Country comparison Lebanon vs Costa Rica 2018

Lebanon			Costa Rica
Comptes nationaux - Government
			2,620€	2018Q2	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2017	46,030M.€	50,456M.€	2017	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2017	52,000M.$	57,000M.$	2017	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2017	7,568€	10,285€	2017	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2017	8,549$	11,619$	2017	GDP per capita [+]
			12,852M.€	2018Q2	Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt [+]	2015	63,373	23,476	2016	Debt [+]
Debt [+]	2015	70,312	25,986	2016	Debt [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2015	140.89%	44.94%	2016	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	10,830€	4,782€	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2015	12,016$	5,293$	2016	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2015	-3,367	-2,760	2016	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]	2015	-3,736	-3,055	2016	Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2015	-7.49%	-5.28%	2016	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2015	11,995.5	10,109.8	2016	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2015	13,309.1	11,190.5	2016	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2013	899.7	3,583.8	2015	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2013	1,194.9	3,976.2	2015	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2013	8.58%	23.38%	2015	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
			2,925.0	2016	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
			3,237.7	2016	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2014	10.72%	23.34%	2014	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2017	2,077.7	0	2017	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2017	2,347.2	0	2017	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2017	15.55%	0%	2017	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2015	26.67%	19.35%	2016	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	2,050€	2,059€	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2015	2,274$	2,280$	2016	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2013	171€	739€	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2013	226$	820$	2015	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	198€	598€	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2014	264$	662$	2016	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2017	342€	0€	2017	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2017	386$	0$	2017	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	08/25/2017	B3	Ba2	02/09/2017	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	11/01/2013	B-	BB-	02/25/2016	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	02/01/2018	B-	BB	01/18/2018	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2017	28	59	2017	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2017	105º	47º	2017	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2015	88.1	46.7	2015	Fragile States Index [+]
Innovation Ranking [+]	2017	81º	53º	2017	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
			7.7%	2018Q2	Unemployment rate [+]
			181 m.	2018Q2	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2011	330.3 $	460.4 $	2018	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2011	249.3 €	383.9 €	2018	NMW [+]
			62º	2016	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]	10/08/2018	1,514.0000	569.7700	10/17/2017	US Dollar exchange rate [+]
			-15.98%	10/11/2018	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	August 2018	6.7%	2.2%	September 2018	CPI (overall index) [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	12/31/2009	10.00%	5.00%	03/01/2018	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2018	133º	61º	2018	Doing Business [+]
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	116.72	221.89	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2013	10.00%	13.00%	01/01/2006	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2015	20.0%	15.0%	2016	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Exports [+]	2017	3,563.6 M.€	9,074.1 M.€	2017	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2017	4,025.7 M.$	10,251.0 M.$	2017	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2017	7.74%	17.98%	2017	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2017	17,800.7 M.€	13,562.9 M.€	2017	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2017	20,109.4 M.$	15,322.0 M.$	2017	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2017	38.67%	26.88%	2017	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-14,237.1 M.€	-4,488.8 M.€	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2017	-16,083.7 M.$	-5,071.0 M.$	2017	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2017	-30.93%	-8.90%	2017	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Density [+]	2017	582	96	2017	Density [+]
Population [+]	2017	6,082,357	4,905,769	2017	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2017	1,939,212	414,214	2017	Immigrant stock [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2016	7,616.0	551.4	2016	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2017	31.88%	8.44%	2017	% Immigrant [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2016	1,068.6	825.4	2016	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2017	822,300	143,465	2017	Emigrant stock [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2017	13.52%	2.92%	2017	% Emigrant [+]
HDI [+]	2017	0.757	0.794	2017	HDI [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2018	147º	40º	2018	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2016	135º	32º	2016	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
			28º	2015	Ranking [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2016	15.47‰	14.29‰	2016	Birth Rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2016	1.72	1.78	2016	Fertility Rate [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2016	4.62‰	4.94‰	2016	Crude death rate [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2016	79.58	79.83	2016	Life expectancy [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2015	231	566	2015	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2015	3.95	11.77	2015	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2016	3.64	1.71	2016	CO2 Tons per capita [+]

Lebanon

Capital: Beirut
Population: 6,082,357
Surface Area: 10,450 km2
Currency: Lebanese pounds (1 EUR=1,736.5600 LBP)
Religion: Mostly Islam
Belongs to: Arab League, IMF, UN

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