hydro: 81.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 16.6% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
7.574 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
440 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
202 million kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - consumption:
44,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Current account balance:
$-1.176 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$7.931 billion (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
coffee, bananas, sugar, pineapples; textiles, electronic
components, medical equipment

Exports - partners:
US 42.6%, Hong Kong 6.9%, Netherlands 6.4%, Guatemala 4.2% (2005)

Imports:
$10.88 billion (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum

Imports - partners:
US 41.3%, Japan 5.6%, Venezuela 4.8%, Mexico 4.8%, Ireland 4.3%,
Brazil 4.2%, China 4.2% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.5 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$6.42 billion (30 June 2006 est.)

Currency (code):
Costa Rican colon (CRC)

Currency code:
CRC

Exchange rates:
Costa Rican colones per US dollar - 513.302 (2006), 477.79 (2005),
437.91 (2004), 398.66 (2003), 359.82 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Costa Rica

Telephones - main lines in use:
1,388,500 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.101 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: good domestic telephone service in terms of
breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service
domestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave,
fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is
available
international: country code - 506; connected to Central American
Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic
Ocean); two submarine cables (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002)

Radios:
980,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002)

Televisions:
525,000 (1997)

Internet country code:
.cr

Internet hosts:
12,751 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
3 (of which only one is legal) (2000)

Internet users:
1 million (2005)

Transportation Costa Rica

Airports:
157 (2006)

Airports - with