Costa Rica Costa Rica is a constitutional republic governed by a president and a unicameral legislative assembly directly elected in multiparty elections every four years. Elections are considered free and fair. There were reports of isolated instances where members of the security forces committed abuses. The government took credible steps to identify and punish officials who may have committed human rights abuses.The overall score indicates that there are medium risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.:Child labor Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB Overall Score 67/100 Global Rights Index 70,0/100 (2) Human Development Index 80,6/100 (0,806) Kids Rights Index 74,5/100 (0,745) Children's Rights in the Workplace Index 67,0/100 (3,3) Global Slavery Index 76,0/100 (24,0) Trafficking in persons report 62,5/100 (T2) Global Gender Gap Index 79,3/100 (0,793) Rule of Law Index 68,0/100 (0,68) Fragile States Index 66,3/100 (40,4) Freedom in the World Index 91,0/100 (91) Environmental Performance Index 55,5/100 (55,5) Corruption Perceptions Index 55,0/100 (55) Equality Index 65,0/100 (65)
Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB