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Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, sharing a maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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Context
New head of state and government since 2026.05.08: Laura Fernández Delgado, replacing Rodrigo Chaves Robles. Wikidata
Drawn automatically from the file's layers, sources shown; no hand-written text. JSON
The Institute's composite reading
Vigilance
4.2 /10 risk
- Security 0.0
- Legitimacy 7.6
- Economy 6.5
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 20 (list of 2026.10.02).
- Capital
- San José
- Population
- 5,309,625 inh.
- Area
- 51,100 km²
- Currency
- CRC
- Regime
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Executive in office
Head of State
Laura Fernández Delgado
Parliament
Assemblée législative
57 seats
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
103 G$
GDP / capita
19,970 $
Growth
4.6 %
Inflation
-0.1 %
Unemployment
6.8 %
Life expectancy
81.0 yrs
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.86/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
91/100
Corruption (CPI)
56/100
Press freedom (RSF)
72/100
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
17 Md$
Imports
21 Md$
Balance
-4 Md$
Top exports
- 34% Dispositifs médicaux
Top imports
- 11% Pétrole raffiné
Export partners
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États-Unis
40%
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Pays-Bas
7%
Import partners
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États-Unis
36%
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Chine
12%
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
68%
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GBR
71%
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FRA
78%
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DEU
78%
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RUS
21%
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CHN
33%
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BRA
62%
Abstention: 17%
Political calendar Institute · Wikipedia · 2026-10-08
Last election
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2026-02-01
Laura Fernández 48.5% vs Álvaro Ramos Chaves 33.6% · turnout 69.2%
Legislative election: Sovereign People's Party 31 seats, National Liberation Party 17, Broad Front 7 (of 57)
Result read from Wikipedia on 2026.10.08 (CC BY-SA)
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.833/1
Gini
45.5
Refugees hosted
36,395
Refugees originating
367
National anthem
Noble patria, tu hermosa bandera
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- OECD
- WTO
- OAS
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 2,810 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 2,873, or ×1.1.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · Banque mondiale Gini 2025 · UNHCR 2025 · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Political calendar · Institute and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)