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Migration flows · 2025

Costa Rica

Where people move to and from Costa Rica in 2025. The left column is where residents go; the right column is where arrivals come from. Reported movements only.

Total leaving Costa Rica 2,187
Total arriving in Costa Rica 214,105
Location

Costa Rica & its flows

Flat world map. Red arrows & labels = where people go to; green arrows & labels = where people come from. Drag to pan, scroll or use the buttons to zoom (zoom in to reveal names of small or clustered countries).

Over time

Incoming vs outgoing by year

Yearly totals of people arriving in and leaving Costa Rica. Reported movements only.

Where Costa Rica’s people go

Top destination countries

  1. 1 United States 1,422
  2. 2 Canada 248
  3. 3 Spain 215
  4. 4 Mexico 172
  5. 5 Italy 42
  6. 6 Brazil 16
  7. 7 United Kingdom 11
  8. 8 Chile 10
  9. 9 Ireland 10
  10. 10 El Salvador 9
  11. 11 Peru 6
  12. 12 Guatemala 6
  13. 13 Panama 5
  14. 14 Argentina 5
  15. 15 Belgium 5
  16. 16 Germany 5

Where arrivals come from

Top origin countries

  1. 1 Nicaragua 178,871
  2. 2 Cuba 10,621
  3. 3 Venezuela, RB 10,373
  4. 4 Colombia 9,099
  5. 5 El Salvador 1,412
  6. 6 Honduras 855
  7. 7 China 644
  8. 8 Russian Federation 412
  9. 9 Haiti 310
  10. 10 Ecuador 209
  11. 11 Peru 206
  12. 12 Guatemala 174
  13. 13 Dominican Republic 148
  14. 14 Panama 135
  15. 15 Nepal 91
  16. 16 Mexico 87
  17. 17 Argentina 71
  18. 18 Brazil 66
  19. 19 Congo, Dem. Rep. 51
  20. 20 Ghana 50
  21. 21 Ukraine 49
  22. 22 Chile 44
  23. 23 Jamaica 44
  24. 24 United States 43
  25. 25 Bolivia 40