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Costa Rica - Ranking Positions (Facts)

RANKING  VALUE  POSITION Geography Area - total 51,100.00 sq km 127 Area - land 50,660.00 sq km 125 Area - water 440.00 sq km 110 Land boundaries 639.00 km 130 Coastline 1,290.00 km 71 Elevation extremes - highest point 3,810 m 45 Land use - arable land 4.40 % 152 Land use - permanent crops 5.87 % 46 Land use - other 89.73 % 89 People Population 4,133,884 123 Age structure: 0-14 years 27.80 % 108 Age structure: 15-64 years 66.40 % 85 Age structure: 65 years and over 5.80 % 96 Population growth rate 1.41 % 96 Birth rate 18.02 births/1,000 population 106 Death rate 4.39 deaths/1,000 population 12 Net migration rate 0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population 144 Sex ratio - total population 1.02 male(s)/female 44 Infant mortality rate 9.45 deaths/1,000 live births 56 Life expectancy at birth - total population 77.21 years 47 Life expectancy at birth - male 74.61 years 45 Life expectancy at birth - female 79.94 years 51 Total fertility rate 2.21 children born/woman 112 HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.60 % 95 HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 12,000 73 HIV/AIDS - deaths 900 78 Literacy - total population 96.00 % 79 Economy GDP - real growth rate 7.90 % 33 GDP per capita - purchasing power parity 12,500 $ 73 GDP - composition by sector (agriculture) 8.60 % 112 GDP - composition by sector (industry) 31.00 % 68 GDP - composition by sector (services) 60.40 % 83 Population below poverty line 18.00 % 31 Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 1.10 % 98 Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 36.80 % 86 Inflation rate (consumer prices) 12.10 % 186 Labor force 1,866,000 114 Unemployment rate 6.60 % 65 Budget - revenues 3,134,000,000 $ 103 Electricity - production 8,400,000,000 kWh 93 Electricity - consumption 7,574,000,000 kWh 91 Electricity - exports 440,000,000 kWh 61 Exports 7,931,000,000 $ 82 Imports 10,880,000,000 $ 74 Debt - external 6,420,000,000 $ 91 Communications Telephones - main lines in use 1,351,000 65 Telephones - mobile cellular 1,444,000 103 Internet users 1,214,000 74 Transportation Railways - total 278.00 km 125 Roadways - total 35,330.00 km 90 Airports with paved runways - total 32 56 Airports - with unpaved runways - total 125 33 Military Military expenditures - percent of GDP 0.40 % 162