Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Costa Rica instead of Cuba, you would:
Economy
make 60.2% more money
Cuba has a GDP per capita of $12,300 as of 2016, while in Costa Rica, the GDP per capita is $19,700 as of 2020.
be 3.1 times more likely to be unemployed
In Cuba, 2.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Costa Rica, that number is 8.1% as of 2017.
Life
be 25.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Cuba, approximately 36.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Costa Rica, 27.0 women do as of 2017.
have 41.2% more children
In Cuba, there are approximately 10.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Costa Rica, there are 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 2.0 times more likely to die during infancy
In Cuba, approximately 4.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Costa Rica, on the other hand, 8.4 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 47.7% less on education
Cuba spends 12.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2010. Costa Rica spends 6.7% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 35.4% less on healthcare
Cuba spends 11.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Costa Rica, that number is 7.3% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 65.5% less coastline
Cuba has a total of 3,735 km of coastline. In Costa Rica, that number is 1,290 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Costa Rica: At a glance
How big is Costa Rica compared to Cuba? See an in-depth size comparison.