Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 120V, 60Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Costa Rica
- +506
What every visitor should know about Costa Rica:
- Money
- The currency is the Costa Rican colón (CRC). 100 CRC is worth about US$0.18, or €0.13.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4 out of 5 (Safe)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Armed robbery is rare but occurs
- Capital
- San Jose
- Tap water
- Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.
Costa Rica facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 4,253,877
- Language
- Spanish (official), English
- Ethnicity
- White (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1%
Economy
- GDP
- US$11,900 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Moderate