Costa Rica (CR) is covered on EconEarth’s interactive globe with economy, market, and country data drawn from the same dataset used in the live app.
A Central American exception that sold itself as a green, democratic base for medical devices and tourism. Intel and the device firms changed the export basket. Public debt and a stubborn fiscal deficit are the domestic argument.
Region: North America. Population: 5.2M (rank #121). GDP: $70.0 billion. GDP per capita: $20,299 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +5.1%. Inflation: +0.5%. Policy rate: 5%. Currency: CRC. Equity market cap: $10.0 billion.