| Government |
Costa Rica has one of the oldest democracies in the continent. Costa Rica is a democratic
Republic, under the constitution of 1949 all citizens are guaranteed equality under the law.
The right to own property, the right to vote, the right to assembly, freedom of speech and the right
to habeas corpus. The government consists of three branches, the Judicial Branch which consist of civil, criminal, appellate and constitutional courts. The Legislative Branch consist of 57 individually elected deputies and the Executive Branch consist of the President, two Vice-Presidents and advisors. The President and the Legislative Assembly are elected for four-year
terms. That are two main political parties National Liberation Party and the United Social Christian
Party, but there are about 20-25 registered political parties.
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| Electricity and telecommunications |
The entity that deals both with the electricity as well as the land lines, cellular lines and the internet system. 94.04% is the national electricity coverage; there are 34.3 fixed telephones lines
per every 100 inhabitants, 933,63 Internet user per every 10,000 inhabitants and there about 5 cellular phone for every 10 inhabitants. |
| Education |
Costa Rica has one of the best educations in Latin America. Having a literacy rate of 96% and 20% of their national budget going towards education it is not surprising that many national and international universities are located here. These universities offer degrees in many different majors. Most of the secondary education is also provided by the public school only 30% by private accredited schools. There are also some schools that offer a North American or European education from pre-kinder through high school. |
| (2003 estimates) |
| GDP: US$35.6 billion |
| GDP per capita: US$9,000 |
| Annual Growth: 1.5% |
| Inflation: 9.4% |
| Unemployment: 6.7% |
| Literacy rate: 96% |
| Birth rate: 18.6/1000 |
| Infant mortality rate: 9.9/1000 |
| Life expectancy: 76.8 |
| Density per square mi: 204 |
| Labor force: 1.8 million |
| Exports: $6.176 billion |
Coffee, bananas, sugar, pineapples, exotic flowers,
electronic components and medical equipment. |
| Imports: $7.057 billion: raw materials, consumer
goods, capital equipment and petroleum. |
| Mayor industries: Tourism, coffee, pineapples, bananas,
Sugar, corn, rice, beans, beef, timber, microprocessors,
food processing, textiles, clothing, construction materials,
fertilizers and plastic goods. |
| Natural resources: hydropower |
| Mayor Trading partners: US, Netherlands, UK, Japan and Mexico |
| Radio broadcasting stations: AM 50, FM 43, short wave 19. |
| Television Broadcast stations: 6 plus 11 repeaters. |
| Railways: total 950 km (most not in use) |
| Roads: 35,892 km |
| Waterways: 730 km |
| Ports and harbors: 6 |
| Airports: 151, 4 international (2 used) |
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