This is a list of key international rankings of Costa Rica
Economy
World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 ranked 51 out of 144Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 Competitiveness Rankings
Government
Press Freedom Index 2017 ranked 6 out of 180 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2016 ranked 41 out of 176Corruption Perceptions Index Corruption Perceptions Index 2016 accessed 2017/08/20
Military
Institute for Economics and Peace Global Peace Index 2014 ranked 42 out of 162
Society
Economist Intelligence Unit Where-to-be-born Index 2013 ranked 30 out of 80 countries and territoriesEconomist Intelligence Unit 2013 Where-to-be-born Index
Technology
World Intellectual Property Organization: Global Innovation Index 2024, ranked 70 out of 133 countries
Historical data Index (Year)Author / Editor / Source Year ofpublication Countriessampled World Ranking (1) Ranking inLatin America(2)Happy Planet Index (2.0) New Economics Foundation 151 Environmental Performance (2010) Yale University 163 Human Poverty, HPI-1 (2005)(3) United Nations (UNDP) page 240 108 Press Freedom (2020) Reporters Without Borders 180 Poverty below $2 a day (1990-2005)(4) United Nations (UNDP) page 238-240 71 Democracy (2019) Economist Intelligence Unit 167 Global Peace (2010) Economist Intelligence Unit 149 Quality-of-life (2013) Economist Intelligence Unit 111 Prosperity Index (2010) Legatum Institute 110 World's Best Countries (2008/09) Newsweek 100 Business Environment Rankings (2009) Economist Intelligence Unit 82 Corruption Perception (2010) Transparency International 178 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness (2019) World Economic Forum 140 Networked Readiness Index (2010-2011)(Global Information Technology Report) World Economic Forum 138 Economic Freedom (2010) The Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal 179 Global Competitiveness (2011-2012) World Economic Forum 142 Human Development (2019) United Nations (UNDP) See pp. 256 189 Income inequality (1989-2007)(5) United Nations (UNDP) 126 Human Opportunity Index (1995-2005) (6) World Bank 19 Life Satisfaction Index (2006-2007) (7) Inter-American Development Bank 24 (1) Worldwide ranking among countries evaluated. See notes (3) and (4) also (2) Ranking among the 20 Latin American countries (Puerto Rico is not included). (3) Ranking among 108 developing countries with available data only. (4) Ranking among 71 developing countries with available data only. Countries in the sample surveyed between 1990-2005. Refers to population below income poverty line as define by the World Bank's $2 per day indicator (5) Because the Gini coefficient used for the ranking corresponds to different years depending on the country, and the underlying household surveys differ in method and in the type of data collected, the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries. The ranking therefore is only a proxy for reference purposes. (6) The Human Opportunity Index study was performed by the World Bank among 19 countries in the Latin American and the Caribbean region, where statistics and census information is most reliable. Therefore, it is a regional index and there is no worldwide ranking available. (7) The Life Satisfaction Index study was performed by the Inter-American Development Bank among 24 countries in the Latin American and the Caribbean region, based on IDB calculations based on Gallup World Poll 2006 - 2007 and World Development Indicators. Therefore, it is a regional index.
See also Lists of countries Lists by country List of international rankings
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