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The lowest published threshold anywhere here, and mandatory public health cover.

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생활비
63.7% (미국 물가 대비)
A comparison of prices, not a budget: it says what things cost here against the United States, not what a month will cost you. Compared at country level, so capital cities and large metros run higher. The price level prices the basket residents buy, and a foreign renter cannot reach the cheap end of local housing — poorer countries may still sit too low here.
치안
1.86 · 62nd of 163
Second in North and Central America behind Canada, and far ahead of its neighbours
영주권
A thousand dollars a month, and it settles
The rentista alternative asks US$2,500 a month for two years, or the equivalent deposited. Enrolment in the CAJA is a condition of the residence card.
의료
Compulsory public cover, priced on your income
Out-of-pocket spending is 24.1% of current health expenditure here (World Bank, 2023, CC BY 4.0). Read it with care: the measure counts only what insured people pay — not premiums, and not the uninsured — which is why the United States comes out at 10.9%, ahead of most countries on this site.

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생활비63.7% (미국 물가 대비)

World Bank, 2024, CC BY 4.0: the PPP conversion factor for household consumption is 328.0466 local currency units per international dollar, against an official exchange rate of 515.1098 to the US dollar. Their ratio, 0.637, is the price level against the United States, whose own ratio is 1 by construction. Both figures are theirs; the division is ours. See the Pathoff method, section 12.

A comparison of prices, not a budget: it says what things cost here against the United States, not what a month will cost you. Compared at country level, so capital cities and large metros run higher. The price level prices the basket residents buy, and a foreign renter cannot reach the cheap end of local housing — poorer countries may still sit too low here.

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치안1.86 · 62nd of 163

Global Peace Index 2026, Institute for Economics and Peace: score 1.86, ranked 62 of 163. Both figures are theirs; we publish them as they are.

Second in North and Central America behind Canada, and far ahead of its neighbours

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영주권A thousand dollars a month, and it settles

Pathoff outcome rubric (the Pathoff method, section 10-4), residency band "A route with conditions you can meet": Pensionado residence is granted in renewable two-year periods against a lifetime pension of US$1,000 a month, with dependants included and permanent residence following. High in the band — the threshold is the lowest published on this site. Short of the open band because the income must be deposited in a Costa Rican bank and neither route permits employment.

The rentista alternative asks US$2,500 a month for two years, or the equivalent deposited. Enrolment in the CAJA is a condition of the residence card.

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마지막 확인
2026-09
의료Compulsory public cover, priced on your income

Pathoff healthcare rubric (the Pathoff method, section 13-2), band "Covered, with a private top-up in practice": Residents must enrol in the CAJA and contribute a percentage of declared income, which buys comprehensive cover; waiting times push many towards private care, which is inexpensive, and serious treatment is done in the country. Solid in the band.

Out-of-pocket spending is 24.1% of current health expenditure here (World Bank, 2023, CC BY 4.0). Read it with care: the measure counts only what insured people pay — not premiums, and not the uninsured — which is why the United States comes out at 10.9%, ahead of most countries on this site.

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2026-09

여기는 어떤 곳인가

A lifetime pension of US$1,000 a month is enough, a couple can qualify on one of them, and permanent residence follows a few years. Joining the CAJA is compulsory rather than optional, which sounds like a cost and is actually the point: it is comprehensive public cover priced against your declared income, in a country with no army and a temperate plateau to live on.

절차는 이렇습니다

1

Document the pension or income

A lifetime pension of US$1,000 a month, or US$2,500 a month in income for two years.

⏱ 2–4 months
2

Expect the file to take a year

Costa Rican immigration processing is slow rather than difficult.

⏱ 6–14 months
3

Enrol in the CAJA to get the card

The residence card cannot be finalised or renewed without it.

⏱ 1 month

정착하는 곳

Central Valley (Atenas, Grecia)
Temperate all year, and the established retiree belt
Guanacaste
Hot, dry, coastal, and the most expensive
Southern Zone
Cheapest and greenest, with the thinnest medical cover

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사진: 코스타리카 · Rhododendrites, 라이선스 CC BY-SA 4.0, 출처 Wikimedia Commons.