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Costa Rica:

The Place. The People. The Opportunities.

Costa Rica has positioned itself as a key destination for operations of multinational companies in a variety of industries, such as Advanced Manufacturing, Medical Devices and Services. Over 200 global companies have chosen Costa Rica as an establishment location.

Facts that prove Costa Rica´s competitiveness


  • Costa Rica is the 4th high-tech exporter in the world (World Development Indicators 2008, World Bank)
  • One of the most competitive destinations in Latin America for service operations (A.T. Kearney, Destination Latin America: A Near-Shore Alternative 2009)
  • FDI per capita = $448. Costa Rica is one of the most competitive locations, above Latin America’s largest economies like Brazil, Mexico and Chile

    Costa Rica’s per capita GDP per capita is almost 7 times higher than China’s

  • The total FDI inflows have grown an average 22% every year since 2000