Costa Rica–Turkey relations

Costa Rica–Turkey relations (Spanish: Las relaciones Costa Rica-Turquía; Turkish: Kosta Rika-Türkiye ilişkileri) are foreign relations between Costa Rica and Turkey. Costa Rica has an embassy in Ankara. Turkey has an embassy in San José.

Costa Rica-Turkey relations

Costa Rica
Turkey

Country Comparison
 Costa Rica  Turkey
Flag
State Emblem / National Emblem
4,999,441 83,154,997
Area 51,100 km2 (19,700 sq mi) 783,356 km2 (302,455 sq mi)
Population density 84.9/km2 (220/sq mi) 105/km2 (271.9/sq mi)
Capital San José Ankara
Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Current Leader President Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Vice President Epsy Campbell Barr		 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Vice President Fuat Oktay
Official languages SpanishSpanish Turkish
Main religions 79% Christianity, 17% No religion 97.6% Islam, 1.1% Judaism, 0.3% Christianity
Ethnic groups 83.6% White Latin Americans, 6.7% Mulatto 85% Turkish, 9% Kurdish 6% Others
Human Development Index (HDI) 0.794 (high)[1] — 68th 0.806 (very high)[2] — 59th
GDP (PPP) $95.791 billion ($18,651 per capita) $2.464 trillion[3] ($29,326 per capita)

Presidential Visits
Guest Host Place of visit Date of visit
President Óscar Arias President Abdullah Gül Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara November 2009[4]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Enrique Castillo Barrantes Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoğlu Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara 2012[4]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Enrique Castillo Barrantes Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoğlu Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara 2013[4]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Gonzalez Sanz Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara October 2014[4]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Gonzalez Sanz Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Second Turkey-SICA Foreign Ministers Forum, Istanbul April 20, 2017[4]

Economic Relations

Trade volume between the two countries was 100 million USD in 2019 (Turkish exports/imports: 58.9/41.8 million USD).[4]

See also

References
  1. "2019 Human Development Index Ranking | Human Development Reports". hdr.undp.org. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  2. "List of countries by Human Development Index", Wikipedia, 2020-04-24, retrieved 2020-05-02
  3. "International Monetary Fund, Report on selected countries". imf.org. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  4. "Relations between Turkey and Costa Rica". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
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