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Costa Rica
Costa Rica %  Change Value %  Change Rank 2011 2005-11 2011 2011 2005-11 2011 2011 Basic indicators Trade - Balance of Payments (mill. US$) GDP (mill. current US$,) 41007 13 13 Commercial services imports 1797 3 1 110 Services value added (% tot. value added, 2010) 66.6 1 1 Transportation 732 2 10 104  of which infrastructure services  a 16.5 Travel 455 -1 7 95 Other commercial services 611 7 -11 103 Employment in services (thousands, 2008) 1189 5 4 Commercial services exports 4976 12 16 68 % of total employment 60.7 1 2 Transportation 366 4 19 99 Travel 2156 4 7 65 Commercial services exports Other commercial services 2453 25 24 52 % of GDP 12.1 -1 2 Net commercial services trade 3178 - - % of goods and comm. services exports 32.4 3 4 Main destinations Share ... ... ... ... ... FDI in services - Stocks (mill.US$) Inward (2010) 6426 ... 7 Outward ... ... ... FATS sales (mill. US$) Total services sectors with GATS commitments (no.)  20 - - Inward ... ... ... Services EIAs notified to the WTO (no.) 6 - - Outward ... ... ... Transportation Value %  Change Share Value %  Change Share 2011 2005-11 2011 in world 2011 2005-11 2011 in world Investment in economy (mill. US$) Trade - Balance of Payments (mill. US$) Gross fixed capital formation ... ... ... Transportation services imports 732 2 10 0.1% Inward FDI By sea 400 -4 12 Stocks ... ... ... By air 244 14 3 Flows ... - - By other transport (rail, road, etc) 88 82 21 Market indicators Transportation services exports 366 4 19 0.0% International airports (no., 2005) 2 ... ... 0.2% By sea 50 -1 8 Airplanes fleet (no., 2005) 7 ... ... 0.0% By air 283 5 21 Maritime merchant fleet ('000 DWT) 2 13 163 0.0% By other transport (rail, road, ...) 33 8 21 Rail lines, tot. network (km) ... ... ... Road lines, tot. network (km, 2009) 39039 ... 3 Other trade-related indicators International freight  Production and Employment By sea (mill. tons) ... ... ... Value added (mill. US$, 2010) 2584 13 29 By air (mill.ton-km, 2009) 13 5 ... 0.0% % of total value added 7.8 0 5 By road (mill.ton-km) ... ... ... Employment (% of tot. employment, 2008)  b 7.3 5 12 Intl. passengers - By air (mill. P-Km) 2718 4 6 0.1% Container port traffic ('000 TEUs, 2010) 1013 6 16 0.2% Passengers (mill. P-Km) Investment abroad (mill. US$) By air 2733 ... 6 0.1% Outward FDI By rail ... ... ... Stocks ... ... ... By road (2007) 27 ... ... Flows ... - - Freight (mill. ton-km) By air ... ... ... By rail ... ... ... By road (2007) 1 ... ... Telecommunications Value %  Change Rank Value %  Change 2011 2005-11 2011 2011 2011 2005-11 2011 Investment in economy (mill. US$) Production and Employment Gross fixed capital formation ... ... ... Value added (mill. US$, 2010)  a 589 12 18 Inward FDI % of total value added  a 1.8 -1 -5 Stocks ... ... ... Flows ... - - Trade - Balance of Payments (mill. US$) Telecommunications services Market indicators Imports 81 12 8 Total telephone subscribers (per 100 inhab.) 124 14 28 82 Exports 25 -4 -35 Mobile phone subscribers (% tot. tel. subscribers) 74.5 9 11 145 Internet users (per 100 inhab.) 42.1 11 15 76 Investment abroad (mill. US$) Broadband internet subscribers (per 100 inhab.) 8.7 42 40 66 Outward FDI Secure Internet servers (no.) 526 12 5 58 Stocks ... ... ... Flows ... - - Finance and insurance Value %  Change Rank Value %  Change 2011 2005-11 2011 2011 2011 2005-11 2011 Investment in economy (mill. US$) Trade - Balance of Payments (mill. US$) Gross fixed capital formation ... ... ... Financial services Inward FDI Imports 21 22 19 Stocks (2010) 856 ... 6 Exports 29 21 11 Flows (2010) 70 - - Market indicators Insurance services Domestic credit by the banking sector (% of GDP) 53.1 3 5 78 Imports 104 2 -21 Interest rate spread (%, 2010) 11.8 -4 -8 20 Exports 0 ... ... Market capitalization (% GDP) 3.5 -12 -12 101 Insurance density (US$ per inhab.) 172 13 13 60 Investment abroad (mill. US$) Insurance penetration (% GDP) 2.0 1 0 59 Outward FDI Stocks ... ... ... Production and Employment Flows ... - - Value added (mill. US$, 2010) 2269 15 19 % of total value added 6.9 2 -4 Employment (% of tot. employment, 2008) 2.7 10 6 a  Includes the postal sector. b  Includes communications.