Country comparison Botswana vs Costa Rica 2017

Botswana			Costa Rica
Government
GDP Mill. € [+]	2016	13,800M.€	51,889M.€	2016	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2016	15,275M.$	57,436M.$	2016	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	6,133€	10,683€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	6,788$	11,825$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
			2,770€	2017Q1	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
			13,453M.€	2017Q1	Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]
Debt [+]	2016	1,895 M.€	20,413 M.€	2015	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2016	2,098 M.$	22,648 M.$	2015	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2016	13.89%	40.83%	2015	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	842 €	4,246 €	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	943$	4,711$	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	-259 M.€	-2,820 M.€	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2016	-287 M.$	-3,128 M.$	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2016	-1.90%	-5.64%	2015	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2016	4,630.6	9,630.5	2015	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	5,125.6	10,685.0	2015	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2009	712.5	3,588.0	2015	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2009	993.8	3,980.9	2015	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2009	20.48%	23.38%	2015	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
			2,524.3	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
			3,353.5	2014	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	8.84%	23.34%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	465.2	0	2015	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	514.9	0	2015	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2014	7.68%	0%	2015	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2016	33.93%	19.26%	2015	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	2,058€	2,003€	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	2,278$	2,222$	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2009	360€	746€	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2009	502$	828$	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	180€	529€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	239$	703$	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	207€	0€	2015	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	229$	0$	2015	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	04/22/2016	A2	Ba2	02/09/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	02/15/2010	A-	BB-	02/25/2016	S&P Rating [+]
			BB	01/19/2017	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2016	60	58	2016	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2016	71º	52º	2016	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	62.8	46.7	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2016	90º	45º	2016	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
			8.0%	2017Q2	Unemployment rate [+]
			180 m.	2017Q2	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2013	100.2 $	526.1 $	2015	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2013	76.0 €	433.4 €	2015	NMW [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2015	88º	53º	2015	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / Pula [+]	09/21/2017	12.1604
			2.88%	09/14/2017	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
			0.9%	August 2017	CPI (overall index) [+]
Money Market
			3.00%	07/31/2015	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	71º	62º	2017	Doing Business [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	177.30	223.88	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2011	12.00%	13.00%	01/01/2006	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2016	25.0%	15.0%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2016	6,653.8 M.€	8,704.0 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	7,365.0 M.$	9,634.4 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	48.22%	16.77%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	5,529.4 M.€	13,661.1 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	6,120.5 M.$	15,121.5 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	40.07%	26.33%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	1,124.4 M.€	-4,957.2 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	1,244.6 M.$	-5,487.1 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	8.15%	-9.55%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	4	95	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	2,250,260	4,857,274	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	160,644	421,697	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2015	30.5	552.0	2015	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	7.27%	8.77%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	158.8	785.5	2015	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	58,346	133,185	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	2.64%	2.77%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.698	0.776	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	27º	34º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	54º	32º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
			28º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2015	24.57‰	14.52‰	2015	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	2.80	1.80	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2015	7.54‰	4.89‰	2015	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	64.49	79.59	2015	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2012	368	566	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2012	18.4	11.8	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	3.07	1.72	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Botswana

Capital: Gaborone
Population: 2,250,260
Surface Area: 581,730 km2
Currency: Pula (1 EUR=12.1604 BWP)
Belongs to: ACP, IMF, UN, SADC, AU

Costa Rica

Capital: San Jose
Population: 4,857,274
Surface Area: 51,100 km2
Currency: Costa Rican colones (1 EUR=574.9000 CRC)
Belongs to: IMF, OAS, UN, SICA