Costa RicaandNicaragua

1821 · 1821

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

Costa Rica

1821 — Costa Rica declares independence from Spain with the Central American provinces

Dossier →Chronicle →

Nicaragua

1821 — Nicaragua declares independence from Spain with the Central American provinces

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
40
Domains
9
Crossed events
1
Data through
2026-08-14

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

CRINIC
  • GDP
    $103 B2025$22 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $19,9702025$3,1732025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    4.6%20254.9%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    -0.1%20252.1%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    71.5%202596.4%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Society

CRINIC
  • Population
    5.2 m20257.0 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    81.0 yrs202475.1 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    79.7%202559.4%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    1.320242.22024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

CRINIC

Health

CRINIC
  • Health spending
    6.9%20238.3%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    2.6920220.682018
    Observed 2022 / 2018 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    10.4202411.22024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    93.0%202485.0%2023
    Observed 2024 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    80.5%2024—
    Observed 2024 / — · figures compared, never graded

Education

CRINIC

Technology

CRINIC
  • R&D spending
    0.3%20230.1%2015
    Observed 2023 / 2015 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    5082023—
    Observed 2023 / — · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    87.2%202461.4%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    13620241062024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    22.9%20240.6%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

CRINIC
  • Land area
    51,060 km²2023120,340 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    60.4%202325.8%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    33.1%202342.3%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    1.620240.82024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    34.2%202150.4%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

CRINIC
  • Resource rents
    0.8%20213.8%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    0.0%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    0.0%20212.7%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.8%20211.1%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    99.8%202488.7%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Military

CRINIC
  • Defense spending
    $02024$105 M2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    10,000202012,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded
  • Military burden
    —0.5%2024
    Observed — / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

One event in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 2000 CE

    San Juan navigation dispute settled

    Costa Rica and Nicaragua resolve a long-standing quarrel over navigation on the river that forms their border.

    Politics & Power · from the Costa Rica chronicle · Peace, Welfare, and the Green Republic · REFS 1 — Costa Rica country profile