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Costa Rica

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currency: Costa Rican colon
capital city: San José
region: Central America
continent: Americas
land area: 51,060 km²
population: 5,212,173 people
political leader: Carlos Alvarado Quesada (President)

Classified as: place

Location on a map: [10°0′N, -84°0′W]

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Summary

Costa Rica is a country. The capital city is San José, located in the Central America region of Americas. It has a land area of 51,060 km², a population of 5,212,173 people and uses the currency Costa Rican colon. The President is Carlos Alvarado Quesada.

Environment

Costa Rica is one of the countries in Americas, countries in Central America and 194 countries in our database.

Agricultural land: 18,110.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy: 14.21 % of total energy use
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 8.61 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 74.61 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources: 1.00 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 24.39 % of total
Net energy imports: 49.83 % of energy use
Fertility rate: 1.52 births per woman
Forest area: 30,512 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 49.88 % of total
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 16.86 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 29.80
Methane emissions: 6.05 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 1.70 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 2,606,939 people
Male population: 2,605,235 people
Renewable energy consumption: 34.20 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 49,804.71 km²
Rural population: 905,771 people
Urban land area: 1,475.94 km²
Urban population: 4,306,402 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.96 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Costa Rica by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Costa Rica relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Costa Rica relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Costa Rica relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical internet access in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical land area in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical median age in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Costa Rica relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Costa Rica relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Costa Rica relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Costa Rica relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Costa Rica relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Costa Rica relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Costa Rica relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical male population in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical rural population in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between date and population over time

Costa Rica relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Costa Rica relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Costa Rica relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Costa Rica relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Costa Rica relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Costa Rica relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Costa Rica relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Costa Rica relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Costa Rica relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Costa Rica relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Costa Rica relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Costa Rica

Distribution of sites in Costa Rica by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Costa Rica by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Costa Rica

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Costa Rica by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Costa Rica

Cities in Costa Rica

Sites in Costa Rica

Wildfires in Costa Rica

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Business

Central government debt: 71.11 % of GDP
Expense: 19.44 % of GDP
Gdp: 86,497,941,439.02 current US$
Inflation: 0.53 annual %
Self-employed workers: 27.37 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 14.35 % of GDP
Unemployment: 8.30 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 24.72 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Costa Rica by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical expense in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical GDP in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical self employed in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Costa Rica

Distribution of shops in Costa Rica by country

Companies in Costa Rica

Exchanges in Costa Rica

Shops from Costa Rica

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Health

Birth rate: 11.69 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 7.11 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 948.92 current US$
Health expenditure: 7.57 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 0.14 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 1.18 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 77
Suicide mortality rate: 8.10 per 100,000 population

Distribution of diseases in Costa Rica by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Costa Rica by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Costa Rica relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Costa Rica relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Costa Rica relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Costa Rica relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Costa Rica relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Costa Rica

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical covid cases in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Costa Rica

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Costa Rica

Diseases in Costa Rica

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 10,000 people
Democracy score: 8.07
Democracy type: Full democracy
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 47.37 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Costa Rica

Costa Rica relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Costa Rica relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Costa Rica relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Costa Rica relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Costa Rica relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Costa Rica relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Costa Rica relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Costa Rica

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Costa Rica

Distribution of politicians from Costa Rica by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Costa Rica by gender

Political parties in Costa Rica

Politicians from Costa Rica

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Costa Rica by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Costa Rica

Distribution of competitions by city in Costa Rica

Distribution of competitions by country in Costa Rica

Distribution of competitions in Costa Rica by start date

Distribution of medals won by Costa Rica at the Olympics

Athletes from Costa Rica

Competitions in Costa Rica

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Costa Rica by birth date

Distribution of artists from Costa Rica by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Costa Rica by visitors

Artists from Costa Rica

Museums in Costa Rica

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Costa Rica by total students

Distribution of universities in Costa Rica by foundation year

Universities in Costa Rica

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In literature

There are 137 books written about Costa Rica in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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