Country comparison South Africa vs Costa Rica 2021

South Africa			Costa Rica
Gouvernement
Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]	2020Q3	1,088€	2,488€	2020Q3	Qu. GDP Per Capita [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2019	313,905M.€	55,509M.€	2019	Annual GDP [+]
Annual GDP [+]	2019	351,354M.$	62,142M.$	2019	Annual GDP [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2019	5,341€	10,938€	2019	GDP per capita [+]
GDP per capita [+]	2019	5,978$	12,244$	2019	GDP per capita [+]
Quarterly GDP [+]	2020Q3	63,918M.€	12,625M.€	2020Q3	Quarterly GDP [+]
Debt (M.€.) [+]	2019	195,045	32,403	2019	Debt (M.€.) [+]
Debt (M.$.) [+]	2019	218,352	36,275	2019	Debt (M.$.) [+]
Debt (%GDP) [+]	2019	62.15%	58.38%	2019	Debt (%GDP) [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2019	3,319€	6,385€	2019	Debt Per Capita [+]
Debt Per Capita [+]	2019	3,715$	7,148$	2019	Debt Per Capita [+]
Deficit (M.€) [+]	2019	-19,626	-3,888	2019	Deficit (M.€) [+]
Deficit (M.$) [+]	2019	-21,972	-4,353	2019	Deficit (M.$) [+]
Deficit (%GDP) [+]	2019	-6.25%	-7.01%	2019	Deficit (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2019	110,837.8	11,785.4	2019	Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2019	124,082.9	13,193.7	2019	Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2018	19,219.6	3,623.6	2018	Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2018	22,673.4	4,279.5	2018	Education Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2018	18.87%	26.09%	2018	Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]	2017	10,733.8	2,822.3	2018	Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]
Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]	2017	15,210.0	3,333.1	2018	Gov. Health Exp.(M.$) [+]
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]	2017	13.34%	26.91%	2017	Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]	2019	3,066.7	0	2019	Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]
Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]	2019	3,432.5	0	2019	Defence Expenditure (M.$) [+]
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]	2019	2.77%	0%	2019	Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]	2019	35.32%	21.23%	2019	Expenditure (%GDP) [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2019	1,886€	2,322€	2019	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Expenditure Per Capita [+]	2019	2,111$	2,600$	2019	Expenditure Per Capita [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2018	332€	722€	2018	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Education Expenditure P.C [+]	2018	391$	852$	2018	Education Expenditure P.C [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2017	188€	564€	2018	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]	2017	268$	666$	2018	Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2019	52€	0€	2019	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]	2019	58$	0$	2019	Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]
Moody's Rating [+]	11/20/2020	Ba2	B2	06/02/2020	Moody's Rating [+]
S&P Rating [+]	04/29/2020	BB-	B	06/09/2020	S&P Rating [+]
Fitch Rating [+]	11/20/2020	BB-	B	05/12/2020	Fitch Rating [+]
Corruption Index [+]	2018	43	56	2018	Corruption Index [+]
Competitiveness Ranking [+]	2019	60º	62º	2019	Competitiveness Ranking [+]
Fragile States Index [+]	2018	72.9	43.2	2018	Fragile States Index [+]
RTI Raking [+]	09/28/2018	14º
Innovation Ranking [+]	2018	58º	54º	2018	Innovation Ranking [+]
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]	December 2020	32.5%
Unemployment rate [+]	2018Q4	26.9%	10.9%	2019Q1	Unemployment rate [+]
Unemployed [+]	2018Q4	6,151 m.	266 m.	2019Q1	Unemployed [+]
NMW [+]	2013	291.6 $	441.8 $	2019	NMW [+]
NMW [+]	2013	221.4 €	385.9 €	2019	NMW [+]
Human Capital Ranking [+]	2017	87º	61º	2017	Human Capital Ranking [+]
Markets
Euro / South African rands [+]	02/26/2021	18.1025
US Dollar exchange rate [+]	02/26/2021	14.9601	613.1600	02/25/2021	US Dollar exchange rate [+]
