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{{Politics of Costa Rica}}[[Costa Rica]] is currently an active member of the international community and, in 1983, claimed it was for [[neutrality (international relations)|neutrality]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/country/profiles/costa-rica.html|title = Costa Rica Department of State Background &#124; Infoplease}}</ref> Due to certain powerful constituencies{{who|date=July 2013}} favoring its methods, it has a weight in world affairs far beyond its size. The country lobbied aggressively for the establishment of the [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] and became the first nation to recognize the jurisdiction of the [[Inter-American Human Rights Court]], based in [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]].

The foreign affairs of the Republic of Costa Rica are a function of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (Costa Rica)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship]].

== History ==
Costa Rica gained election as president of the [[Group of 77]] in the [[United Nations]] in 1995. That term ended in 1997 with the South-South Conference held in San Jose the 3rd.

Costa Rica occupied a nonpermanent seat in the [[United Nations Security Council|Security Council]] from 1997 to 1999 and exercised a leadership role in confronting crises in the [[Middle East]] and [[Africa]], as well as in the former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]. It is currently a member of the [[United Nations Commission on Human Rights]]. On 1 January 2008 Costa Rica started its third year term on the Security Council.

Costa Rica strongly backed efforts by the United States to implement [[UN Security Council Resolution 940]], which led to the restoration of the democratically elected Government of [[Haiti]] in October 1994. Costa Rica was among the first to call for a postponement of the 22 May elections in [[Peru]] when international observer missions found electoral machinery not prepared for the vote count.

Costa Rica is also a member of the [[International Criminal Court]], without a [[Bilateral Immunity Agreement]] of protection for the US-military (as covered under [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court|Article 98]]).

==Relations to Central America==

In 1987, then President [[Óscar Arias]] authored a regional plan that served as the basis for the [[Esquipulas Peace Agreement]] and Arias was awarded the 1987 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for his work. Arias also promoted change in the USSR-backed Nicaraguan government of the era. Costa Rica also hosted several rounds of negotiations between the [[El Salvador|Salvadoran Government]] and the [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front]], aiding El Salvador's efforts to emerge from civil war and culminating in that country's 1994 free and fair elections. Costa Rica has been a strong proponent of regional arms-limitation agreements. Former President [[Miguel Ángel Rodríguez]] recently proposed the abolition of all [[Central America]]n militaries and the creation of a regional counternarcotics police force in their stead.

With the establishment of democratically elected governments in all Central American nations by the 1990s, Costa Rica turned its focus from regional conflicts to the pursuit of neoliberal policies on the isthmus. The influence of these policies, along with the US invasion of Panama, was instrumental in drawing [[Panama]] into the Central American model of [[neoliberalism]]. Costa Rica also participated in the multinational Partnership for Democracy and Development in Central America.

Regional political integration has not proven attractive to Costa Rica. The country debated its role in the Central American integration process under former President Calderon. Costa Rica has sought concrete economic ties with its Central American neighbors rather than the establishment of regional political institutions, and it chose not to join the [[Central American Parliament]].

==Costa Rica in the UN==

Costa Rica has been an active member of the [[United Nations]] since its inception at the San Francisco Conference in 1945. Its first ambassador to the United Nations was Fernando Soto Harrison, the secretary of governance under President Picado.<ref>{{cite book|last=Soto Harrison|first=Fernando|title=Que Paso en los Anos Quaranta|year=1991|publisher=Universidad Estatal a Distancia|location=San Jose}}</ref>

Costa Rican [[Christiana Figueres]] was nominated for the post of [[UN secretary-general]] in July 2016.

