COSTA RICA / SALARY

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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521.31 CRC = 1 USD

24,062,619 CRC

$46,158 USD

San José

24,064,183 CRC

14,075,365 CRC

$27,000 USD

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Average Salary / Costa Rica

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Average salary in Costa Rica is 24,062,619 CRC per year. The most typical earning is 14,075,365 CRC. All data are based on 230 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 26,691,063 CRC. Women receive a salary of 16,786,176 CRC.

The most paid careers are Manufacturing & Labor Workers with average income 52,756,556 CRC and Engineers & Technicians IV with income 49,785,089 CRC.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 31,695,638 CRC. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 22,155,668 CRC.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 45,353,956 CRC. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 38,993,976 CRC.

Levels / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

Salary Levels (CRC) per Year	Surveys	[%]
1,563,900 CRC - 2,605,999 CRC	0	n/a
2,606,500 CRC - 5,212,599 CRC	8	100% 3.48%
5,213,100 CRC - 7,819,099 CRC	24	96.52% 10.43%
7,819,600 CRC - 10,425,699 CRC	19	86.09% 8.26%
10,426,200 CRC - 13,032,199 CRC	23	77.83% 10%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
13,032,700 CRC - 15,638,799 CRC	25	67.83% 10.87%
15,639,300 CRC - 18,245,299 CRC	13	56.96% 5.65%
18,245,800 CRC - 20,851,899 CRC	22	51.3% 9.57%
20,852,400 CRC - 23,458,399 CRC	11	41.74% 4.78%
23,458,900 CRC - 26,064,999 CRC	14	36.96% 6.09%
26,065,500 CRC - 28,671,499 CRC	10	30.87% 4.35%
28,672,000 CRC - 31,278,099 CRC	11	26.52% 4.78%
31,278,600 CRC - 33,884,599 CRC	7	21.74% 3.04%
33,885,100 CRC - 36,491,199 CRC	8	18.7% 3.48%
36,491,700 CRC - 39,097,699 CRC	3	15.22% 1.3%
39,098,200 CRC - 41,704,299 CRC	2	13.91% 0.87%
41,704,800 CRC - 44,310,799 CRC	7	13.04% 3.04%
44,311,300 CRC - 46,917,399 CRC	0	n/a
46,917,900 CRC - 49,523,899 CRC	1	10% 0.43%
49,524,400 CRC - 52,130,499 CRC	5	9.57% 2.17%
52,131,000 CRC - 54,736,999 CRC	1	7.39% 0.43%
54,737,500 CRC - 57,343,599 CRC	1	6.96% 0.43%
57,344,100 CRC - 59,950,099 CRC	0	n/a
59,950,600 CRC - 62,556,699 CRC	3	6.52% 1.3%
62,557,200 CRC - 65,163,199 CRC	2	5.22% 0.87%
65,163,700 CRC - 67,769,799 CRC	1	4.35% 0.43%
67,770,300 CRC - 70,376,299 CRC	0	n/a
70,376,800 CRC - 72,982,899 CRC	0	n/a
72,983,400 CRC - 75,589,399 CRC	0	n/a
75,589,900 CRC - 78,195,999 CRC	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
78,196,500 CRC - 83,409,099 CRC	1	3.91% 0.43%
83,409,600 CRC - 88,622,199 CRC	1	3.48% 0.43%
88,622,700 CRC - 93,835,299 CRC	1	3.04% 0.43%
93,835,800 CRC - 99,048,299 CRC	1	2.61% 0.43%
99,048,900 CRC - 104,261,399 CRC	2	2.17% 0.87%
104,262,000 CRC - 109,474,499 CRC	1	1.3% 0.43%
109,475,100 CRC - 114,687,599 CRC	1	0.87% 0.43%
114,688,200 CRC - 119,900,699 CRC	0	n/a
119,901,300 CRC - 125,113,799 CRC	0	n/a
125,114,400 CRC - 130,326,899 CRC	1	0.43% 0.43%
130,327,500 CRC - 182,458,399 CRC	0	n/a

Gender / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	155	26,691,063 CRC
2	Women	57	16,786,176 CRC

Education / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	66	31,695,638 CRC
2	Bachelors Degree	123	22,155,668 CRC
3	Doctorate Degree	7	21,321,572 CRC
4	High School	10	17,568,141 CRC
5	Some College	23	16,942,569 CRC
6	Bellow H. School	1	5,473,753 CRC

