Social Development in Costa Rica 163 indicators covering social development for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 10 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 1,820 2025 up 754.5% 97th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 up 698.9% 104th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 368.7% 130th Political Rights Score 38 2025 up 2.7% 19th Freedom Score 91 2025 up 1.1% 34th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 178,212 2025 up 5,368.3% 9th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0346 units per person 2025 up 5,012.9% 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 2,899.3% 7th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -23.56 % change on previous year 2025 down 133.5% 94th Full democracy 1 2025 unchanged 1st States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 20 2018 unchanged 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -18.21 % change on previous year 2025 down 121.1% 118th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.917 2025 down 0.7% 16th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.964 2025 down 1.1% 21st Political Corruption Index 0.206 2025 up 12.0% 131st Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.206 2025 up 12.0% 131st Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.26 2024 up 2.1% 72nd Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 — 1st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.033 units per square kilometre 2023 up 266.1% 97th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 3.79 units per square kilometre 2023 up 32,567.5% 2nd LGBT+ Rights Index 3.07 2019 unchanged 59th Forcibly displaced people 233,727 2025 up 3,306.1% 59th Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 2 2016 unchanged 1st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st Age of electoral democracy 77 years 2025 up 14.9% 17th Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Corruption Perceptions Index 58 2024 up 7.4% 43rd Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.95 2024 up 10.9% 115th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.56 2024 up 13.1% 93rd Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.4955 2024 down 5.5% 113th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.103 2024 up 4.5% 156th Self-reported life satisfaction 7.44 2025 up 5.0% 4th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 7.44 2025 up 5.0% 4th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 64.7% 2024 down 8.3% 36th Homicide rate 17.75 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 103.6% 23rd Homicides 906 homicides 2023 up 120.4% 36th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 17.75 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 103.6% 23rd Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 17.75 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 103.6% 23rd Age of electoral democracy 76 years 2025 up 15.2% 20th States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy 0.1553 2020 down 45.6% 49th Homicides 623 deaths 2022 up 72.1% 20th Child homicide rate 3.14 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 32.7% 17th Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.0899 2020 down 88.3% 60th Homicide rate 12.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 55.7% 15th Homicide rate by age of the victim 12.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 55.7% 15th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Homicides 702.19 deaths 2021 up 47.0% 72nd Homicide rate 13.62 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 33.4% 29th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 13.52 2021 up 34.2% 29th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 278,000 2030 down 21.2% 125th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 3.07 2030 down 9.3% 126th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →