COSTA RICA / SALARY

SALARY SURVEYS

229

UPDATED
December 2023
About salary data?

CALCULATE YOUR OPTIMUM SALARY!
(based on your career and experience)

AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

536.38 CRC = 1 USD

24,678,869 CRC

$46,010 USD

San José

24,667,068 CRC

14,482,274 CRC

$27,000 USD

Including "San José"

Excluding "San José"

Every employed person on the world should know this website.
You can help a lot if you add your survey and tell others about the site.
It is translated into 35 languages.

Average Salary / Costa Rica

Advertising

Average salary in Costa Rica is 24,678,869 CRC per year. The most typical earning is 14,482,274 CRC. All data are based on 229 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 27,409,046 CRC. Women receive a salary of 17,271,453 CRC.

The most paid careers are Manufacturing & Labor Workers with average income 54,281,712 CRC and Engineers & Technicians IV with income 51,224,343 CRC.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 32,451,023 CRC. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 22,796,173 CRC.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 46,665,108 CRC. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive 40,121,265 CRC.

Levels / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

Salary Levels (CRC) per Year	Surveys	[%]
1,609,100 CRC - 2,681,399 CRC	0	n/a
2,681,900 CRC - 5,363,299 CRC	8	100% 3.49%
5,363,800 CRC - 8,045,199 CRC	24	96.51% 10.48%
8,045,700 CRC - 10,727,099 CRC	19	86.03% 8.3%
10,727,600 CRC - 13,408,999 CRC	23	77.73% 10.04%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
13,409,500 CRC - 16,090,899 CRC	25	67.69% 10.92%
16,091,400 CRC - 18,772,799 CRC	13	56.77% 5.68%
18,773,300 CRC - 21,454,699 CRC	22	51.09% 9.61%
21,455,200 CRC - 24,136,599 CRC	11	41.48% 4.8%
24,137,100 CRC - 26,818,499 CRC	14	36.68% 6.11%
26,819,000 CRC - 29,500,399 CRC	10	30.57% 4.37%
29,500,900 CRC - 32,182,299 CRC	11	26.2% 4.8%
32,182,800 CRC - 34,864,199 CRC	7	21.4% 3.06%
34,864,700 CRC - 37,546,099 CRC	8	18.34% 3.49%
37,546,600 CRC - 40,227,999 CRC	3	14.85% 1.31%
40,228,500 CRC - 42,909,899 CRC	2	13.54% 0.87%
42,910,400 CRC - 45,591,799 CRC	6	12.66% 2.62%
45,592,300 CRC - 48,273,699 CRC	0	n/a
48,274,200 CRC - 50,955,599 CRC	1	10.04% 0.44%
50,956,200 CRC - 53,637,499 CRC	5	9.61% 2.18%
53,638,100 CRC - 56,319,399 CRC	1	7.42% 0.44%
56,320,000 CRC - 59,001,299 CRC	1	6.99% 0.44%
59,001,900 CRC - 61,683,199 CRC	0	n/a
61,683,800 CRC - 64,365,099 CRC	3	6.55% 1.31%
64,365,700 CRC - 67,046,999 CRC	2	5.24% 0.87%
67,047,600 CRC - 69,728,899 CRC	1	4.37% 0.44%
69,729,500 CRC - 72,410,799 CRC	0	n/a
72,411,400 CRC - 75,092,699 CRC	0	n/a
75,093,300 CRC - 77,774,599 CRC	0	n/a
77,775,200 CRC - 80,456,499 CRC	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
80,457,100 CRC - 85,820,399 CRC	1	3.93% 0.44%
85,820,900 CRC - 91,184,199 CRC	1	3.49% 0.44%
91,184,700 CRC - 96,547,999 CRC	1	3.06% 0.44%
96,548,500 CRC - 101,911,799 CRC	1	2.62% 0.44%
101,912,300 CRC - 107,275,599 CRC	2	2.18% 0.87%
107,276,100 CRC - 112,639,399 CRC	1	1.31% 0.44%
112,639,900 CRC - 118,003,199 CRC	1	0.87% 0.44%
118,003,700 CRC - 123,366,999 CRC	0	n/a
123,367,500 CRC - 128,730,799 CRC	0	n/a
128,731,300 CRC - 134,094,599 CRC	1	0.44% 0.44%
134,095,100 CRC - 187,733,199 CRC	0	n/a