Experience / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	15	45,353,956 CRC
2	20+ Years	22	38,993,976 CRC
3	8-12 Years	46	28,672,041 CRC
4	12-16 Years	26	25,127,134 CRC
5	4-8 Years	57	20,591,738 CRC
6	2-4 Years	32	15,065,854 CRC
7	1-2 Years	16	13,606,186 CRC
8	0-1 Year	16	9,435,708 CRC

Age / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	13	48,169,029 CRC
2	66-70	2	38,524,797 CRC
3	41-45	16	36,700,212 CRC
4	36-40	32	29,506,137 CRC
5	31-35	54	25,909,099 CRC
6	n/a	18	24,240,907 CRC
7	51-55	1	21,269,441 CRC
8	56-60	5	19,132,071 CRC
9	26-30	57	16,942,569 CRC
10	14-20	4	13,710,448 CRC
11	21-25	27	11,833,733 CRC
12	61-65	1	6,099,325 CRC

Work Type / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	5	39,098,238 CRC
2	Permanent	206	24,084,514 CRC
3	Contract	15	22,364,192 CRC
4	Part Time	4	11,051,768 CRC

Cities / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Cartago	4	34,145,794 CRC
2	--Other--	23	26,326,147 CRC
3	San José	197	24,084,514 CRC
4	San Ramón	2	9,331,446 CRC
5	Limón	4	8,288,826 CRC

Career Groups / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	3	52,756,556 CRC
2	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	49,785,089 CRC
3	Sports & Recreation	1	39,150,369 CRC
4	Management & Business	29	37,325,784 CRC
5	Making Design	3	36,178,903 CRC
6	Human Resources	13	29,766,791 CRC
7	Salesmen & Saleswomen	4	29,297,613 CRC
8	Health Care & Medical II	4	28,359,255 CRC
9	IT & Programming II	24	27,837,945 CRC
10	Engineers & Technicians III	1	25,439,920 CRC
11	IT & Programming	45	23,823,859 CRC
12	Law	3	22,520,585 CRC
13	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	14	20,539,607 CRC
14	Engineers & Technicians	15	20,331,083 CRC
15	Engineers & Technicians V	4	20,174,690 CRC
16	Finance & Banking	14	19,914,035 CRC
17	Insurance	2	19,861,904 CRC
18	Media	2	18,350,106 CRC
19	Properties & Real Estates	6	17,568,141 CRC
20	Engineers & Technicians II	2	17,359,617 CRC
21	Automobile	1	17,359,617 CRC
22	Accounting & Administration	15	14,336,020 CRC
23	Education & University	5	14,023,234 CRC
24	Hotels & Tourism	2	13,658,317 CRC
25	Health Care & Medical	3	11,260,292 CRC
26	Organization & Coordination	2	8,549,481 CRC
27	Customer Services	7	8,340,957 CRC
28	Construction & Labor Workers	2	8,236,695 CRC
29	Public Sector	1	7,819,647 CRC
30	Architect Constructions	2	7,037,682 CRC