== Diplomatic relations ==
List of countries with which Costa Rica maintains diplomatic relations:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Costa Rica.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
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!#
!Country
!Date
|-
|1
|{{Flag|Honduras}}
|{{dts|1 July 1839}}<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Política Bilateral |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=exterior&cat=politica |access-date=6 July 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|2
|{{Flag|Guatemala}}
|{{dts|18 August 1839}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Relaciones Diplomáticas de Guatemala |url=https://www.minex.gob.gt/DirectorioPaisesRelacion.aspx |access-date=24 July 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|3
|{{Flag|El Salvador}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 December 1845}}<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=REGISTRO DE FECHAS DE ESTABLECIMIENTO DE RD |url=https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/rree/documents/338286/download |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|4
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|{{dts|28 February 1848}}<ref name="britain">{{Cite web |title=Relación de Costa Rica con Gran Bretaña|url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=exterior&cat=politica|website=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (Costa Rica)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica]]|access-date=25 April 2025 |language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214093550/https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=exterior&cat=politica&cont=522&pais=GB|archive-date=14 December 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|5
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{Dts|12 March 1848}}<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Relación de Costa Rica con Francia |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=exterior&cat=politica&cont=522&pais=FR |access-date=9 March 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|6
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|{{dts|10 May 1850}}<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Detalle de Instrumento Jurídico |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=exterior&cat=convenios&cont=610&instrumento=268 |access-date=18 August 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|7
|{{Flag|United States}}
|{{dts|24 March 1851}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Costa Rica |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/costa-rica |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|8
|{{Flag|Peru}}
|{{dts|25 April 1852}}<ref name=":22" />
|-
|9
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|{{dts|12 July 1852}}<ref name=":22" />
|-
|10
|{{Flag|Colombia}}
|{{DTS|11 June 1856}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=América |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/internacional/politica/regiones/america |access-date=29 June 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|11
|{{Flag|Chile}}
|{{DTS|20 June 1857}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 June 2021 |title=En esta fecha se celebramos 164 años de relaciones diplomáticas con la República de Chile. Celebramos los lazos de amistad y las sólidas relaciones bilaterales. |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/CancilleriaCostaRica/photos/en-esta-fecha-se-celebramos-164-años-de-relaciones-diplomáticas-con-la-república/4036145379839409/ |access-date=3 July 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|12
|{{Flag|Belgium}}
|{{dts|26 July 1858}}<ref name=":22" />
|-
|13
|{{Flag|Argentina}}
|{{DTS|23 October 1862}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relación de Costa Rica con Argentina |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=exterior&cat=politica&cont=522&pais=AR |access-date=27 June 2023 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 2024 |title=We celebrate today the 162nd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Costa Rica |url=https://x.com/ArgentinaMFA/status/1849077624955342961 |access-date=23 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
|14
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{dts|25 February 1864}}<ref name="ReferenceD">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nUjwdW92WjYC&dq=Antonio+Maria+Migliorati+ministro+residente+italia+en+Equatore++25+febbraio+1864&pg=PA55 |title=Annuario diplomatico del Regno d'Italia ... |publisher=Italia : Ministero degli affari esteri |year=1886 |pages=55 |language=it |access-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116204456/https://books.google.com/books?id=nUjwdW92WjYC&dq=Antonio+Maria+Migliorati+ministro+residente+italia+en+Equatore++25+febbraio+1864&pg=PA55 |archive-date=16 November 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|15
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|{{dts|30 July 1868}}<ref name=":06">{{Cite book |last=Lévy |first=Pablo |title=Notas geográficas y económicas sobre la República de Nicaragua ...: y una exposicion completa de la cuestion del canal interoceánico y de la de inmigracion, con una lista bibliográfica, las mas completa hasta el dia, de todos los libros y mapas relativos á la América central y general y á Nicarrgua [!] en particular |year=1873 |pages=339 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|16
