Costa Rica vs Nauru: Economic Indicators Comparison

Costa Rica with a GDP of $60.1B ranked the 77th largest economy in the world, while Nauru ranked 195th with $125.6M. By GDP per capita, Costa Rica and Nauru ranked 65th vs 74th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Costa Rica	Nauru
GDP	$60.1B	$125.6M
GDP growth, 1 year	2.7%	5.7%
GDP growth, 5-years average	3.5%	N/A
Population	4.9M	14k
GDP per capita	$12k	$9.9k
GDP per capita growth	1.62%	7.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	392.7	0.77
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.68	0.6
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$18k	$17k
GNI, Atlas method	$57.6B	$153.2M
GNI per capita	$12k	$12k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$83.5B	$266.1M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$17k	$21k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Costa Rica	Nauru
Income Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	30%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	2.3%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	2.4%	1.5%
Unemployment	8.1%	13.3%
Economic Freedom Index	65.8	60
Personal Freedom Index	8.28	6.3
Human Freedom Index	7.81	6.2
Property Rights Index	66.7	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	54.4	N/A
Business Freedom Index	66.5	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	39.7	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	55	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	70	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	50	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	81.4	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	81.2	N/A
Government Spending Index	88.4	N/A
Tax Burden Index	78.9	N/A
Government Integrity Index	57.2	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	56	56
Life expectancy at birth, years	79.9	59.7
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	7.9	0.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	16.7	1
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	12.3	0
International tourism, number of arrivals	3M	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Costa Rica	Nauru
Central government debt, % of GDP	53.5%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	49%	N/A
External debt stocks	$27.8B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	44.9%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	18.3%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	15.9%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	14.7%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	19%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$7.5B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$2.8B	$0

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Costa Rica	Nauru
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	33.7%	48.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	33.2%	101.7%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$1.9B	$8.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	25.2%	96.8%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$26.1M	$23.7M
Personal remittances received	$533.5M	$6.5M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	19.5%	5.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	4.6%	3.6%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$565.2M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$5.9M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	30%	85%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	19.7%	N/A