Costa Rica Travel HD Videos

April 15, 2015

Costa Rica Travel HD Videos

National name: República de Costa Rica

Languages: Spanish (official), English

Ethnicity/race: white or mestizo 83.6%, mulato 6.7%, indigenous 2.4%, black of African descent 1.1%, other 1.1%, none 2.9%, unspecified 2.2% (2011 est.)

National Holiday: Independence Day, September 15

Religion: Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%

Literacy rate: 96.3% (2011 est.)

Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2013 est.): $61.43 billion; per capita $12,900. Real growth rate: 3.5%. Inflation: 5.6%. Unemployment: 7.9%. Arable land: 4.89%. Agriculture: coffee, pineapples, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber. Labor force: 2.222 million; agriculture 14%, industry 22%, services 64% (2006 est.). Industries: microprocessors, food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products. Natural resource: hydropower. Exports: $11.66 billion (2013 est.): coffee, bananas, sugar, pineapples; textiles, electronic components, medical equipment. Imports: $17.56 billion (2013 est.): raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum. Major trading partners: U.S., Netherlands, Hong Kong, Nicaragua, Mexico, China (2012).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 1.018 million (2012); mobile cellular: 6.151 million (2012). Broadcast media: multiple privately owned TV stations and 1 publicly owned TV station; cable network services are widely available; more than 100 privately owned radio stations and a public radio network (2007). Internet hosts: 147,258 (2012). Internet users: 1.485 million (2009).

Transportation: Railways: total: 278 km (2008). Roadways: total: 38,049 km; (2010). Waterways: 730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2004). Ports and harbors: Caldera, Puerto Limon. Airports: 161 (2013 est.).