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Economic Indicators for Costa Rica

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Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Armed forces personnel, total	10,000	10,000	10,000	9,800
Balance of Trade	-626.05	-490.2	-129	-2,434.19	B
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)	71.11	71.11	71.11	71.11	B
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)	143.7	143.7	143.7	104.88
Current Account	-229.8	-69.9	-69.9	-229.8	B
Current account balance (% of GDP)	-1.44	-1.44	-1.01	-5.3	B
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)	38.92	38.92	42.41	30	B
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	1.52	1.52	1.88	1.52	%
GDP (current US$)	86,497,941,439.02	86,497,941,439.02	86,497,941,439.02	47,231,655,431.14	B
GDP growth (annual %)	5.11	5.11	7.94	-4.27	B
GDP Growth Rate YoY	4.6	3.9	5.2	3.9	%
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)	1.18	1.18	1.2	1.09
Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1)	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.6
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)	33.56	33.56	39.82	28.23	B
Inflation Rate MoM	0.34	-0.22	0.96	-0.51	%
Inflation Rate YoY	-2.09	-2.73	1.21	-2.73	%
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)	0.53	0.53	8.27	-0.02	%
Labor force, total	2,371,723	2,371,723	2,533,888	2,114,264
Lending interest rate (%)	9.1	9.1	18.21	5.51	%
New businesses registered (number)	20,733	20,733	20,758	10,273
Physicians (per 1,000 people)	2.77	2.77	3.21	2.35
Population, total	5,212,173	5,212,173	5,212,173	4,736,593
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%)	95.59	95.59	101	89.91
Real interest rate (%)	9.19	9.19	12.87	1.02	%
Time required to build a warehouse (days)	138	138	202	138
Time required to start a business (days)	23	23	73.5	22.5
Unemployment Rate	6.3	5.7	7.5	5.7	%
Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education)	5.23	5.23	8.93	4.32	%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)	8.32	8.32	16.43	7.73	%