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Costa Rica

Republic of Costa Rica

Americas

UN Member since 1945

Member of OECD, OAS.

Population

5.2M

GDP

$68.4B

Capital

San Jose

Government

Unitary presidential constit...

Power & politics

Leadership, governance, and democratic trajectory.

Democracy index

8.3 / 10

UN voting record

How Costa Rica votes at the UN General Assembly — ideological trajectory, voting partners, topic patterns, and key recent roll calls.

Ideological trajectory

Voting summary

No votes recorded for this period yet.

Bloc alignment

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Top voting partners

Topic-level voting

Source: Erik Voeten, “United Nations General Assembly Voting Data”, Harvard Dataverse (CC0). Aggregated by Model Diplomat. Last refresh tracked in profile freshness.

Foreign policy

Bilateral posture, key relationships, and live diplomatic statements.

Foreign Policy

Costa Rica's foreign policy emphasises demilitarisation, human rights, environmental sustainability, and multilateral engagement. Without a military, it relies on diplomacy, international law, and alliances for security. Costa Rica is a strong supporter of the ICC, the Arms Trade Treaty, and nuclear disarmament.

Costa Rica has joined the OECD (2021) and maintains close economic ties with the United States while pursuing trade diversification through agreements with China, the EU, and the Pacific Alliance (as an observer).

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MUN Delegate Guide

As Costa Rica, you hold exceptional moral authority. Your country abolished its army -- use this to champion disarmament, peacekeeping, and human security. Costa Rica's environmental credentials are world-leading, so take a leadership role on climate and biodiversity.

Build coalitions with like-minded democracies and small states. Costa Rica punches well above its weight in multilateral forums, especially on human rights (it has served on the Human Rights Council multiple times). Ally with European states on values-based issues while maintaining Latin American solidarity.

Avoid getting drawn into regional power politics between larger neighbours. Your strength is principled positions, not power projection.