North America · Capital San Jose

Costa Rica

Costa Rica's best placing is 6th of 179 for rainfall.

Best placing: #6Rainfall
Top 10 placings: 1 / 17
Population: 5.2 million
Land area: 51,060 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Costa Rica is.

Rainfall

#6 of 179

2,926 mm of precipitation per year

2nd in North America · World Bank · 2022

Airports by area

#23 of 191

25.85 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest by area

#26 of 194

60.4 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#32 of 192

25.62 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports

#38 of 193

132 airports

4th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#51 of 182

19,970 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Forest per person

#59 of 194

0.0060 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

GDP

#71 of 182

102,904,921,157 US$ (current prices)

6th in North America · World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#68 of 151

1,290 km of coastline

8th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Forest

#90 of 194

30,840 km² of forest

9th in North America · World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#90 of 194

100.92 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Land area per person

#105 of 194

0.010 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways by area

#83 of 133

5.44 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Population

#125 of 195

5,152,950 people

11th in North America · World Bank · 2025

Land area

#126 of 194

51,060 km² of land

9th in North America · World Bank · 2023

Railways per person

#97 of 134

53.95 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways

#124 of 135

278 km of railway

8th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

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