International Rankings of Costa Rica

International Rankings Of Costa Rica

This is a list of key international rankings of Costa Rica

Index (Year) Author / Editor / Source Year of
publication
Countries
sampled
World
Ranking
Ranking in
Latin America
Happy Planet Index (2.0) New Economics Foundation
2012
151
1
1
Environmental Performance (2010) Yale University
2010
163
3
1
Human Poverty, HPI-1 (2005) United Nations (UNDP)
2007-08
108
5
4
Poverty below $2 a day (1990-2005) United Nations (UNDP)
2007-08
71
8
3
Democracy (2010) Economist Intelligence Unit
2010
167
24
2
Global Peace (2010) Economist Intelligence Unit
2010
149
26
2
Press Freedom (2010) Reporters Without Borders
2010
178
29
1
Prosperity Index (2010) Legatum Institute
2010
110
33
3
Quality-of-life (2005) Economist Intelligence Unit
2007
111
35
3
World's Best Countries (2008/09) Newsweek
2010
100
35
2
Business Environment Rankings (2009) Economist Intelligence Unit
2009
82
40
4
Corruption Perception (2010) Transparency International
2010
178
41
3
Travel and Tourism Competitiveness (2011) World Economic Forum
2011
139
44
2
Networked Readiness Index (2010-2011)
(Global Information Technology Report)
World Economic Forum
2011
138
46
3
Economic Freedom (2010) The Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal
2010
179
49
7
Global Competitiveness (2011-2012) World Economic Forum
2011
142
61
5
Human Development (2011) United Nations (UNDP)
2011
187
69
7
Income inequality (1989-2007) United Nations (UNDP)
2007-2008
126
100
5
Human Opportunity Index (1995-2005) World Bank
2008
19
N/A
3
Life Satisfaction Index (2006-2007) Inter-American Development Bank
2008
24
N/A
1

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