Costa Rica geopolitical profile
National context alongside 69 of 194 possible reviewed directions from Costa Rica. Relationship scores remain directional: the reverse country view may differ.
3Cooperative66Mixed
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Economy
People & place
Global context
2026 OUTLOOK · ESTIMATES
Current-year economic outlook
IMF projections are shown separately from observed World Bank data and may be revised.
IMF World Economic Outlook · April 2026 database · published 2026-04-14 · downloaded 2026-09-25
GDP per capita$20K
2015 $11.7K → 2025 $20KGDP growth4.6%
2015 3.7% → 2025 4.6%Inflation-0.1%
2015 0.8% → 2025 -0.1%Population5.2M
2015 4.8M → 2025 5.2MWorld Bank Indicators API · downloaded 2026-09-17 · each card uses its latest available year · CC BY 4.0
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Geopolitical position
A relational fingerprint calculated only from reviewed directions. Coverage is stated beside every aggregate.
CURRENT REVIEWED LAYER
Relationships from Costa Rica
Sorted from highest to lowest for navigation, not as a league table. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties. Select a row for the evidence-backed directional page and its reciprocal comparison.
CountryScoreBandConfidenceEvidence
MexicoCRI → MEX+12Cooperative57%Broad sourced evidenceChinaCRI → CHN+10Cooperative45%Documented bilateral evidenceGuatemalaCRI → GTM+10Cooperative45%Documented bilateral evidenceChileCRI → CHL+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceColombiaCRI → COL+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceDominican RepublicCRI → DOM+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceEcuadorCRI → ECU+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceNetherlandsCRI → NLD+6Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyPeruCRI → PER+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceAlgeriaCRI → DZA+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyAngolaCRI → AGO+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyBangladeshCRI → BGD+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyBrazilCRI → BRA+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyEgyptCRI → EGY+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyEthiopiaCRI → ETH+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyGhanaCRI → GHA+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyIndonesiaCRI → IDN+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyIraqCRI → IRQ+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyKazakhstanCRI → KAZ+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyKenyaCRI → KEN+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyKuwaitCRI → KWT+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyMalaysiaCRI → MYS+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyMoroccoCRI → MAR+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyNigeriaCRI → NGA+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyPhilippinesCRI → PHL+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyQatarCRI → QAT+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySingaporeCRI → SGP+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySouth AfricaCRI → ZAF+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyThailandCRI → THA+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited Arab EmiratesCRI → ARE+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited StatesCRI → USA+5Mixed53%Documented bilateral evidenceUzbekistanCRI → UZB+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyVietnamCRI → VNM+5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyCanadaCRI → CAN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceIndiaCRI → IND+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceJapanCRI → JPN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSpainCRI → ESP+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceAustraliaCRI → AUS+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyAustriaCRI → AUT+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyBelgiumCRI → BEL+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyBulgariaCRI → BGR+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyCroatiaCRI → HRV+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyCzechiaCRI → CZE+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyDenmarkCRI → DNK+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyFinlandCRI → FIN+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyFranceCRI → FRA+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyGermanyCRI → DEU+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyGreeceCRI → GRC+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyHungaryCRI → HUN+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyIranCRI → IRN+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyIrelandCRI → IRL+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyItalyCRI → ITA+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyNew ZealandCRI → NZL+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyNorwayCRI → NOR+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyPakistanCRI → PAK+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyPolandCRI → POL+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyPortugalCRI → PRT+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyRomaniaCRI → ROU+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyRussiaCRI → RUS+2Mixed53%Documented bilateral evidenceSaudi ArabiaCRI → SAU+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySlovakiaCRI → SVK+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySouth KoreaCRI → KOR+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySwedenCRI → SWE+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlySwitzerlandCRI → CHE+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyTürkiyeCRI → TUR+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyUkraineCRI → UKR+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyUnited KingdomCRI → GBR+2Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceArgentinaCRI → ARG0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyIsraelCRI → ISR-5Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyEvery component begins at zero. Only documented rules and measured thresholds alter the score; unavailable evidence is not converted into a neutral assumption. Gaps below 5 points should not be interpreted as a meaningful ranking.