Costa Rica flag

Costa Rica

San José
Leads 2 of 12 metrics
vs
United States of America flag

United States of America

Washington, D.C.
Leads 10 of 12 metrics
784×
United States of America has 784× the Olympic medals of Costa Rica
400×
United States of America has 400× the GDP (nominal) of Costa Rica
192×
United States of America has 192× the land area of Costa Rica
Costa Rica Tale of the tape United States of America
5.18M
Population
USA 65×
335M
51.1K km²
Land Area
USA 192×
9.83M km²
$68.4B
GDP (nominal)
USA 400×
$27.4T
$13,205
GDP per Capita
USA 6.2×
$81,695
80.9 yrs
Life Expectancy
CRI 1.0×
78.9 yrs
0.809
HDI
USA 1.1×
0.921
97.9%
Literacy Rate
USA 1.0×
99.0%
81.2%
Internet Users
USA 1.1×
92.0%
$37B
Exports
USA 87×
$3.19T
$31B
Imports
USA 131×
$4.10T
4
Olympic Medals
USA 784×
3,135
51.8
Cost of Living Index
CRI 1.4× lower
71.0
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country (for cost of living, the lower index leads).
Costa Rica United States of America
San José Capital Washington, D.C.
Costa Rican Colón (CRC) Currency United States Dollar (USD)
Spanish Language English (de facto)
Unitary presidential constitutional republic Government Federal presidential constitutional republic