🇨🇷 Costa Rica: Politics & Democracy
Yes — with a V-Dem liberal democracy score of 80.9 (on a 0–100 scale), Costa Rica ranks among the world's strong liberal democracies.
Current leaders
Laura Fernández Delgado
Head of State · Sovereign People's Party
Democracy trend
Voting alignment
Costa Rica's closest UN General Assembly voting partners since 1946:
Frequently asked questions
Is Costa Rica a democracy?
Yes — with a V-Dem liberal democracy score of 80.9 (on a 0–100 scale), Costa Rica ranks among the world's strong liberal democracies. It ranks #7 of 179 countries in 2025.
Is democracy in Costa Rica improving or declining?
Costa Rica's V-Dem liberal democracy score has declined by 4.5 points over the past decade, standing at 80.9 in 2025 (1-year change: 0.0).
Who leads Costa Rica?
Laura Fernández Delgado is Costa Rica's head of state (Sovereign People's Party).