Unemployment

4.1%

0.5

Unemployment

8.8%

-0.5

CPI

3.2%

-0.2

CPI

1.3%

0.5

Unemployment

4.2%

0.3

CPI

287.9%

11.7

CPI

2.3%

-0.6

CPI

2.2%

-0.4

  1. Countries data: Demographic and economy

Country comparison Costa Rica vs North Korea

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Number of deaths per 1,000 people Costa Rica vs North Korea comparison
 
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]2023Q44,000K
Annual GDP [+]2022€64,878Mchart€15,371M2017Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]2022$68,373Mchart$17,365M2017Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]2022€12,406chart€6022017GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]2022$13,075chart$6812017GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]2023Q4€20,918M
Debt (M.€.) [+]202241,379
Debt ($M) [+]202243,608
Debt (%GDP) [+]202263.78%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€7,913
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$8,340
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-1,843
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-1,942
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-2.84%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202212,605.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]202213,285.0
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20203,654.0
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20204,170.3
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202021.54%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20223,475,825,669.6chart288.21999Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20223,660,044,430.1chart307.21999Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201726.91%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20200
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20200
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20200%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202219.43%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€2,411
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$2,541
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€713
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$813
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€667chart€121999Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$702chart$131999Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2020€0
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2020$0
Moody's Rating [+]11/03/2023B1
S&P Rating [+]10/27/2023BB-
Fitch Rating [+]03/02/2023BB-
Corruption Index [+]202254chart172022Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201962º
Fragile States Index [+]201843.2chart93.22018Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]202297º
Innovation Ranking [+]201854º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2023Q46.8%
Unemployed [+]2023Q4156K
NMW [+]2022$501.5
NMW [+]2022€446.1
Average Wage [+]2022$14,649
Average Wage [+]2022€13,912
Human Capital Ranking [+]201761º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]04/22/2024502.7600
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/21/20240.00%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]September 202210.4%
Money Market
Key rates [+]03/22/20245.25%
Business
Doing Business [+]202074º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 201930,825
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20197.23
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015221.89
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202225.5%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200613.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202233.4%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20193,139,008
Exports [+]2021€12,952.1Mchart€114.2M2021Exports [+]
Exports [+]2021$15,318.4Mchart$135.0M2021Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]202123.80%chart10.19%2017Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]2021€17,525.8Mchart€415.2M2021Imports [+]
Imports [+]2021$20,727.8Mchart$491.0M2021Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]202132.20%chart21.77%2017Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]2021€-4,573.8Mchart€-301.0M2021Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]2021$-5,409.4Mchart$-356.0M2021Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-8.40%chart-11.58%2017Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201528º
Density [+]2022102chart2152021Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]202339ºchart149º2023Global Peace Ranking [+]
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017562.1
% Immigrant [+]202010.15%chart0.19%2020% Immigrant [+]
% Emigrant [+]20202.93%chart0.43%2020% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]202111.87‰chart13.24‰2021Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017896.4chart200.62017Remittance sent ($M) [+]
Crude death rate [+]20217.19‰chart9.31‰2021Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]20211.53chart1.812021Fertility Rate [+]
% risk of poverty [+]202225.5%
Population [+]20225,229,000chart25,971,9092021Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]2020520,729chart49,5492020Immigrant stock [+]
Emigrant stock [+]2020150,241chart110,3772020Emigrant stock [+]
HDI [+]20210.809
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202314º
Life expectancy [+]202177.02chart73.282021Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]2020352chart3,9812015Suicides [+]
Suicide rate [+]20206.90chart15.762015Suicide rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]2022664
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202212.82
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20211.59chart2.412021CO2 Tons per capita [+]
Consumption GWh [+]202210,619chart18,2402022Consumption GWh [+]
Generation GWh [+]202212,478chart22,2732022Generation GWh [+]
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]04/07/20249,368chart603/09/2023COVID-19 - Deaths [+]
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]04/07/20241,230,653chart103/09/2023COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]
Fully vaccinated [+]10/06/20234,369,784
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]04/07/20241,791.55chart0.2303/09/2023COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]
Doses administered [+]10/06/202313,576,935
Costa Rica
North Korea
  • Capital: Pyongyang
  • Population: 25,971,909
  • Surface Area: 120,540 km2
  • Currency: North Korean won
  • Religion: Unbelieving majority
  • Belongs to: UN