Gender / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	154	27,409,046 CRC
2	Women	57	17,271,453 CRC

Education / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	65	32,451,023 CRC
2	Bachelors Degree	123	22,796,173 CRC
3	Doctorate Degree	7	21,937,964 CRC
4	High School	10	18,076,024 CRC
5	Some College	23	17,432,368 CRC
6	Bellow H. School	1	5,631,995 CRC

Experience / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	15	46,665,108 CRC
2	20+ Years	22	40,121,265 CRC
3	8-12 Years	46	29,500,930 CRC
4	12-16 Years	26	25,853,542 CRC
5	4-8 Years	56	20,757,927 CRC
6	2-4 Years	32	15,501,398 CRC
7	1-2 Years	16	13,999,532 CRC
8	0-1 Year	16	9,708,488 CRC

Age / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	46-50	13	49,561,563 CRC
2	66-70	2	39,638,523 CRC
3	41-45	16	37,761,191 CRC
4	36-40	32	30,359,139 CRC
5	31-35	53	26,336,285 CRC
6	n/a	18	24,941,695 CRC
7	51-55	1	21,884,326 CRC
8	56-60	5	19,685,166 CRC
9	26-30	57	17,432,368 CRC
10	14-20	4	14,106,808 CRC
11	21-25	27	12,175,838 CRC
12	61-65	1	6,275,652 CRC

Work Type / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	5	40,228,541 CRC
2	Permanent	205	24,673,505 CRC
3	Contract	15	23,010,725 CRC
4	Part Time	4	11,371,267 CRC

Cities / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Cartago	4	35,132,926 CRC
2	--Other--	23	27,087,218 CRC
3	San José	196	24,673,505 CRC
4	San Ramón	2	9,601,211 CRC
5	Limón	4	8,528,450 CRC

Career Groups / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	3	54,281,712 CRC
2	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	51,224,343 CRC
3	Sports & Recreation	1	40,282,179 CRC
4	Management & Business	29	38,404,847 CRC
5	Making Design	3	37,224,810 CRC
6	Human Resources	13	30,627,329 CRC
7	Salesmen & Saleswomen	4	30,144,587 CRC
8	Health Care & Medical II	4	29,179,102 CRC
9	IT & Programming II	24	28,642,721 CRC
10	Engineers & Technicians III	1	26,175,371 CRC
11	IT & Programming	45	24,512,591 CRC
12	Law	3	23,171,639 CRC
13	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	14	21,133,393 CRC
14	Engineers & Technicians V	4	20,757,927 CRC
15	Finance & Banking	14	20,489,737 CRC
16	Insurance	2	20,436,099 CRC
17	Engineers & Technicians	14	19,309,699 CRC
18	Media	2	18,880,595 CRC
19	Properties & Real Estates	6	18,076,024 CRC
20	Engineers & Technicians II	2	17,861,472 CRC
21	Automobile	1	17,861,472 CRC
22	Accounting & Administration	15	14,750,465 CRC
23	Education & University	5	14,428,636 CRC
24	Hotels & Tourism	2	14,053,170 CRC
25	Health Care & Medical	3	11,585,819 CRC
26	Organization & Coordination	2	8,796,641 CRC
27	Customer Services	7	8,582,088 CRC
28	Construction & Labor Workers	2	8,474,812 CRC
29	Public Sector	1	8,045,708 CRC
30	Architect Constructions	2	7,241,137 CRC

Careers / Costa Rica (Gross CRC)