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|{{dts|3 August 1876}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Memoria de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |publisher=Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores |year=1878 |pages=vii |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|17
|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}}
|{{Date table sorting|10 August 1876}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 June 2023 |title=Establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre la República Dominicana y Costa Rica |url=https://mirex.gob.do/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1.-Costa-Rica_establecimiento-rel.-diplomaticas.pdf |access-date=5 September 2024 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|18
|{{Flag|Ecuador}}
|{{dts|26 October 1885}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relación de Costa Rica con Ecuador |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=exterior&cat=politica&cont=522&pais=EC |access-date=6 July 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|19
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|{{Dts|22 June 1891}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Libro amarillo correspondiente al año ...: presentado al Congreso Nacional en sus sesiones ordinarias de ... por el titular despacho |publisher=Venezuela. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |year=2003 |pages=528–529 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|20
|{{Flag|Panama}}
|{{dts|1903|12|29|format=dmy}}<ref name="date">{{cite web |title=RELACIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS DE LA REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ |url=http://www.mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806131148/https://mire.gob.pa/sites/default/files/documentos/Trasnsparencia/gestion-anual-2011-2012.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2020 |access-date=30 November 2021 |page=195}}</ref>
|-
|21
|{{Flag|Bolivia}}
|{{dts|3 January 1907}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 January 2025 |title=Lazos que Trascienden... |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/CancilleriaCostaRica/posts/-lazos-que-trascienden-cada-semana-conozca-un-breve-contexto-de-las-relaciones-d/913493460964001/ |access-date=26 June 2025 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Embajada de Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia en Costa Rica |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=misiones&cat=enCR&cont=527&id=136&pais=BO |access-date=26 June 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|22
|{{Flag|Brazil}}
|{{dts|21 June 1907}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Colección de los decretos y ordenes ha expedio la legislatura del estado |publisher=Imprenta Nacional |year=1907 |pages=421 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|23
|{{Flag|Cuba}}
|{{dts|17 December 1907}}<ref name=":22" /><ref>{{Cite book |title=Coleccion de los decretos y ordenes, 2 |publisher=Imprenta nacional |year=1907 |pages=viii |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Holy See}}
|{{dts|19 August 1908}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Colección de leyes, decretos, acuerdos y resoluciones |year=1908 |pages=163 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|24
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|{{dts|10 July 1913}}<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Países |url=https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/relacoesbilaterais/paises |access-date=2 July 2022 |language=pt}}</ref>
|-
|25
|{{Flag|Uruguay}}
|{{Dts|11 January 1929}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 October 2024 |title=Acuerdos y tratados |url=https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-relaciones-exteriores/embajada-republica-oriental-del-uruguay-costa-rica/uruguay-costa-rica/acuerdos-tratados |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Embajada de la República Oriental del Uruguay en Costa Rica |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aniversario del establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas con la República de Costa Rica |url=https://www.instagram.com/cancilleriauruguay/p/DEsHUFIJw5k/ |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=cancilleriauruguay |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|26
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{Dts|18 November 1933}}<ref name=":42">{{Cite web |title=SERIA WYDAWNICZA: POLSKA SŁUŻBA ZAGRANICZNA 1918–1945 – materiały źródłowe |url=https://www.archiwa.gov.pl/files/Urzednicy_sluzby_zagranicznej_PDF_small.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222121648/https://www.archiwa.gov.pl/files/Urzednicy_sluzby_zagranicznej_PDF_small.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2021 |access-date=5 June 2023 |page=271 |language=pl}}</ref>
|-
|27
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|{{Date table sorting|20 February 1935}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 February 2025 |title=Costa Rica y Japón celebran el 80 aniversario del establecimiento de sus relaciones diplomáticas |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=servicios&cat=prensa&cont=593&id=2110 |access-date=26 June 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|28
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|{{Dts|21 March 1935}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Las relaciones entre Checoslovaquia y América Latina 1945-1989. En los archivos de la República Checa: Ibero-Americana Supplementum 38 |publisher=Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press |year=2015 |pages=267 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|29
