Country comparison Costa Rica vs Venezuela 2017

Costa Rica			Venezuela
Government
GDP Mill. € [+]	2016	51,889M.€	234,420M.€	2015	GDP Mill. € [+]
GDP Mill.$ [+]	2016	57,436M.$	260,089M.$	2015	GDP Mill.$ [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	10,683€	7,524€	2015	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	11,825$	8,348$	2015	GDP per capita [+]
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2017Q1	2,770€
Quat. GDP Mill.€ [+]	2017Q1	13,453M.€
Debt [+]	2015	20,413 M.€	80,863 M.€	2010	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2015	22,648 M.$	107,200 M.$	2010	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2015	40.83%	36.46%	2010	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	4,246 €	2,835 €	2010	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	4,711$	3,762$	2010	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit [+]	2015	-2,820 M.€	-22,986 M.€	2010	Deficit [+]
Deficit [+]	2015	-3,128 M.$	-30,472 M.$	2010	Deficit [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2015	-5.64%	-10.36%	2010	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2015	9,630.5	70,036.4	2010	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	10,685.0	92,847.3	2010	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2015	3,588.0	11,700.1	2009	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	3,980.9	16,319.3	2009	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2015	23.38%	20.66%	2009	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2014	2,524.3
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]	2014	3,353.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	23.34%	5.80%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2015	0	1,873.5	2014	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	0	2,488.9	2014	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2015	0%	5.63%	2005	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2015	19.26%	31.58%	2010	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	2,003€	2,455€	2010	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	2,222$	3,255$	2010	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2015	746€	416€	2009	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2015	828$	581$	2009	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	529€	81€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	703$	108$	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2015	0€	61€	2014	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2015	0$	81$	2014	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	02/09/2017	Ba2	Caa3	03/04/2016	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	02/25/2016	BB-	B-	12/13/2013	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	01/19/2017	BB	CC	08/30/2017	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2016	58	17	2016	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2016	52º	132º	2016	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	46.7	78.6	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2016	45º	120º	2016	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
			7.3%	April 2016	Unemployment Rate [+]
Unemployment rate [+]	2017Q2	8.0%	7.5%	2016Q1	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2017Q2	180 m.	1,062 m.	2016Q1	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2015	526.1 $	693.1 $	2013	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2015	433.4 €	525.8 €	2013	NMW [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2015	53º	91º	2015	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
			11.8752	09/21/2017	Euro / Venezuelan bolivar fuerte [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	09/14/2017	2.88%	1,233.87%	09/22/2017	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	August 2017	0.9%	180.9%	December 2015	CPI (overall index) [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	07/31/2015	3.00%	21.46%	08/01/2017	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2017	62º	187º	2017	Doing Business [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	223.88	144.76	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2006	13.00%	12.00%	01/01/2010	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2016	15.0%	34.0%	2015	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2016	8,704.0 M.€	22,251.3 M.€	2016	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2016	9,634.4 M.$	24,630.0 M.$	2016	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	16.77%	14.32%	2015	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2016	13,661.1 M.€	12,241.4 M.€	2016	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2016	15,121.5 M.$	13,550.0 M.$	2016	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	26.33%	12.69%	2015	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-4,957.2 M.€	10,009.9 M.€	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2016	-5,487.1 M.$	11,080.0 M.$	2016	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	-9.55%	1.63%	2015	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	95	35	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	4,857,274	31,568,179	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2015	421,697	1,404,448	2015	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2015	552.0	104.0	2015	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2015	8.77%	4.51%	2015	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2015	785.5	2,570.8	2015	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2015	133,185	606,344	2015	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2015	2.77%	1.95%	2015	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.776	0.767	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2017	34º	143º	2017	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	32º	74º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Ranking [+]	2015	28º	76º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2015	14.52‰	19.27‰	2015	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2015	1.80	2.34	2015	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2015	4.89‰	5.57‰	2015	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2015	79.59	74.41	2015	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2015	566	17,778	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2015	11.8	57.2	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Environment and Energy
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2015	1.72	5.74	2015	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Costa Rica

Capital: San Jose
Population: 4,857,274
Surface Area: 51,100 km2
Currency: Costa Rican colones (1 EUR=575.3800 CRC)
Belongs to: IMF, OAS, UN, SICA

Venezuela

Capital: Caracas
Population: 31,568,179
Surface Area: 912,050 km2
Currency: Venezuelan bolivar fuerte (1 EUR=11.8752 VEF)
Belongs to: IMF, MERCOSUR, OAS, UN, OPEC, USAN