Costa Rica
Rank 36 / 190
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Civica Index breakdown · 4 governance dimensionsweights empirically derived · source-specific inputs
How the 74 is calculated.
Democratic Quality
V-Dem · Liberal Democracy Index
27%
91
contributes 25 pts
Rule of Law
World Bank WGI
26%
67
contributes 17 pts
Freedoms & Rights
Freedom House
23%
100
contributes 23 pts
Corruption Control
Transparency International
24%
61
contributes 15 pts
History · quarterly CI trend
How the index has moved over time.
Historical CI data is not available yet for this country.
Regional rank
Where Costa Rica sits against peers.
Global#36 of 190
North America#3 of 23
World Bank region
Latin America & Caribbean · High income
#4of 10
V-Dem Regimes of the World
Liberal Democracy
#25of 33
Compare with
Government taxonomy
Raw source
presidential republic
Regime type
Presidential democracy · 2025
Cite this page
Civica Index for Costa Rica, 2026-05-07. Civica Atlas. https://civicaatlas.org/civica-index/costa-rica