Country comparison Botswana vs Costa Rica 2018

Botswana			Costa Rica
Comptes nationaux - Government
			2,455€	2018Q1	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2017	15,408M.€	50,507M.€	2017	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2017	17,407M.$	57,057M.$	2017	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2017	6,724€	10,295€	2017	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2017	7,596$	11,631$	2017	GDP per capita [+]
			12,044M.€	2018Q1	Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt [+]	2016	2,212	23,476	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2016	2,448	25,986	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2016	15.48%	44.94%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	983€	4,782€	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	1,088$	5,293$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2016	-159	-2,760	2016	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]	2016	-176	-3,055	2016	Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2016	-1.12%	-5.28%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	4,726.0	10,109.8	2016	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	5,231.3	11,190.5	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2009	709.4	3,581.7	2015	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2009	989.5	3,973.9	2015	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2009	20.48%	23.38%	2015	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
			2,925.0	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
			3,237.7	2016	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	8.84%	23.34%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2017	470.9	0	2017	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2017	532.0	0	2017	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2016	12.74%	0%	2016	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2016	33.07%	19.35%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	2,100€	2,059€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	2,325$	2,280$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2009	358€	738€	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2009	500$	819$	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	180€	598€	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	239$	662$	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2017	205€	0€	2017	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2017	232$	0$	2017	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	04/27/2018	A2	Ba2	02/09/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	02/15/2010	A-	BB-	02/25/2016	S&P Rating [+]
			BB	01/18/2018	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2017	61	59	2017	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2017	63º	47º	2017	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	62.8	46.7	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2017	89º	53º	2017	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
			9.3%	2018Q1	Unemployment rate [+]
			206 m.	2018Q1	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2013	100.2 $	460.4 $	2018	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2013	76.0 €	383.9 €	2018	NMW [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2016	96º	62º	2016	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]	05/14/2018	9.7943	569.7700	10/17/2017	US Dollar exchange rate [+]
			-15.48%	08/20/2018	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
			2.1%	July 2018	CPI (overall index) [+]
Money Market
			5.00%	03/01/2018	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2018	81º	61º	2018	Doing Business [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	177.30	221.89	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 [+]	2017	5,219.3 M.€	9,074.1 M.€	2017	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2017	5,896.2 M.$	10,251.0 M.$	2017	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2017	33.87%	17.97%	2017	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2017	4,549.0 M.€	13,562.9 M.€	2017	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2017	5,139.0 M.$	15,322.0 M.$	2017	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2017	29.52%	26.85%	2017	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	670.3 M.€	-4,488.8 M.€	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	757.3 M.$	-5,071.0 M.$	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2017	4.35%	-8.89%	2017	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2017	4	96	2017	Density [+]
Population [+]	2017	2,291,661	4,905,769	2017	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2017	166,430	414,214	2017	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2016	28.9	551.4	2016	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2017	7.26%	8.44%	2017	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2016	150.1	825.4	2016	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2017	80,103	143,465	2017	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2017	3.50%	2.92%	2017	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.698	0.776	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2018	29º	40º	2018	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	54º	32º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
			28º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2016	23.67‰	14.29‰	2016	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2016	2.73	1.78	2016	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2016	6.68‰	4.94‰	2016	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2016	66.80	79.83	2016	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2012	368	566	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2012	18.40	11.77	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2016	2.86	1.71	2016	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Botswana

Capital: Gaborone
Population: 2,291,661
Surface Area: 581,730 km2
Currency: Pula (1 EUR=11.7414 BWP)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: ACP, IMF, UN, SADC, AU

Costa Rica

Capital: San Jose
Population: 4,905,769
Surface Area: 51,100 km2
Currency: Costa Rican colones (1 EUR=569.7700 CRC)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: IMF, OAS, UN, SICA