INVEST IN COSTA RICA
290 companies that operate under the Free Zone Regime and 199 companies that operate out of it have chosen our country as a place to expand their operations. Costa Rica has become the preferred location in Latin America for leading companies in the high-tech industry that want to install new investment projects. Many of the most renowned international companies trusted our country to serve internal and external clients from this strategic location.
We are the United States´ first strategic partner in the region for semiconductor development.
WHY COSTA RICA ?
Costa Ricas's Free Zones offer benefits such as taxes exemption
- Sustained economic growth over the last 25 years as a result of an outward-oriented strategy, based on a solid commercial platform with its main commercial partners (World Bank, 2023).
- Costa Rica is the only tropical country in the world that has reversed deforestation, thanks to its commitment to environmental policies (World Bank, 2023).
- #1 in the Human Development Index in Central America (UNDP, 2021)
- #1 in innovation in Central America (WIPO, 2021).
- #1 in Central America in the World Ranking in Doing Business (World Bank, 2020)
- #1 in digital skills among the population Source: WEF, 2019
- #1 in human capital, skills and competencies of the labor force and the quality of education in Latin America Source: WEF, 2019
- #1 in current and future workforce skills in Latin America Source: WEF, 2019
6.5%
OF WORLD BIODIVERSITY
7.6%
GDP IN EDUCATION
9.9%
GDP IN HEALTH
1948
NO ARMY
51100km2
TOTAL AREA
5mm
OF INHABITANTS (INEC, 2022).
97.4%
LITERATE (WORLD BANK, 2021).
INVESTMENT SECTORS
Your company could have opportunities to invest in Costa Rica in sectors such as:
LIGHT MANUFACTURING
FOOD
AGRICULTURE
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
LIFE SCIENCES
FILM INDUSTRY
LOGISTICS
TOURISM
BIOMATERIALS
ACADEMY
TRADE
SUSTAINABLE ADVENTURE PARKS
HEALTH SERVICES
CORPORATE SERVICES
LEARN ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF COMPANIES
THAT HAVE CHOSEN COSTA RICA
HOSTING THE BEST
+350 GLOBAL COMPANIES CHOOSE COSTA RICA FOR THEIR LATIN AMERICA HQs
START A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH COSTA RICA
The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (PROCOMER) is an inclusive institution that generates business with a purpose. We have more than 25 commercial promotion offices around the world, dedicated to attracting foreign direct investment.
MEET THE TEAM
Mónica Umaña
Daniel Díaz
Carolina Sánchez
Marcela Brooks
Danny Agüero
Maria Paz Araya
Federico Umaña
Mariana Fournier
LET'S TALK
