Slovenia and Costa Rica Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Slovenia	Costa Rica
Leader
President: Danilo Turk	President: Laura Chinchilla
Population
1,996,617	4,636,348
Life Expectancy
77.480 years	77.890 years
Capital City
Ljubljana	San Jose
Largest city
Ljubljana (population: 255,115)	San Jose (population: 335,007)
Human Development Index
0.923	0.847
GDP per capita
$29,000 US	$12,100 US
Literacy Rate
99.7%	94.9%
Corruption Perception Index
6.7	5.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
10%	36.8%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
11.800%	6.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
parliamentary republic	democratic republic
Independence date
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)	15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3%, other Christian 0.9%, unaffiliated 3.5%, other or unspecified 23%, none 10.1% (2002 census)	Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%
Languages
Slovenian 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4% (2002 census)	Spanish (official), English
Exports
manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food	bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar; seafood; electronic components, medical equipment
External Debt
$61,230,000,000 $	$10,050,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.67 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), tolars per US dollar - 190.85 (2006), 192.71 (2005), 192.38 (2004) note: Slovenia adopted the euro as its currency on 1 January 2007	Costa Rican colones (CRC) per US dollar - 529.62 (2008 est.), 519.53 (2007), 511.3 (2006), 477.79 (2005), 437.91 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.700%	0.600%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5	0
Location
Central Europe, eastern Alps bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Austria and Croatia	Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama
Area
20,273 km sq	51,100 km sq
Coastline
47 km	1,290 km
Climate
Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east	tropical and subtropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands

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