Oman vs Costa Rica

Oman
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
High income
Capital: Muscat
Population
5.3M
GDP
$107.1B
Costa Rica
Latin America & Caribbean
High income
Capital: San Jose
Population
5.1M
GDP
$96.7B

POP 1.0x GDP 1.1x LE 0.8 yrs same-band HIC

Widest indicator spreads · Oman vs Costa Rica

Inflation (Consumer Pric…100.6%Forest Area100%Renewable Energy Consump…99.7%Net Migration99.4%Intentional Homicides99.2%Freshwater Withdrawal97.4%CO2 Emissions Per Capita91.2%Population Density83.7%
TIGHT pair: headers nearly match, so the chart is Inflation (Consumer Prices) rather than GDP scale.

Demographics: Population Density (Costa Rica, 84% spread)

Indicator Oman Costa Rica Year
Population Density 16.3 100.0 2023
Population Ages 65+ 2.6% 12.2% 2024
Population Ages 0-14 24.7% 18.8% 2024

2 closer demographics rows sit on the Oman and Costa Rica profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Economy: Inflation (Consumer Prices) (Oman, 101% spread)

Indicator Oman Costa Rica Year
Inflation (Consumer Prices) 0.6% -0.4% 2024
GDP Growth Rate 1.6% 4.1% 2024
Foreign Direct Investment $12.5B $5.4B 2024
Unemployment Rate 3.2% 6.9% 2024

4 closer economy rows sit on the Oman and Costa Rica profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Health: Health Expenditure (% of GDP) (Costa Rica, 49% spread)

Indicator Oman Costa Rica Year
Health Expenditure (% of GDP) 3.5% 6.9% 2023
Maternal Mortality Ratio 13 24 2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 2.0 2.7 2022
Stunting Prevalence (under 5) 11.4% 9.0% 2017

3 closer health rows sit on the Oman and Costa Rica profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Education: School Enrollment (Tertiary) (Costa Rica, 23% spread)

Indicator Oman Costa Rica Year
School Enrollment (Tertiary) 42.2% 55.0% 2024
School Enrollment (Secondary) 95.1% 121.8% 2024
Youth Literacy Rate 99.7% 80.5% 2022
Education Expenditure (% of GDP) 4.4% 5.3% 2022

2 closer education rows sit on the Oman and Costa Rica profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Environment: Forest Area (Costa Rica, 100% spread)

Indicator Oman Costa Rica Year
Forest Area 0.0% 60.4% 2023
Renewable Energy Consumption 0.1% 34.2% 2021
Freshwater Withdrawal 116.7% 3.1% 2022
CO2 Emissions Per Capita 18.7 1.6 2024

1 closer environment rows sit on the Oman and Costa Rica profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Infrastructure: Access to Clean Water (Oman, 12% spread)

Indicator Oman Costa Rica Year
Access to Clean Water 91.1% 80.5% 2024
Mobile Subscriptions 120.6 136.0 2024

3 closer infrastructure rows sit on the Oman and Costa Rica profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Social: Net Migration (Oman, 99% spread)

Indicator Oman Costa Rica Year
Net Migration 154.2K 967 2024
Intentional Homicides 0.1 17.7 2023
Female Labor Participation 30.1% 46.0% 2024
Male Labor Participation 88.1% 69.9% 2024

2 closer social rows sit on the Oman and Costa Rica profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

How to read this Oman vs Costa Rica comparison

Oman vs Costa Rica is a TIGHT pair on population/GDP scale (same-band HIC: HIC/HIC). Look past the near-parity headers to Inflation (Consumer Prices) (~101% spread); 42 WDI/WHO/ILO figures across 7 topics. Shared income tier makes small rate gaps more informative than totals. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

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Indexable comparisons only (Module 42). Full picker with every country lives on /compare, not duplicated under every pair.

Oman vs Costa Rica figures: World Bank Open Data and health rows: WHO Global Health Observatory. CC BY 4.0 · same-band HIC · TIGHT scale band.