Costa Rica

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Key Indicators
Income Group Upper middle income
Regional Group The Americas
Population (Total) 5,180,829
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 24,837

Performance Overview

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CRI

Country

Costa Rica

Score

50.99

Rank

57

Technology

44.22

People

39.51

Governance

60.30

Impact

59.96

Pillar: Technology Score: 44.22 Rank: 52
SCORERANK

Access

66.96 60

1. Mobile tariffs

60.90 67

2. Handset prices

55.88 53

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

25.77 74

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

97.96 98

5. International Internet bandwidth

74.98 46

6. Internet access in schools

86.29 38

Content

19.97 79

1. GitHub commits

11.69 51

2. Internet domain registrations

6.48 52

3. Mobile apps development

60.56 84

4. AI scientific publications

1.15 101

Future technologies

45.72 34

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

57.76 43

2. Investment in emerging technologies

48.25 48

3. Robot density

n/a

4. Computer software spending

31.13 32
Pillar: People Score: 39.51 Rank: 81
SCORERANK

Individuals

54.91 30

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

5.19 84

2. ICT skills in the education system

65.53 35

3. Use of virtual social networks

69.40 48

4. Tertiary enrollment

37.09 55

5. Adult literacy rate

97.32 31

6. AI talent concentration

n/a

Businesses

28.76 113

1. Firms with website

n/a

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

2.85 85

3. Knowledge intensive employment

30.35 69

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

78.18 63

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

3.68 57

Governments

34.85 80

1. Government online services

64.77 70

2. Publication and use of open data

33.82 49

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

34.29 74

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

6.51 69
Pillar: Governance Score: 60.30 Rank: 57
SCORERANK

Trust

44.95 65

1. Secure internet servers

57.29 62

2. Cybersecurity

66.88 83

3. Online access to financial account

29.47 64

4. Internet shopping

26.18 62

Regulation

76.62 35

1. Regulatory quality

59.91 47

2. ICT regulatory environment

90.59 28

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

57.14 43

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

75.44 39

Inclusion

59.32 73

1. E-Participation

54.65 66

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

55.92 93

3. Availability of local online content

60.34 65

4. Gender gap in Internet use

73.15 20

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

52.52 87
Pillar: Impact Score: 59.96 Rank: 40
SCORERANK

Economy

31.51 57

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

14.48 81

2. High-tech exports

28.20 33

3. PCT patent applications

0.95 83

4. Domestic market size

46.91 82

5. Prevalence of gig economy

45.64 52

6. ICT services exports

52.89 14

Quality of life

74.78 43

1. Happiness

87.87 9

2. Freedom to make life choices

89.12 20

3. Income inequality

35.93 105

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

86.20 31

SDG Contribution

73.58 40

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

81.78 38

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

32.95 56

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

88.50 34

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

84.83 9

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

79.86 37

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