CAPITAL: San José, pop. 274,832 (1983)
LANGUAGE: Spanish
POPULATION: Total- 2,600,000 (1985) Annual growth: 2.6% (67,600) (1980-85) Doubling time: 25 yrs.
Urban: 50% (1985) (est. for year 2000: 56%)
Rural: 50%
AGE GROUPS: (1984)
13% Jess than 5 yrs.
37% Jess than 15
48% Jess than 20
32% from 20 to 39
ETHNIC GROUPS
White and Mestizo: 97%
Black: 2%
Indian: 1%
FAMILY
Marital status, for population 15 yrs. and older: (1984)
Single: 38%
Married: 45%
Consensually married: 10% Widowed: 3%
Separated from husband or partner: 2%
Divorced: 1%
Female head of household: no data
Fertility rate: 3.4 (1985)
Births out of wedlock: no data Teenage births: 19% Contraception: 66% (1984)
Govemment’s position on family planning: In 1983 the rate of population growth was regarded as satisfactory. Services are provided throughout the country to enhance the welfare of the family.
SOCIAL INDICATORS
Life expectancy: 73 yrs. (male: 70; female: 76) (1985) Infant mortality: 19/1,000 births (1985)
Crude birth rate: 30/1,000 pop. (1985)
Crude death rate: 4/1,000
Health
Access to health services: 79% (urban: 100%; rural:63%) (1980-83)
Births attended by trained health personnel: 93% (1984)
HOUSING
Persons per household: 4.8 (1984)
Electricity: 97%
Access to safe water: 93% (urban: 100%; rural: 82%) (1984)
Source of water: (1984) Piped inside: 87% Piped outside: 13%
Toilet facilities: (1984)
Flush: 66%
Latrine: 29%
Other: 4%
Building materials: (1984)
Wood: 60%
Mixture of wood and concrete: 35%
Adobe: 1%
Other: 4%
EDUCATION
Literacy: 88% (male: 89%; female: 88%) (1973) Gross enrollrnent ratio: (1984)
First leve!: 101% (completing in 1980-84: 75%)
Second: 42%
Third: 22%
Educational attainment, for population 25 yrs. + : (1973)
None: 16%
First leve!: incomplete: 49% (complete: 18%)
Second: entered: 6%
Third: 6%
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Economically active population: 36% (male: 53%; female: 19%) (1985)
Agriculture: 28% act. pop.; 25% of GDP Mines: 0% act. pop.; 0% of GDP Industry: 22% act. pop.; 27% of GDP Services: 50% act. pop.; 48% of GDP Per capita GNP: 1,300 U.S.$ (1985) Population in absolute poverty: no data
National currency/per U.S.$: 50.62 colones (1985) Principal resource: Coffee
COMMUNICATIONS
Radio:
Transmitters: 123 (1981)
Receivers: 205,000-86/1,000 pop. (1983) Television:
Transmitters: no data
Receivers: 181,000-76/1,000 pop. (1983)