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]	02/26/2021	11.72%	-2.54%	02/24/2021	Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]	March 2019	4.5%	-5.7%	January 2021	CPI (overall index) [+]
Money Market
Key rates [+]	07/24/2020	3.50%	0.75%	06/18/2020	Key rates [+]
Business
Doing Business [+]	2019	82º	67º	2019	Doing Business [+]
Passengers vehicles Year [+]	December 2019	355,378	30,825	December 2019	Passengers vehicles Year [+]
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]	December 2019	9.13	7.23	December 2019	Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]
Motor vehicle production [+]	2019	603,115
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]	2015	173.27	221.89	2015	Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]	01/01/2019	15.00%	13.00%	01/01/2006	Standard VAT [+]
Top tax rate + SSC [+]	2020	45.0%	25.0%	2020	Top tax rate + SSC [+]
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]	2018	10,472,000	3,017,000	2018	Annual arrivals [+]
Exports [+]	2019	80,407.0 M.€	10,543.1 M.€	2019	Exports [+]
Exports [+]	2019	90,015.6 M.$	11,803.0 M.$	2019	Exports [+]
Exports % GDP [+]	2019	25.62%	18.99%	2019	Exports % GDP [+]
Imports [+]	2019	96,060.2 M.€	14,424.0 M.€	2019	Imports [+]
Imports [+]	2019	107,539.4 M.$	16,147.6 M.$	2019	Imports [+]
Imports % GDP [+]	2019	30.60%	25.99%	2019	Imports % GDP [+]
Trade balance [+]	2019	-15,653.2 M.€	-3,880.9 M.€	2019	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance [+]	2019	-17,523.8 M.$	-4,344.6 M.$	2019	Trade balance [+]
Trade balance % GDP [+]	2019	-4.99%	-6.99%	2019	Trade balance % GDP [+]
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]	2015	78º	28º	2015	Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]
Density [+]	2019	48	99	2019	Density [+]
Global Peace Ranking [+]	2020	123º	32º	2020	Global Peace Ranking [+]
Remittance received (M.$) [+]	2017	898.1	562.1	2017	Remittance received (M.$) [+]
% Immigrant [+]	2019	7.19%	8.23%	2019	% Immigrant [+]
% Emigrant [+]	2019	1.40%	2.96%	2019	% Emigrant [+]
Birth Rate [+]	2018	20.51‰	13.97‰	2018	Birth Rate [+]
Remittance sent (M.$) [+]	2017	2,588.7	896.4	2017	Remittance sent (M.$) [+]
Crude death rate [+]	2018	9.44‰	5.08‰	2018	Crude death rate [+]
Fertility Rate [+]	2018	2.41	1.75	2018	Fertility Rate [+]
Population [+]	2019	58,775,000	5,075,000	2019	Population [+]
Immigrant stock [+]	2019	4,224,256	417,768	2019	Immigrant stock [+]
Emigrant stock [+]	2019	824,601	150,400	2019	Emigrant stock [+]
HDI [+]	2019	0.709	0.810	2019	HDI [+]
Gender Gap Ranking [+]	2018	19º	22º	2018	Gender Gap Ranking [+]
Life expectancy [+]	2018	63.86	80.10	2018	Life expectancy [+]
Suicides [+]	2015	482	281	2017	Suicides [+]
Suicide rate [+]	2015	0.90	5.70	2017	Suicide rate [+]
Number of homicides [+]	2018	21,036	563	2018	Number of homicides [+]
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]	2018	36.40	11.26	2018	Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]	2019	8.52	1.80	2019	CO2 Tons per capita [+]
Annual crude oil production [+]	2019	1
Crude Oil Reserves [+]	2021	15.0
Consumption GWh [+]	2019	210,304	10,065	2018	Consumption GWh [+]
Generation GWh [+]	2019	233,294	11,386	2019	Generation GWh [+]
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]	02/25/2021	49,667	2,796	02/25/2021	COVID-19 - Deaths [+]
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]	02/25/2021	1,509,124	203,914	02/25/2021	COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]
Fully vaccinated [+]	02/25/2021	52,647	44,021	02/22/2021	Fully vaccinated [+]
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]	02/25/2021	845.04	550.94	02/25/2021	COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]
Doses administered [+]	02/25/2021	52,647	101,183	02/22/2021	Doses administered [+]

South Africa

Capital: Pretoria
Population: 58,775,000
Surface Area: 1,219,090 km2
Currency: South African rands (1 EUR=18.1025 ZAR)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: ACP, BRICS, G20, IMF, UN, SADC, AU

Costa Rica

Capital: San Jose
Population: 5,075,000
Surface Area: 51,100 km2
Currency: Costa Rican colones (1 EUR=613.1600 CRC)
Religion: Mostly Christianity
Belongs to: IMF, OAS, UN, SICA