#		Surveys
1	General Manager	3	82,334,415 CRC
2	J2EE Developer	2	76,809,695 CRC
3	Real Estate Broker	1	64,365,666 CRC
4	Director	5	62,702,886 CRC
5	Other Manufacturing Career	2	59,860,069 CRC
6	IT Researching	1	51,492,533 CRC
7	Pharmaceutical Sales	2	48,971,544 CRC
8	Plant Manager	1	48,971,544 CRC
9	Sports Management	1	40,282,179 CRC
10	Sales Manager	4	37,546,638 CRC
11	Software Engineer	9	34,811,098 CRC
12	Security Specialist	2	34,650,183 CRC
13	Manager	9	34,060,165 CRC
14	Human Resources Manager	4	34,006,527 CRC
15	IT Manager	5	33,309,232 CRC
16	Credit Administrator	1	32,182,833 CRC
17	Lead Developer	3	30,305,501 CRC
18	Other Human Resource Career	6	30,198,225 CRC
19	Lead Salesmen or Saleswomen	4	30,144,587 CRC
20	Computer Architect	2	26,926,303 CRC
21	Quality Manager	1	26,389,923 CRC
22	Investment Manager	1	25,746,266 CRC
23	System Analyst	3	25,156,248 CRC
24	IT Project Manager	11	24,727,143 CRC
25	Business Manager	2	24,029,848 CRC
26	Education Coordinator	2	23,439,830 CRC
27	Media Manager	1	22,045,240 CRC
28	Database Administrator	2	21,884,326 CRC
29	Other Engineer Career	3	21,830,688 CRC
30	Lawyer	2	21,294,308 CRC
31	Business Administration	2	21,187,031 CRC
32	Product Manager	1	20,382,461 CRC
33	Mechanical Engineer	3	20,114,270 CRC
34	Java Developer	4	19,470,614 CRC
35	Customer Service Manager	1	18,719,681 CRC
36	Financial Analyst	6	18,666,043 CRC
37	Web Developer	2	17,807,834 CRC
38	.NET Developer	5	16,949,625 CRC
39	Project Manager	3	16,735,073 CRC
40	Software Developer	7	16,574,159 CRC
41	Other Management Career	3	15,072,293 CRC
42	Economist	2	13,999,532 CRC
43	Marketing	2	13,516,789 CRC
44	Engineer	4	13,034,047 CRC
45	Electrical Engineer	2	12,068,562 CRC
46	Other Administration Career	2	11,263,991 CRC
47	System Administrator	1	11,263,991 CRC
48	Other IT Career	3	11,103,077 CRC
49	Accountant	5	9,279,383 CRC
50	Property Manager	2	8,528,450 CRC
51	Other Public Sector Career	1	8,045,708 CRC
52	Commercial Real Estate Broker	1	7,723,879 CRC
53	Doctor	2	7,562,965 CRC
54	Call Center	4	7,348,413 CRC
55	Architect	2	7,241,137 CRC
56	Primary School Teacher	2	6,275,652 CRC
57	Customer Consultant	2	5,900,186 CRC
58	Other Property Career	1	5,631,995 CRC

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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	10,867,600 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	8,686,700 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	14,271,500 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	64,365,700 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	32,182,800 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	5,242,000 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	8,049,500 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	5,869,600 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	29,500,900 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	24,137,100 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	11,421,200 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	32,182,800 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	27,677,200 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	6,967,600 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	51,492,500 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	14,482,300 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	16,091,400 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	107,276,100 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	34,006,500 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	16,091,400 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	7,723,900 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	9,559,400 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	26,393,700 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	25,746,300 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	21,114,600 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	19,324,200 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	30,604,300 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	39,785,500 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	22,035,000 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	64,036,900 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	37,991,800 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	44,070,600 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	18,734,700 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	14,706,500 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	6,182,300 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	68,850,900 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	5,620,200 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	6,463,400 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	20,140,000 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	87,244,400 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	48,991,900 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	24,074,400 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	23,980,500 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	20,363,200 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	113,196,700 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	20,608,300 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	20,781,500 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	63,112,100 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	11,240,900 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	28,102,100 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