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Society profile

Costa Rica

Costa Rica: 45 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 5.2 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 18.3%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 68.9%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 12.8%World Bank2025 Female share of population 50.6%World Bank2025 Urban population 79.7%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 1.3World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 24.8World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 81.0yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 9.1‰World Bank2024 Net migration 1 000World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 97.4%World Bank2011 Secondary school enrolment 121.8%World Bank2024 Tertiary enrolment 55.0%World Bank2019 Education spending 5.3%World Bank2023

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $33 815$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $30 760$World Bank2025 Gini index 45.5World Bank2025 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 0.8%World Bank2025 Income share held by richest 10% 34.3%World Bank2025

Health

Suicide rate 8.1per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 6.9%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 87.2%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 136.0per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 99.8%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 1.6tWorld Bank2024

Religiosity

Religion is very important in life survey47.8%Latinobarometro2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey10.5%Latinobarometro2024

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey36.5%Latinobarometro2024 Confidence in parliament survey24.8%Latinobarometro2024 Confidence in the police survey54.6%Latinobarometro2024 Confidence in the courts survey46.3%Latinobarometro2024 Confidence in the press survey36.3%Latinobarometro2024

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 49.1%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey65.3%Latinobarometro2024 Satisfied with how democracy works survey46.5%Latinobarometro2024

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey5.9%Latinobarometro2024

Employment

Unemployment rate 6.8%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 19.9%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 46.0%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 69.8%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 26.6%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 17.7per 100kWorld Bank2023

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey89.0%Latinobarometro2024 Would not want people of another race as neighbours survey2.8%Latinobarometro2024

Socially closest countries

  1. Andorra79%
  2. Cyprus77%
  3. Brazil75%
  4. Germany72%
  5. United States72%
  6. Canada71%

Distance is computed on 12 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.