International rankings of Costa Rica
Columns: Author / Editor / Source | Year of publication | Countries sampled | World Ranking (1) | Ranking in Latin America (2)
New Economics Foundation | 2012 | 151 | 1 | 1 | Yale University | 2010 | 163 | 3 | 1 | United Nations (UNDP) | 2007-08 | 108 | 5 | 4 | United Nations (UNDP) | 2007-08 | 71 | 8 | 3 | Economist Intelligence Unit | 2010 | 167 | 24 | 2 | Economist Intelligence Unit | 2010 | 149 | 26 | 2 | Reporters Without Borders | 2010 | 178 | 29 | 1 | Legatum Institute | 2010 | 110 | 33 | 3 | Economist Intelligence Unit | 2007 | 111 | 35 | 3 | Newsweek | 2010 | 100 | 35 | 2 | Economist Intelligence Unit | 2009 | 82 | 40 | 4 | Transparency International | 2010 | 178 | 41 | 3 | World Economic Forum | 2011 | 139 | 44 | 2 | World Economic Forum | 2011 | 138 | 46 | 3 | The Heritage Foundation / The Wall Street Journal | 2010 | 179 | 49 | 7 | World Economic Forum | 2011 | 142 | 61 | 5 | United Nations (UNDP) | 2011 | 187 | 69 | 7 | United Nations (UNDP) | 2007-2008 | 126 | 100 | 5 | World Bank | 2008 | 19 | N/A (6) | 3 | Inter-American Development Bank | 2008 | 24 | N/A (7) | 1