3 M.$chart11,803.0 M.$2019Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]201983.83%chart18.99%2019Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]2019381,963.3 M.€chart14,424.0 M.€2019Imports [+]
Imports [+]2019426,198.2 M.$chart16,147.6 M.$2019Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]201980.21%chart25.99%2019Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]201917,219.8 M.€chart-3,880.9 M.€2019Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]201918,365.1 M.$chart-4,344.6 M.$2019Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]20193.62%chart-6.99%2019Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]January 20214.3%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201524ºchart28º2015Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]
Density [+]2019378chart992019Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202017ºchart32º2020Global Peace Ranking [+]
Crude divorce rate [+]20172.00‰
Remittance received (M.$) [+]201710,273.0chart562.12017Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]201917.16%chart8.23%2019% Immigrant [+]
% Emigrant [+]20195.04%chart2.96%2019% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]201910.10‰chart13.97‰2018Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]20176,021.6chart896.42017Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Crude death rate [+]20199.50‰chart5.08‰2018Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20191.58chart1.752018Fertility Rate [+]
Crude marriage rate [+]20193.90‰
% risk of poverty [+]201615.5%
Population [+]201911,549,888chart5,075,0002019Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]20191,981,919chart417,7682019Immigrant stock [+]
Emigrant stock [+]2019581,740chart150,4002019Emigrant stock [+]
HDI [+]20190.931chart0.8102019HDI [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]201832ºchart22º2018Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Life expectancy [+]201982.10chart80.102018Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]20171,725chart2812017Suicides [+]
Suicide rate [+]201715.26chart5.702017Suicide rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]2017193chart5632018Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20171.69chart11.262018Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20199.03chart1.802019CO2 Tons per capita [+]
Consumption GWh [+]201982,051chart10,0652018Consumption GWh [+]
Generation GWh [+]201987,580chart11,3862019Generation GWh [+]
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/01/202122,106chart2,81203/01/2021COVID-19 - Deaths [+]
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/01/2021772,294chart205,08603/01/2021COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]
Fully vaccinated [+]02/28/2021307,749chart46,11703/01/2021Fully vaccinated [+]
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/01/20211,913.96chart554.0903/01/2021COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]
Doses administered [+]02/28/2021802,839chart149,81203/01/2021Doses administered [+]
Belgium
Costa Rica