Country comparison China vs Costa Rica 2017

China			Costa Rica
Government
GDP Mill. € [+]	2016	10,120,237M.€	51,889M.€	2016	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2016	11,218,281M.$	57,436M.$	2016	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	7,319€	10,683€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	8,113$	11,825$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
			2,770€	2017Q1	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
			13,453M.€	2017Q1	Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]
Debt [+]	2015	4,310,534 M.€	20,413 M.€	2015	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2015	4,782,537 M.$	22,648 M.$	2015	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2015	42.61%	40.83%	2015	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	3,136 €	4,246 €	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	3,480$	4,711$	2015	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2015	-281,895 M.€	-2,820 M.€	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2015	-312,762 M.$	-3,128 M.$	2015	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2015	-2.79%	-5.64%	2015	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2015	3,168,792.2	9,630.5	2015	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	3,515,775.0	10,685.0	2015	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	1999	19,427.8	3,588.0	2015	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	1999	20,706.2	3,980.9	2015	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	1999	12.63%	23.38%	2015	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2014	240,659.1	2,524.3	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]	2000	21,210.4	3,353.5	2014	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	10.43%	23.34%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	194,608.3	0	2015	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	215,723.3	0	2015	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2008	16.08%	0%	2015	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2015	31.32%	19.26%	2015	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	2,305€	2,003€	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	2,558$	2,222$	2015	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	1999	15€	746€	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	1999	16$	828$	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	176€	529€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2000	17$	703$	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	141€	0€	2015	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	156$	0$	2015	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	05/24/2017	A1	Ba2	02/09/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	09/21/2017	A+	BB-	02/25/2016	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	07/13/2017	A+	BB	01/19/2017	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2016	40	58	2016	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2016	28º	52º	2016	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	76.4	46.7	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	11/01/2016	81º
Innovation Ranking [+]	2016	25º	45º	2016	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]	2014Q4	4.1%	8.0%	2017Q2	Unemployment rate [+]
			180 m.	2017Q2	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2013	224.7 $	526.1 $	2015	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2013	170.3 €	433.4 €	2015	NMW [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2015	64º	53º	2015	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / Chinese yuan [+]	09/25/2017	7.8599
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	09/25/2017	15.34%	2.88%	09/14/2017	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	August 2017	1.8%	0.9%	August 2017	CPI (overall index) [+]
PPI Year on Year [+]	August 2017	6.3%
Money Market
Key rates [+]	10/23/2015	4.35%	3.00%	07/31/2015	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	78º	62º	2017	Doing Business [+]
IPI Year on Year [+]	August 2017	6.0%
Motor vehicle production [+]	2016	28,118,794
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	118.47	223.88	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2014	17.00%	13.00%	01/01/2006	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2016	45.0%	15.0%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2016	1,895,529.0 M.€	8,704.0 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	2,098,161.0 M.$	9,634.4 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	18.73%	16.77%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	1,434,123.2 M.€	13,661.1 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	1,587,431.0 M.$	15,121.5 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	14.17%	26.33%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	461,405.7 M.€	-4,957.2 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	510,730.0 M.$	-5,487.1 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	4.56%	-9.55%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Retail Sales YoY [+]	August 2017	10.1%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	145	95	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	1,382,710,000	4,857,274	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	978,046	421,697	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2015	63,937.6	552.0	2015	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	0.07%	8.77%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	2,673.9	785.5	2015	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	9,546,065	133,185	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	0.69%	2.77%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.738	0.776	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	116º	34º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	99º	32º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Ranking [+]	2015	52º	28º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2015	12.10‰	14.52‰	2015	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	1.57	1.80	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2015	7.10‰	4.89‰	2015	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	75.99	79.59	2015	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2014	10,083	566	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2014	0.7	11.8	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	7.73	1.72	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

China

Capital: Beijing
Population: 1,382,710,000
Surface Area: 9,562,911 km2
Currency: Chinese yuan (1 EUR=7.8805 CNY)
Belongs to: ACD, BRICS, G20, IMF, UN, SCO

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