Country profile · CRI
Costa Rica
Region · Latin America & Caribbean Population · 5.1M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 0.9%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 22 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 1.33
- Expected years of schooling
- 16.3 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 55%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 13% / 5%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.47
- Urban population
- 79%
- Employment in agriculture
- 13%
- Internet use
- 85%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.57%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 11.6 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 15.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 21%
- Women married before age 18
- 17%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 6.96
Religion
- Christianity88%
- No religion10%
- Other religions2%
Major cities
- San José
Common hazards
- Earthquakes
Common migration destinations
- the United States