Country scorecard
Costa Rica
North America · 5.2M people
ALPS
1.17
languages per person
#174 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
11%
globally connected
Largely monolingual — the average person here speaks 1.2 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Costa Rica is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Spanish99%
- English18%
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