COSTA RICA / SALARY

SALARY SURVEYS 224		UPDATED May 2022 About salary data?	CALCULATE YOUR OPTIMUM SALARY! (based on your career and experience)
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

656.54 CRC = 1 USD

30,169,302 CRC

$45,952 USD

San José

30,148,292 CRC

7,878,473 CRC

$12,000 USD

Including "San José"

Excluding "San José"

Average Salary / Costa Rica

Average salary in Costa Rica is 30,169,302 CRC per year. The most typical earning is 7,878,473 CRC. All data are based on 224 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 33,417,859 CRC. Women receive a salary of 21,337,533 CRC.

The most paid careers are Manufacturing & Labor Workers with average income 66,441,795 CRC and Engineers & Technicians IV with income 62,699,520 CRC.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 40,048,908 CRC. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 28,034,235 CRC.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 55,543,239 CRC. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 49,109,153 CRC.

Levels / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

Salary Levels (CRC) per Year	Surveys	[%]
1,969,600 CRC - 3,281,999 CRC	0	n/a
3,282,700 CRC - 6,564,699 CRC	8	100% 3.57%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
6,565,400 CRC - 9,847,399 CRC	24	96.43% 10.71%
9,848,100 CRC - 13,130,099 CRC	18	85.71% 8.04%
13,130,800 CRC - 16,412,799 CRC	22	77.68% 9.82%
16,413,500 CRC - 19,695,499 CRC	24	67.86% 10.71%
19,696,200 CRC - 22,978,199 CRC	13	57.14% 5.8%
22,978,900 CRC - 26,260,899 CRC	22	51.34% 9.82%
26,261,600 CRC - 29,543,599 CRC	11	41.52% 4.91%
29,544,300 CRC - 32,826,299 CRC	14	36.61% 6.25%
32,827,000 CRC - 36,108,999 CRC	10	30.36% 4.46%
36,109,700 CRC - 39,391,699 CRC	11	25.89% 4.91%
39,392,400 CRC - 42,674,399 CRC	6	20.98% 2.68%
42,675,100 CRC - 45,957,099 CRC	8	18.3% 3.57%
45,957,800 CRC - 49,239,799 CRC	3	14.73% 1.34%
49,240,500 CRC - 52,522,499 CRC	2	13.39% 0.89%
52,523,200 CRC - 55,805,199 CRC	6	12.5% 2.68%
55,805,900 CRC - 59,087,899 CRC	0	n/a
59,088,600 CRC - 62,370,599 CRC	1	9.82% 0.45%
62,371,300 CRC - 65,653,299 CRC	5	9.38% 2.23%
65,653,900 CRC - 68,935,999 CRC	1	7.14% 0.45%
68,936,600 CRC - 72,218,699 CRC	1	6.7% 0.45%
72,219,300 CRC - 75,501,399 CRC	0	n/a
75,502,000 CRC - 78,784,099 CRC	3	6.25% 1.34%
78,784,700 CRC - 82,066,799 CRC	1	4.91% 0.45%
82,067,400 CRC - 85,349,499 CRC	1	4.46% 0.45%
85,350,100 CRC - 88,632,199 CRC	0	n/a
88,632,800 CRC - 91,914,899 CRC	0	n/a
91,915,500 CRC - 95,197,599 CRC	0	n/a
95,198,200 CRC - 98,480,299 CRC	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
98,480,900 CRC - 105,045,699 CRC	1	4.02% 0.45%
105,046,300 CRC - 111,611,099 CRC	1	3.57% 0.45%
111,611,700 CRC - 118,176,399 CRC	1	3.13% 0.45%
118,177,100 CRC - 124,741,799 CRC	1	2.68% 0.45%
124,742,500 CRC - 131,307,199 CRC	2	2.23% 0.89%
131,307,900 CRC - 137,872,599 CRC	1	1.34% 0.45%
137,873,300 CRC - 144,437,999 CRC	1	0.89% 0.45%
144,438,700 CRC - 151,003,399 CRC	0	n/a
151,004,100 CRC - 157,568,799 CRC	0	n/a
157,569,500 CRC - 164,134,199 CRC	1	0.45% 0.45%
164,134,900 CRC - 229,788,799 CRC	0	n/a

