Outline of Costa Rica

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Costa Rica:

Costa Rica – sovereign country located in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east-southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, and the Caribbean Sea to the east.^[1] Costa Rica was the first country in the world to constitutionally abolish its army.^[2] Among Latin American countries, Costa Rica ranks 4th on the 2007 Human Development Index, and 48th worldwide.^[3] Costa Rica is ranked 5th in the world on the 2008 Environmental Performance Index, up from the 15th place in 2006.^[4]^[5] In 2007 the government stated that it wants Costa Rica to be the first country to become carbon neutral by 2021.^[6]^[7]^[8]

^ "Costa Rica". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
^ El Espíritu del 48. "Abolición del Ejército". Retrieved 2008-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (Spanish)
^ UNPD Human Development Report 2007/2008 (January 2008). "Table 1: Human development index" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-03-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy / Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University. "Switzerland Tops 2008 Environmental Scorecard at World Economic Forum". Archived from the original on 2008-02-03. Retrieved 2008-03-09. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy / Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University. "Environmental Performance Index 2008, Metrics for Costa Rica". Archived from the original on 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2008-03-09. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ "Costa Rica Aims to Be a Carbon-Neutral Nation". Retrieved 2008-02-18.
^ "Costa Rica Aims to Become First "Carbon Neutral" Country". Archived from the original on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
^ "País quiere ser primera nación con balance neutro de carbono" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-02-18.