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Country: Costa Rica
Conventional long form: the Republic of Costa Rica
Area (sq km): 51,100
Population: 4,133,884
Population growth rate (%): 1,412
Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.8% (male 587,395/female 560,408)
Age structure: 15-64 years: 66.4% (male 1,388,114/female 1,357,157)
Age structure: 65 years and above: 5.8% (male 111,758/female 129,052)
GDP - purchasing power parity (USD): 50.89 billion
GDP - per capita (USD): 12.500
GDP - official exchange rate (USD): 21.39 billion
GDP - real growth rate (%): 7.90
GDP - agriculture: 8.6%
GDP - industry: 31%
GDP - services: 60.4%
Labor force: 1,866,000
Unemployment rate (%): 6.6
Population below poverty line: 18%
Household income - lowest 10%: 1.1%
Household income - highest 10%: 36.8%
Gini index: 46.5
Inflation rate (%): 12.1
Investment (% of GDP): 19.9
Budget - revenues: 3.129 billion
Budget - expenditures: 3.282 billion
Public debt (% of GDP): 53.40
Agricultural products: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber
Industries: microprocessors, food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products
Industrial production growth rate (%): 8,4
Natural resources: hydropower
Electricity - production (kWH): 8.4 billion kWh
Electricity - consumption (kWH): 7.574 billion kWh
Electricity - exports (kWH): 440 million kWh
Electricity - imports (kWH): 202 million kWh
Oil - production (bbl/day): 0 bbl/day
Oil - consumption (bbl/day): 44,000 bbl/day
Oil - exports (bbl/day): -
Oil - imports (bbl/day):
Natural gas - production (cu m): 0 cu m
Natural gas - consumption (cu m): 0 cu m
Natural gas - exports (cu m):
Natural gas - imports (cu m):
Imports (USD): 10.88 billion
Import - commodities: raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum
Import - partners: US 40.8%, Venezuela 5.4%, Mexico 5.3%, Ireland 4.9%, Japan 4.9%, Brazil 4.6%, China 4%
Exports (USD): 7.931 billion
Export - commodities: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar; textiles, electronic components, medical equipment
Export - partners: US 27.1%, Netherlands 12.1%, China 11.6%, Bermuda 6.4%, UK 6.1% |
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