Gender / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	150	33,417,859 CRC
2	Women	56	21,337,533 CRC

Education / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	64	40,048,908 CRC
2	Bachelors Degree	120	28,034,235 CRC
3	Doctorate Degree	7	26,852,464 CRC
4	Some College	23	21,337,533 CRC
5	High School	9	15,822,601 CRC
6	Bellow H. School	1	6,893,664 CRC

Experience / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	14	55,543,239 CRC
2	20+ Years	22	49,109,153 CRC
3	8-12 Years	45	36,700,556 CRC
4	12-16 Years	26	31,645,202 CRC
5	4-8 Years	55	25,211,115 CRC
6	2-4 Years	32	18,973,990 CRC
7	1-2 Years	15	17,135,680 CRC
8	0-1 Year	15	11,752,056 CRC

Age / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	13	60,664,247 CRC
2	41-45	16	46,220,379 CRC
3	36-40	32	37,160,134 CRC
4	31-35	50	32,826,973 CRC
5	n/a	18	30,529,085 CRC
6	51-55	1	26,786,810 CRC
7	56-60	5	24,094,998 CRC
8	26-30	56	21,468,840 CRC
9	66-70	1	18,251,797 CRC
10	14-20	4	17,266,988 CRC
11	21-25	27	14,903,446 CRC
12	61-65	1	7,681,511 CRC

Work Type / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	5	49,240,460 CRC
2	Permanent	201	30,200,816 CRC
3	Contract	14	27,377,696 CRC
4	Part Time	4	13,918,636 CRC

Cities / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Cartago	4	43,003,335 CRC
2	--Other--	23	33,155,243 CRC
3	San José	191	30,135,162 CRC
4	San Ramón	2	11,752,056 CRC
5	Limón	4	10,438,977 CRC

Career Groups / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	3	66,441,795 CRC
2	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	62,699,520 CRC
3	Sports & Recreation	1	49,306,114 CRC
4	Management & Business	29	47,008,226 CRC
5	Making Design	3	45,563,839 CRC
6	Human Resources	13	37,488,404 CRC
7	Salesmen & Saleswomen	4	36,897,518 CRC
8	Law	2	35,847,055 CRC
9	Health Care & Medical II	4	35,715,747 CRC
10	IT & Programming II	24	35,059,208 CRC
11	Engineers & Technicians III	1	32,039,126 CRC
12	IT & Programming	43	30,069,508 CRC
13	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	14	25,867,655 CRC
14	Engineers & Technicians V	4	25,408,077 CRC
15	Finance & Banking	14	25,079,808 CRC
16	Insurance	2	25,014,154 CRC
17	Engineers & Technicians	14	23,635,421 CRC
18	Media	2	23,110,189 CRC
19	Engineers & Technicians II	2	21,862,764 CRC
20	Automobile	1	21,862,764 CRC
21	Accounting & Administration	14	18,580,067 CRC
22	Education & University	5	17,660,911 CRC
23	Hotels & Tourism	2	17,201,334 CRC
24	Health Care & Medical	3	14,181,252 CRC
25	Properties & Real Estates	5	10,767,247 CRC
26	Organization & Coordination	2	10,767,247 CRC
27	Customer Services	7	10,504,631 CRC
28	Construction & Labor Workers	2	10,373,323 CRC
29	Public Sector	1	9,848,092 CRC
30	Architect Constructions	2	8,863,282 CRC

