Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
Last verified: Tuesday, 13. August 2024 at 08:21 AM
We advise caution when travelling to Costa Rica We advise caution when travelling to Costa Rica. We detected travel advisories from 6 sources for this specific country.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Costa Rica. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).
There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Costa Rica.
Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Costa Rica.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Costa Rica from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 3.3 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Exercise increased caution in Costa Rica due to violent crime (level 2 of 4).
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed. Exercise increased caution in Costa Rica due to crime. Country Summary: While petty crime is the predominant threat for tourists in Costa Rica, violent crime, including armed robbery, homicide and sexual assault, occurs in Costa Rica. The Costa Rican government provides additional security resources ...
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
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Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution.
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Costa Rica. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Costa Rica changed from 3.7 to 3.9. Here are the influencing details:
The Austrian government issued a new warning for Costa Rica with a rating of 5.0.
The total rating for Costa Rica changed from 3.2 to 3.7. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Costa Rica to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +3.0).
The total rating for Costa Rica changed from 3.0 to 3.2. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government increased their existing warning for Costa Rica to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Costa Rica changed from 2.8 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government increased their existing warning for Costa Rica to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Costa Rica changed from 2.4 to 2.8. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government issued a new warning for Costa Rica with a rating of 4.0.
The Irish government increased their existing warning for Costa Rica to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Costa Rica changed from 2.2 to 2.4. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Costa Rica to 2.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 1.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Costa Rica changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Finnish government issued a new warning for Costa Rica with a rating of 2.0.
The Irish government issued a new warning for Costa Rica with a rating of 3.0.
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Costa Rica with a rating of 2.0.
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Costa Rica with a rating of 3.0.
The United States government issued a new warning for Costa Rica with a rating of 1.0.
Costa Rica with its capital San José is a country in North America (Central America), slightly smaller than West Virginia (51,100 km²). The country is located Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama. The climate can be described as tropical and subtropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands. The landscape is coastal plains separated by rugged mountains including over 100 volcanic cones, of which several are major volcanoes. With a population of about 4.19 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | San José |
| Population | about 4.19 million |
| Size | 51.100 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly smaller than West Virginia |
| Common languages | English, Spanish |
| Currency | Colon (short: CRC) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 120V - 60Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 1800 |
| International phone prefix | +506 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .cr |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | CR |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | CRI |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 188 |
These are problems Costa Rica is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Costa Rica. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Costa Rica.
Export products
Import products
Costa Rica is currently rated at 3,3 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 6 official sources. We advise caution when travelling to Costa Rica.
Visiting the country Costa Rica is usually fine. The score is at 3,3 Just keep an eye open, obey local rules and you'll most likely be fine.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 6 individual sources for Costa Rica.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Costa Rica. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Costa Rica.
Costa Rica has a size of 51,100 km² or 19,730 mi² which is slightly smaller than West Virginia.
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2020-03-10:
Integrated data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2/ Coronavirus).
2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
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