Careers / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	General Manager	3	80,021,060 CRC
2	J2EE Developer	2	74,651,569 CRC
3	Real Estate Broker	1	62,557,181 CRC
4	Director	5	60,941,120 CRC
5	Other Manufacturing Career	2	58,178,178 CRC
6	IT Researching	1	50,045,744 CRC
7	Pharmaceutical Sales	2	47,595,588 CRC
8	Plant Manager	1	47,595,588 CRC
9	Research Engineer	1	41,704,787 CRC
10	Sales Manager	4	36,491,688 CRC
11	Software Engineer	9	33,833,008 CRC
12	Security Specialist	2	33,676,615 CRC
13	Manager	9	33,103,174 CRC
14	Human Resources Manager	4	33,051,043 CRC
15	IT Manager	5	32,373,341 CRC
16	Credit Administrator	1	31,278,590 CRC
17	Lead Developer	3	29,454,006 CRC
18	Other Human Resource Career	6	29,349,744 CRC
19	Lead Salesmen or Saleswomen	4	29,297,613 CRC
20	Computer Architect	2	26,169,754 CRC
21	Quality Manager	1	25,648,444 CRC
22	Investment Manager	1	25,022,872 CRC
23	System Analyst	3	24,449,431 CRC
24	IT Project Manager	11	24,032,383 CRC
25	Business Manager	2	23,354,680 CRC
26	Education Coordinator	2	22,781,240 CRC
27	Media Manager	1	21,425,834 CRC
28	Database Administrator	2	21,269,441 CRC
29	Other Engineer Career	3	21,217,310 CRC
30	Lawyer	2	20,696,000 CRC
31	Business Administration	2	20,591,738 CRC
32	Product Manager	1	19,809,773 CRC
33	Mechanical Engineer	3	19,549,119 CRC
34	Java Developer	4	18,923,547 CRC
35	Customer Service Manager	1	18,193,713 CRC
36	Financial Analyst	6	18,141,582 CRC
37	Web Developer	2	17,307,486 CRC
38	.NET Developer	5	16,473,391 CRC
39	Project Manager	3	16,264,867 CRC
40	Software Developer	7	16,108,474 CRC
41	Other Management Career	3	14,648,806 CRC
42	Economist	2	13,606,186 CRC
43	Marketing	2	13,137,008 CRC
44	Engineer	4	12,667,829 CRC
45	Electrical Engineer	2	11,729,471 CRC
46	Other Administration Career	2	10,947,506 CRC
47	System Administrator	1	10,947,506 CRC
48	Other IT Career	3	10,791,113 CRC
49	Accountant	5	9,018,660 CRC
50	Property Manager	2	8,288,826 CRC
51	Other Public Sector Career	1	7,819,647 CRC
52	Commercial Real Estate Broker	1	7,506,861 CRC
53	Doctor	2	7,350,468 CRC
54	Call Center	4	7,141,944 CRC
55	Architect	2	7,037,682 CRC
56	Primary School Teacher	2	6,099,325 CRC
57	Customer Consultant	2	5,734,408 CRC
58	Other Property Career	1	5,473,753 CRC

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Insights Manager

Posted 11 January 2024
Key knowledge and tasks

"Market research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	41,704,800 CRC

Tax Law

Posted 11 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"International Tax Law consultant."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	10,562,300 CRC

Analista Financiera

Posted 29 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"ANALISTA FINANCIERA- CONTADORA."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	8,442,600 CRC

Developer

Posted 14 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"HTML, Apache."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	13,870,500 CRC

Real Estate Broker

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"35 years in Costa Rica real estate - running the business."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	High School	16-20 Years	Expert	62,557,200 CRC

Business Development Manager - It

Posted 11 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Administration
Finance
Project manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	31,278,600 CRC

Intern

Posted 08 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Windows."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Some College	0-1 Year	Basic	5,094,800 CRC

Chemical Engineer I

Posted 26 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Chemical engineer in the environmental health department."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	7,823,300 CRC

Hr Services

Posted 21 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR, Customer Services, SP, etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	High School	2-4 Years	Advanced	5,704,700 CRC

Java Developer

Posted 18 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Spring boot, programming, unit testing restful."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	28,672,000 CRC

Computer Engineer

Posted 10 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"System Administration; Training."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	23,458,900 CRC

Product Engineer

Posted 14 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product testing, programming, management, quality and data analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	11,100,300 CRC

Administrator

Posted 12 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full funtions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	31,278,600 CRC

Software Engineer

Posted 18 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	26,899,600 CRC

Quality & Automation Analyst

Posted 17 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Power Platform Automations/Solutions
Python Automation using Selenium
Excel VBA 
SAP Scripting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Some College	0-1 Year	Advanced	6,771,800 CRC

Cybersecurity

Posted 17 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cybersecutiry context."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	50,045,700 CRC

Market Analyst

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Evaluation, bonds, data, market."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	14,075,400 CRC

Project Manager Technology

Posted 03 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	15,639,300 CRC

Country Manager

Posted 16 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Oversee CR operation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	104,262,000 CRC

Embedded Software Developer

Posted 03 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design and develop software, debugging sofware issues, converting requirements into software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Cartago	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	33,051,000 CRC

C&b Analyst

Posted 11 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Compensations and benefits analyst."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	High School	4-8 Years	Intermediate	15,639,300 CRC