Careers / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	General Manager	3	100,778,810 CRC
2	J2EE Developer	2	94,016,453 CRC
3	Director	5	76,749,465 CRC
4	Other Manufacturing Career	2	73,269,805 CRC
5	IT Researching	1	63,027,789 CRC
6	Pharmaceutical Sales	2	59,942,054 CRC
7	Plant Manager	1	59,942,054 CRC
8	Sports Management	1	49,306,114 CRC
9	Sales Manager	4	45,957,763 CRC
10	Software Engineer	9	42,609,412 CRC
11	Security Specialist	2	42,412,450 CRC
12	Manager	9	41,690,256 CRC
13	Human Resources Manager	4	41,624,602 CRC
14	IT Manager	4	41,165,025 CRC
15	Credit Administrator	1	39,392,368 CRC
16	Lead Developer	3	37,094,480 CRC
17	Other Human Resource Career	6	36,963,172 CRC
18	Lead Salesmen or Saleswomen	4	36,897,518 CRC
19	Computer Architect	2	32,958,281 CRC
20	Quality Manager	1	32,301,742 CRC
21	Investment Manager	1	31,513,894 CRC
22	System Analyst	3	30,791,701 CRC
23	IT Project Manager	11	30,266,469 CRC
24	Business Manager	2	29,412,968 CRC
25	Education Coordinator	2	28,690,775 CRC
26	Media Manager	1	26,983,772 CRC
27	Database Administrator	2	26,786,810 CRC
28	Other Engineer Career	3	26,721,156 CRC
29	Business Administration	2	25,933,309 CRC
30	Product Manager	1	24,948,500 CRC
31	Mechanical Engineer	3	24,620,230 CRC
32	Java Developer	4	23,832,383 CRC
33	Customer Service Manager	1	22,913,227 CRC
34	Financial Analyst	6	22,847,573 CRC
35	Web Developer	2	21,797,110 CRC
36	.NET Developer	4	21,600,148 CRC
37	Project Manager	3	20,484,031 CRC
38	Software Developer	7	20,287,069 CRC
39	Other Management Career	3	18,448,759 CRC
40	Engineering Manager	1	18,317,451 CRC
41	Android Developer	1	17,201,334 CRC
42	Economist	2	17,135,680 CRC
43	Marketing	2	16,544,794 CRC
44	Engineer	4	15,953,909 CRC
45	Electrical Engineer	2	14,772,138 CRC
46	Other Administration Career	2	13,787,329 CRC
47	System Administrator	1	13,787,329 CRC
48	Other IT Career	3	13,590,367 CRC
49	Accountant	4	11,555,094 CRC
50	Property Manager	2	10,438,977 CRC
51	Other Public Sector Career	1	9,848,092 CRC
52	Commercial Real Estate Broker	1	9,454,168 CRC
53	Doctor	2	9,257,206 CRC
54	Call Center	4	8,994,590 CRC
55	Architect	2	8,863,282 CRC
56	Primary School Teacher	2	7,681,511 CRC
57	Customer Consultant	2	7,221,934 CRC
58	Other Property Career	1	6,893,664 CRC

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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	6,416,400 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	9,852,700 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	7,184,500 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	36,109,700 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	29,544,300 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	13,979,700 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	39,392,400 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	33,877,400 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	8,528,400 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	63,027,800 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	17,726,600 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	19,696,200 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	131,307,900 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	41,624,600 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	19,696,200 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	9,454,200 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	11,700,800 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	32,306,300 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	31,513,900 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	25,844,700 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	23,653,100 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	37,460,200 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	48,698,200 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	26,971,300 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	78,382,300 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	46,502,700 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	53,943,300 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	22,931,600 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	18,001,000 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	7,567,300 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	84,274,700 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	6,879,200 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	7,911,300 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	24,651,700 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	106,788,800 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	59,967,000 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	29,467,500 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	29,352,600 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	24,924,900 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	138,554,800 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	25,224,900 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	25,437,000 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	77,250,400 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	13,759,100 CRC

Project Manager

Posted 20 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"End to end management if IT infrastructure projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	34,397,400 CRC

Workforce Planning Analyst

Posted 11 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Reporting, Analysis, Data collections, Project Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	19,377,100 CRC

Software Engineer

Posted 28 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Greenfield development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	26,371,200 CRC

Latam Regional Director

Posted 27 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Supervise and develop the growth of the brand in the region."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	High School	20+ Years	n/a	49,303,500 CRC

Android Developer

Posted 21 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Android, Java, C#. NET web services, MS Dyncamics NAV."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San José	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	17,198,700 CRC

Project Manager

Posted 20 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Ptoject Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
San Ramón	Doctorate Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	18,345,000 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