Fun Facts

The country uses 99.2% renewable energy.

A soda is a small, informal restaurant.

More than 25% of its land is dedicated to national parks.

Costa Rica only started using street signs in 2012.

Costa Rica is home to over 200 volcanoes.

There are ~750,000 species of insects in

Costa Rica.

Costa Rica has two seasons: verano (summer) and invierno (winter).

Costa Rica's constitutional history is the oldest in Latin America.

The current President of Costa Rica is Luis Guillermo Solís.

Taxi drivers generally do not receive a tip.

A pulperia is a neighborhood store that sells essential foodstuffs.

Monkeys are the most common mammals in Costa Rica — next to bats.

There are 801 miles of coastline in Costa Rica.

Entrance fees to National Parks range $7-15 per person for a day.

Rainfall varies between

59-190in. depending on

the season. 

The national currency of Costa Rica is the colón.

Costa Rica is the 2nd largest exporter of bananas in the world after Ecuador.

Costa Rica  means “rich coast”.

Of the world’s 7 species of sea turtles, 5 nest on protected beaches in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica has 5% of the world’s biodiversity.

Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering Costa Rica in 1502.

Costa Rica is the first country in the Americas to ban recreational hunting.

In Costa Rica, speed bumps are called son muertos (dead persons).

Costa Rica is 76% Catholic.

Approximately 95% of the country is literate.