Country comparison Kazakhstan vs Costa Rica 2018

Kazakhstan			Costa Rica
Comptes nationaux - Government
			2,533€	2017Q4	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2016	120,759M.€	52,227M.€	2016	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2016	133,668M.$	57,810M.$	2016	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	6,786€	10,639€	2016	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2016	7,512$	11,776$	2016	GDP per capita [+]
			12,434M.€	2017Q4	Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt [+]	2016	25,318	23,476	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2016	28,025	25,986	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2016	20.96%	44.94%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	1,423€	4,782€	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2016	1,575$	5,293$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2016	-6,635	-2,760	2016	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]	2016	-7,344	-3,055	2016	Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2016	-5.49%	-5.28%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	26,639.5	10,109.8	2016	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	29,487.3	11,190.5	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2015	4,632.6	3,581.7	2015	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	5,139.8	3,973.9	2015	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2015	11.89%	23.38%	2015	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
			2,524.3	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
			3,353.5	2014	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	10.90%	23.34%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2016	969.7	0	2015	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2016	1,073.4	0	2015	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2016	5.10%	0%	2015	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2016	22.05%	19.35%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	1,497€	2,059€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2016	1,657$	2,280$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2015	262€	738€	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2015	291$	819$	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	227€	529€	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	301$	703$	2014	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	55€	0€	2015	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2016	60$	0$	2015	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	07/26/2017	Baa3	Ba2	02/09/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	02/17/2016	BBB-	BB-	02/25/2016	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	04/13/2018	BBB	BB	01/18/2018	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2017	31	59	2017	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2017	57º	47º	2017	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	68.3	46.7	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	10/01/2016	104º
Innovation Ranking [+]	2017	78º	53º	2017	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]	2017Q1	4.9%	9.3%	2018Q1	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2017Q1	439 m.	206 m.	2018Q1	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2013	124.2 $	460.4 $	2018	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2013	94.2 €	383.9 €	2018	NMW [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2016	29º	62º	2016	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / Tenges [+]	05/14/2018	393.0266
US Dollar exchange rate [+]	05/14/2018	327.8500	569.7700	10/17/2017	US Dollar exchange rate [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	06/18/2018	9.97%	-13.74%	06/14/2018	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
			2.0%	May 2018	CPI (overall index) [+]
Money Market
			5.00%	03/01/2018	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2018	36º	61º	2018	Doing Business [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	248.85	221.89	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2009	12.00%	13.00%	01/01/2006	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2016	10.0%	15.0%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2017	42,792.0 M.€	9,074.1 M.€	2017	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2017	48,342.1 M.$	10,251.0 M.$	2017	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2016	27.48%	16.67%	2016	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2017	25,940.3 M.€	13,562.9 M.€	2017	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2017	29,304.7 M.$	15,322.0 M.$	2017	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2016	18.98%	26.16%	2016	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	16,851.7 M.€	-4,488.8 M.€	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	19,037.4 M.$	-5,071.0 M.$	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2016	8.50%	-9.49%	2016	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2016	7	96	2016	Density [+]
Population [+]	2016	17,794,397	4,909,000	2016	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2017	3,635,168	414,214	2017	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2016	275.4	551.4	2016	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2017	20.43%	8.44%	2017	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2016	2,471.6	825.4	2016	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2017	4,074,446	143,465	2017	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2017	22.90%	2.92%	2017	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2015	0.794	0.776	2015	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2018	70º	40º	2018	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	51º	32º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
			28º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2016	22.52‰	14.29‰	2016	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2016	2.73	1.78	2016	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2016	7.37‰	4.94‰	2016	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2016	72.30	79.83	2016	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2015	853	566	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2015	4.84	11.77	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2016	12.88	1.71	2016	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Kazakhstan

Capital: Astana
Population: 17,794,397
Surface Area: 2,724,902 km2
Currency: Tenges (1 EUR=393.0266 KZT)
Religion: Mostly Islam
Belongs to: ACD, CIS, EAEU, ECO, IMF, UN, OSCE, SCO

Costa Rica

Capital: San Jose
Population: 4,909,000
Surface Area: 51,100 km2
Currency: Costa Rican colones (1 EUR=569.7700 CRC)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: IMF, OAS, UN, SICA