Costa Rica vs Saint Kitts and Nevis: Economic Indicators Comparison

Costa Rica with a GDP of $60.1B ranked the 77th largest economy in the world, while Saint Kitts and Nevis ranked 185th with $1B. By GDP per capita, Costa Rica and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranked 65th vs 48th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Costa Rica	Saint Kitts and Nevis
GDP	$60.1B	$1B
GDP growth, 1 year	2.7%	2.92%
GDP growth, 5-years average	3.5%	N/A
Population	4.9M	55k
GDP per capita	$12k	$19k
GDP per capita growth	1.62%	2.15%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	392.7	1.72
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.68	0.64
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$18k	$30k
GNI, Atlas method	$57.6B	$961.5M
GNI per capita	$12k	$18k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$83.5B	$1.5B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$17k	$29k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Costa Rica	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Income Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	30%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	2.3%	-1%
Inflation, GDP deflator	2.4%	-1.5%
Unemployment	8.1%	5.1%
Economic Freedom Index	65.8	62
Personal Freedom Index	8.28	6.2
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	60
Life expectancy at birth, years	79.9	71.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	7.9	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	16.7	2
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	12.3	34.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	3M	125k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Costa Rica	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Central government debt, % of GDP	53.5%	59.9%
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	$363.2M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$2.8B	$93.6M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Costa Rica	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	33.7%	59.9%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	33.2%	58.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$1.9B	-$72.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	25.2%	27.9%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$26.1M	$15.6M
Personal remittances received	$533.5M	$25.9M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	19.5%	25.7%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	4.6%	1.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$565.2M	$1.8M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$5.9M	$100k
Expense, % of GDP	30%	24.3%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	19.7%	N/A