Central America
Costa Rica
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Costa Rica's #3 import source (world lens). Costa Rica is the EU's #74 goods supplier.
Costa Rica on the world stage
Total imports
$23.7bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$19.9bn
204 partners
#1 import source
USA
36.5%
#1 export dest.
USA
47.9%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Costa Rica and the EU
EU imports from
€6.1bn
0.2% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€1.9bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #74 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.31
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
222
EUR/MWh
Consumer
154
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
63
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
99%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Export-revenue + dam debtMarket model
State monopoly (ICE)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
ARESEP (Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Publicos)
99% renewable electricity but the ICE monopoly suppresses price signals for storage investment. In wet years, surplus hydro must be exported via the Central American regional market (MER) at low prices, straining ICE's…
Tracked infrastructure
16 wind farms
399 MW
9 hydro plants
1.4 GW
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
34.6
→ 47 by 2050
Fertility
1.32
below replacement
Working-age
69%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
17.7
→ 40.7 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 5.13M · peaks 2044
By 2050: +4% (5.35M)