Costa Rica

RegionLatin America & Caribbean

GDP100.25[PPP 2011$ billions]

GDP per capita19679.29[$]

Population5.09[millions]

Land Area51500.92[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

Component	Rank	EPI Score	10-Year Change
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EPI	68	46.30	4.00
Ecosystem Vitality	79	46.40	5.70
Biodiversity	61	68.50	6.00
Terrestrial biomes (natl)	50	99.10	0.10
Terrestrial biomes (global)	52	98.10	0.10
Marine protected areas	51	24.30	17.10
Protected Areas Rep. Ind.	19	66.60	19.40
Biodiversity Habitat Index	105	41.30	NA
Species Protection Index	75	54.40	0.20
Species Habitat Index	123	73.00	-22.20
Ecosystem Services	105	22.90	2.80
Tree cover loss	72	17.70	1.50
Grassland loss	134	30.60	-8.40
Wetland loss	88	46.30	21.50
Fisheries	78	17.50	-1.60
Fish Stock Status	79	17.30	-3.20
Marine Trophic Index	42	17.70	NA
Fish caught by trawling	NA	NA	NA
Acidification	61	84.20	29.30
SO2 growth rate	1	100.00	44.30
NOx growth rate	83	68.50	14.30
Agriculture	145	21.80	0.50
Pesticide	96	24.20	NA
N Mgmt Index	157	19.40	1.10
Water Resources	86	7.20	NA
Wastewater treatment	86	7.20	NA
Health	44	55.40	2.20
Air Quality	43	51.40	0.90
PM2.5	40	51.20	-1.10
Household solid fuels	69	53.70	5.40
Ozone	37	64.60	-12.20
NOx	96	26.80	-1.10
SO2	85	51.40	1.40
CO	36	68.20	-1.20
VOC	108	22.30	-2.60
Sanitation Drinking Water	42	66.20	4.10
Sanitation	34	82.50	6.40
Drinking water	57	55.30	2.60
Heavy Metals	77	53.10	3.60
Lead	77	53.10	3.60
Waste Management	48	52.50	2.90
Solid waste	46	77.50	NA
Recycling	167	5.40	0.10
Ocean Plastics	29	49.50	11.50
Climate Policy	81	41.50	3.20
Climate Change	81	41.50	3.20
CO2 growth rate	102	31.10	9.80
CH4 growth rate	118	32.80	-35.00
F-gas growth rate	73	59.90	59.90
N2O growth rate	117	52.20	-47.80
Black Carbon growth rate	75	78.00	69.70
Proj. GHG Emissions	69	43.40	-2.70
CO2 from land cover	30	76.90	27.60
GHG intensity trend	113	43.20	-12.00
GHG per capita	68	61.00	-3.70

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EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Environmental Protection Index
Montenegro	46.9
South Korea	46.9
Chile	46.7
Ecuador	46.5
Venezuela	46.4
Costa Rica	46.3
Zimbabwe	46.2
Suriname	45.9
Brunei Darussalam	45.7
Jamaica	45.6

Rule of Law
Cyprus	58
Hungary	55.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	53.2
Poland	50.6
Saint Lucia	49.4
Costa Rica	46.3
Bhutan	42.5
Bahrain	42
Cabo Verde	41.9
Oman	30.7

Control of Corruption
Slovenia	67.3
Latvia	61.1
Spain	56.6
Lithuania	55.9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	53.2
Portugal	50.4
South Korea	46.9
Costa Rica	46.3
Cabo Verde	41.9
Qatar	33

Political Stability / Absence of Violence
Slovenia	67.3
Germany	62.4
Estonia	61.4
Seychelles	55.6
Costa Rica	46.3
Taiwan	45.3
Qatar	33
Fiji	31.3
Laos	30.7
Mongolia	29.6

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EPI Report Year:

2022

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