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Costa Rica · Year 2023 All longitudinal metrics, 4-pillar scores, and peer matrices reflect this country & year

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Sovereign Economic Dossier ISO: CRI CR

Costa Rica

Costa Rica sovereign panel observation with harmonized output, inflation, and external resilience records from 1960 through 2025.

Latin America & Caribbean High income Blocs: OECD San Jose

Global Rank (2023)

#60 / 205

Top 29% of global economies

Composite Score (2023)

65.8 / 100

Living Standard (2023)

$14,532

Subscore: 67 / 100

CPI Inflation (2023)

0.53%

Stability Score: 87.63 / 100

4-Pillar Structural Health Diagnostic (2023)

Harmonized subscores evaluating Output, Productivity, Inflation Stability, and External Buffer

Benchmark Weights: 35 / 25 / 25 / 15

Living Standards (35%) 67

Raw: $14,532 (2015 USD)

Price Stability (25%) 87.63

Raw: 0.53% (Anchor: 3.0%)

External Solvency (25%) 45.26

Raw: -1.42% of GDP

Economic Scale (15%) 60.86

Raw: $87.5B Current USD

Optimal Component Weights & Peak Rank Frontier (2023)

Scale & Aggregate Power Oriented

What we are doing here: We simulate an automated mathematical simplex across all 286 valid permutations of weights for the 4 pillars (summing to 100%) against every competing sovereign country in 2023. This discovers which weighting system maximizes Costa Rica's global competitive ranking by accentuating its comparative strengths.

Peak Rank #48 / 205

Default Rank #60

+12 Ranks

Living Standards 35%

Baseline: 35%

Price Stability 30%

Baseline: 25%

External Solvency 0%

Baseline: 25%

Economic Scale 35%

Baseline: 15%

Policy Insight & Strategic Advantage: Costa Rica's macroeconomic footprint is heavily amplified by its aggregate GDP size relative to global peers.

Under this bespoke weighting, Costa Rica's composite score climbs to 71 (compared to 65.8 under standard multilateral weighting).

Longitudinal Trajectory & Peer Comparison Sandbox (1960–2025)

Tracking Costa Rica's multi-decade trajectory overlaid with peer benchmark economies in Year 2023

Active Comparisons:

Costa Rica (CRI)

India (IND)

China (CHN)

United States (USA)

Germany (DEU)

Observation Year 2023 • Global Rank: #60 / 205 • Composite Score: 65.8 / 100 • Living Standard: $14,532 • Inflation: 0.53%

Year 2023

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Primary: Costa Rica Peers (Dashed)

Cross-Sectional Benchmark Standing in Year 2023

5 economies compared · Ordered by Global Rank

Country	Rank (2023)	Composite Score	GDP per Capita	CPI Inflation	Current Account (% GDP)	Nominal GDP ($)
Germany (DEU)	#16	81.1	$44,369	5.95%	5.50%	$4562.2B
United States (USA)	#17	80.0	$65,667	4.12%	-3.34%	$27811.5B
China (CHN)	#37	72.3	$12,484	0.23%	1.41%	$18270.4B
Costa Rica (CRI) Active	#60	65.8	$14,532	0.53%	-1.42%	$87.5B
India (IND)	#93	59.5	$2,230	5.65%	-0.91%	$3500.9B

Decade-by-Decade Historical Milestones (1970–2023)

Visualizing seminal macroeconomic shifts, shocks, and structural transitions for Costa Rica

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Selected Era: 2023 · Click any node to select