agricultural products, food products, oil products, chemical products, plastics and rubber, skins and leather, wood and cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear, minerals and mineral products, base metals, machinery and tools, vehicles and other transport material, and optical and precision
External Debt
$10,050,000,000 $
$548,300,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Costa Rican colones (CRC) per US dollar - 529.62 (2008 est.), 519.53 (2007), 511.3 (2006), 477.79 (2005), 437.91 (2004)
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.600%
2.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
2
Location
Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama
Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain
Area
51,100 km sq
92,090 km sq
Coastline
1,290 km
1,793 km
Climate
tropical and subtropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands
maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south
