Costa Rica has a stable economy based on tourism, agriculture, and electronics exports. Due to the country’s political stability and well-educated workforce, Costa Rica has attracted many foreign investors in recent years.

Tourism is the country’s main source of income. Costa Rica’s excellent program of ecological conservation has become a model for the world, and attracts over a million visitors yearly. The government has worked in recent years to erect a strong tourism infrastructure, and many tour companies have worked hard to build upon that base.

If tourism is the head of Costa Rica’s economy, coffee and bananas are the backbone. A short drive outside of any city in the highlands will reveal undulating fields of green coffee bushes, and in the lowlands you’ll find acres of banana farms. These two traditional exports still form an important part of Costa Rica’s economy and culture.

Other exports include microprocessors, textiles, pineapples, sugar, rice, beans, beef, and exotic flowers.