• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
OECD Infrastructure Toolkit

OECD Infrastructure Toolkit

  • Home
  • Governance
  • Countries
  • Indicators
  • Themes
  • Case studies

Costa Rica

28/10/2021 by

Home | Countries | Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Country context

  • GDP per capita: 22 028 USD (2020)
  • Government debt: 56.8% of GDP (2019)
  • Population: 5.1 million (2020)
  • General government investment: 14.6% of GFCF (2017)
  • Subnational direct investment: 11.49% of general government (2019)
  • Air and GHG emissions: 1.5t CO2 emissions/capita (2019)
  • Energy Transition Index: 66/100 (2021)

Source: OECD and World Economic Forum

Costa Rica data

Long-term strategic vision for infrastructure

Fiscal sustainability, affordability, and value for money

Efficient and effective public procurement

Consistency of country performance in each pillar

Good infrastructure governance requires improvements across different dimensions. Preferably, countries should make progress in all dimensions involved in each of the pillars. Consistency is measured using the coefficient of variation; pay particular attention to pillars with low consistency as they may require more nuanced analysis.

  • Low
  • High

Related publications

  • Fostering Effective Energy Transition, World Economic Forum (2021)
  • ITF Transport Outlook 2021
  • Decarbonization Plan Costa Rica (2018)

Links to useful data

  • 2020 OECD Governance of Infrastructure Dataset
  • Country profile of Costa Rica, OECD
  • World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance and Investment, Costa Rica

Relevant public institutions

  • Ministry of Public Works and Transport
  • Ministry of Environment and Energy

Footer

HOME
GOVERNANCE
COUNTRIES
INDICATORS
THEMES

Terms and Conditions
Privacy Policy
Contact Us

Follow us on:

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

© 2022 OECD. All rights reserved.