Defence spending
US$0
0.0% of GDPGDP 2026
2024 annual observation. Annual military expenditure, current US dollars at the year's exchange rate; not procurement orders.
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Central America · Military profile
Costa Rica country profile with source-backed equipment operators and dated national observations. The linked records retain their published sources and reference years.
01 / National data
Military, personnel and economic indicators
2024 annual observation. Annual military expenditure, current US dollars at the year's exchange rate; not procurement orders.
EQUIPMENT & WEAPONS
Equipment listed in inventory and operator sources, grouped by force and category. Sourced quantities retain their date, variant coverage and inventory status. Equipment without a documented count is listed by type.
21 matching equipment types
| Equipment | Costa Rica |
|---|---|
| Support aircraft | |
| Piper PA-31 Navajo | 2Air Surveillance Unit · 2025 |
| Equipment | Costa Rica |
|---|---|
| Armoured vehicles | |
| M3 scout car | In service |
| Mortars | |
| M29 mortar | In service |
| Equipment | Costa Rica |
|---|---|
| Small arms | |
| Beretta M12 | In service |
| Beretta Model 38 | In service |
| FN FAL | In service |
| IWI Galil | In service |
| IWI Jericho 941 | In service |
| IWI Negev | In service |
| M14 rifle | In service |
| M16 rifle | In service |
| M1911 pistol | In service |
| M1918 Browning automatic rifle | In service |
| M4 carbine | In service |
| M60 machine gun | In service |
Coverage is incomplete. “Not documented” means no linked inventory evidence, not zero equipment. Methodology ↗
04 / Data record
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 IISS population assessment | 5,304,932 people | International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) | superseded |
| 2025 annual observation | 5,152,950 people | World Bank; WDI contributors | approved |
Full-time active military personnel in the 2025 IISS source edition cited by this Wikipedia row. Excludes the separately reported Reserve military and Paramilitary columns. This is the cited edition year, not an exact census date or a 2026 headcount.
2025 annual observation. Midyear resident population estimate.
Annual nominal GDP at current market prices, in source-reported current US dollars. Excludes purchasing-power-parity GDP and real GDP growth. Explicit 2026 economic-table year column; USD 109bn. The table was compiled in the November 2025 IISS assessment; this annual figure is an assessment/estimate and does not assert a final audited outturn. The explicit 2026 column is forward-looking relative to the November 2025 assessment and is retained as a forecast, not an observed final outturn.
2020 annual observation. Active-duty military personnel, including qualifying paramilitary forces; not an active-regular-only count.
Military reserve personnel in the 2025 IISS source edition cited by this Wikipedia row. Reservists are not normally kept under arms and are available for mobilisation. Excludes the separately reported Active military and Paramilitary columns. This is the cited edition year, not an exact census date.
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