Costa Rica

Latin America & Caribbean · San Jose

Rank #167 of 173

9.3Strength score

Photos

CP25 Hospital Surgery SMEE Costa Rica (9230085) — CP25 Hospital Surgery SMEE Costa Rica (9230085)U.S. Army photo by Cpl. William Hunter · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

CP25 COMREL Basketball in Costa Rica (9214888) — CP25 COMREL Basketball in Costa Rica (9214888)U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Boatright · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Barack Obama arrives in Costa Rica — Barack Obama arrives in Costa RicaWhite House/Lawrence Jackson · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance0
Air power—
Manpower62
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $0
Budget as % of GDP: 0.00%
Spending per person: —
GDP: $102.9B #73
Population: 5,152,950 #125

Manpower

Active personnel: 10,000 (World Bank figure) #133
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 10,000 #133

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

Compare with…

Weapons Costa Rica uses (1)

North American P-51 Mustang

North American P-51 MustangFighter aircraft

Others in the region

21Brazil67.6 VS
33Colombia62.2 VS
34Chile62.2 VS
36Mexico60.4 VS
42Argentina58.4 VS
52Venezuela, RB32.3 VS
54Peru31.7 VS
71Ecuador30.4 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)