Junior Associate

Posted 30 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Brokerage consulting services."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	7,506,900 CRC

Software Developer

Posted 18 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Python, SQl, PowerBI, DataBricks."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	9,290,800 CRC

Quality Manager

Posted 01 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lean Six Sigma
Business Intelligence
Quality Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	25,652,100 CRC

Investment Officer

Posted 01 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Investment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	25,022,900 CRC

Training And Development Manager

Posted 26 April 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Create, manage, kpis, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	20,521,400 CRC

Customer Software Support Engineer

Posted 05 April 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"We receive bugs from customers. We reproduce the bugs, and then send them to developers to fix."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	18,781,200 CRC

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 28 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Aws, full stack developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	29,744,400 CRC

Software Architect

Posted 24 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	38,667,600 CRC

Multimedia Manager

Posted 15 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Multimedia production for an International Non-Profit, management of suppliers and staff, multimedia content acquisition, creative multimedia product creation, decision making, strategic content creation. Brand maintenance and profile raising."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	21,415,900 CRC

Human Resources Regional Director

Posted 27 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Define and implement a functional HR strategy for the group based on the values and assume responsibility for strategic and operational aspects of HRM."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	62,237,600 CRC

Sr Consultant

Posted 26 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Create and create architectures for customers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	36,924,400 CRC

Compensation Director

Posted 05 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Compensation 
Pricing Market
Salary Analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	42,832,400 CRC

Supervisor

Posted 31 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supervisr, ba science."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Limón	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	18,208,300 CRC

Demand Planner

Posted 28 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Collaborative Planning, forecasting, replenishment, inventory management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	14,293,300 CRC

. Net Software Developer

Posted 30 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"- Experience in microservices
- Experience in. NET Framework and. NET Core
- Experience with Entity Framework
- Expereince using micro ORM like Dapper
- Experience designing and maintaining Rest and Restful APIs
- Experience consuming APis with JSON
- Experience in SQL server
- Expereinces with MVC(Model-View-Controller)
- Experience with CSS, Bootstrap, JQuery and Javascript
- Experience developing APIs and applications under the SOLID principles
- Expereince with N-Tier Architecture."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	6,008,600 CRC

Marketing Director

Posted 13 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Digital marketing, seo."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Some College	16-20 Years	n/a	66,916,400 CRC

Cleaning

Posted 03 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cleaning up house and guard."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Limón	Bellow H. School	8-12 Years	n/a	5,462,300 CRC

Seller Support

Posted 26 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Amazon internal web pages, and dont have certificates."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	High School	2-4 Years	n/a	6,281,800 CRC

Mid Software Developer

Posted 04 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full stack developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	19,574,100 CRC

Franchise Manager

Posted 19 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Pharmacist
Specialist in Pharmaceutical Marketing
MBA in Pharmacoeconomics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	84,793,100 CRC

Production Manager

Posted 18 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Head of Costa Rica Site, leading a team of 72 employees, overseeing all aspects of the
business such as: productivity, process improvements, budget, FTZ Management, training
and professional growth for employees."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	47,615,400 CRC

Security Technical Project Manager

Posted 02 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Security-driven engineer

PMI CAPM, Security + - CDN Web Application Firewall, DNS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	23,397,900 CRC

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 21 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full stack software development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	23,306,700 CRC

Product Owner

Posted 29 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product Owner Certified
Product Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	19,791,000 CRC

Country Manager

Posted 23 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"P$L experience with marketing and sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	110,016,200 CRC

Regulatory Analyst

Posted 13 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Reeingenering process."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	20,029,200 CRC

Financial Analyst

Posted 12 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management reporting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	20,197,600 CRC

Director

Posted 13 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	61,338,900 CRC

Exchange Administrator

Posted 09 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing Exchange and mailflow."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	10,925,100 CRC

ECONOMY / Costa Rica

The main industries in Costa Rica are eco-tourism, software development, financial outsourcing, and pharmaceutical. Well educated residents and low cost labor make country interesting for investments. The country make more earnings from tourism then all three main exports: coffee, bananas, and pineapples. In the history coffee production was the largest industry in country.

Education

Costa Rica with the literacy rate of 95% ranks among highest in Latin America. Practically every community in the country has at least elementary and high school. Primary school is obligatory. Preschool and high school are both free.

Costa Ricans