Currency: The colon, Costa Rica’s currency, devalues steadily compared the dollar.

Population: 4.615.518 inhabitants (as of June 2011).

Size: 51,100km2 (19,652 sq. miles).

Time Zone: U.S. Standard Time (Central America time –6 GMT).

Life expectancy: 79.1 years.

Language: Spanish, English widely spoken. French, Italian and German are also spoken by a growing number of people.

Literacy rate: 95%

Youth Literacy: 98.4%

Labor force: Total 2,170,000 million.

Public health services coverage: 90.4% of population.