|{{Flag|Sweden}}
|{{dts|26 November 1937}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Item CR-AN-AH-MRREE-015303 |url=https://archivodigital.go.cr/index.php/correspondencia-de-estocolmo-de-nos-gustavo-por-la-gracia-de-dios-rey-de-suecia-de-los-godos-y-de-los-vendas-al-licenciado-leon-cortes-c-presidente-de-la-republica-de-costa-rica-comunica-el-nombramiento-del-senor-carl-gotthard-gylfe-an |access-date=10 March 2025 |publisher=[[National Archives of Costa Rica]] |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|30
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{Dts|2 May 1939}}<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>
|-
|31
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|{{dts|8 May 1944}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 June 2014 |title=Costa Rica y Rusia celebran 70 aniversario del establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/index.php?sec=servicios&cat=prensa&cont=593&id=1764 |access-date=10 March 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|32
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|{{Dts|5 July 1946}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 July 2023 |title=he Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Costa Rica celebrate 77 years of formal diplomatic relations today, July 05! |url=https://twitter.com/DFAPHL/status/1676583494271598592 |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
|33
|{{Flag|Denmark}}
|{{dts|3 October 1947}}<ref name=":41">{{Cite book |title=British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Latin America, January 1950-December 1950 |publisher=University Publications of America |year=2003 |pages=424}}</ref>
|-
|34
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|{{Dts|5 January 1948}}<ref name=":932">{{Cite book |last=Yegros |first=Ricardo Scavone |url=http://www.mre.gov.py/v1/Adjuntos/Libros/RepresentantesdelParaguayII.pdf |title=Representantes Diplomáticos Paraguayos : nómina de los jefes de Misiones Diplomáticas de la República del Paraguay |year=2011 |pages=14 |language=es |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009170232/http://www.mre.gov.py/v1/Adjuntos/Libros/RepresentantesdelParaguayII.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|35
|{{Flag|Turkey}}
|{{dts|20 April 1950}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Francisco |first1=Jorge |title=Historia diplomática de Costa Rica (1948-1970) |last2=Carbonell |first2=Sáenz |publisher=UNA |year=2013 |pages=72 |language=es}}</ref>
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|36
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|{{dts|1 May 1950}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 May 2021 |title=En esta fecha se cumplen 71 años de relaciones diplomáticas con el Reino de Camboya. |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/CancilleriaCostaRica/posts/pfbid022xS3Rchom562cwKScs68hpEjDWFn8HTi66tkG1v8zdLRPBB9p9ugknxCdoD1epAPl |access-date=10 February 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
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|37
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|{{dts|5 February 1952}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: Latin America, 1952 |publisher= |year=2005 |pages=400 |quote=COSTA RICA ... Austria Dr. Wolfgang Hoeller, Charge d'Affaires. Recognised 5th February, 1952. Resident in Mexico.}}</ref>
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|38
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|{{dts|14 June 1952}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Yugoslav Survey Volume 28 |publisher=Jugoslavija Publishing House |year=1987 |pages=136 |quote=COSTA RICA. Diplomatic relations between Yugoslavia and Costa Rica were established on June 14, 1952 at the level of legations and were raised to the level of embassies in January 1979}}</ref>
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|39
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|{{dts|7 October 1952}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Costa Rica: Steckbrief |url=https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/service/laender/costarica-node/costarica-224814 |website=Auswärtiges Amt |access-date=6 March 2025 |language=de}}</ref>
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|40
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|{{Date table sorting|22 October 1954}}<ref name=":2" />
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|41
|{{Flag|Haiti}}
|{{DTS|29 September 1955}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Jorge Francisco, Saenz Carbonell |date=2013 |title=LAS RELACIONES CON ISRAEL |url=http://www.ri.una.ac.cr/ArchivosPDF/HISTORIA%20DIPLOMATICA%20DE%20CR.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020181156/http://www.ri.una.ac.cr/ArchivosPDF/HISTORIA%20DIPLOMATICA%20DE%20CR.pdf |archive-date=20 October 2016 |access-date=3 September 2023 |website=Historia Diplomatica de Costa Rica(1948-1970) |page=107 & 122 |language=es}}</ref>
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|42
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{dts|18 June 1957}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Carbonell |first=Jorge Francisco Sáenz |date=September 2010 |title=La política exterior de la primera Administración - Figueres Ferrer (1953-1958) |journal=Revista Costarricense de Política Exterior |language=es |volume=VIII |issue=2 |pages=33}}</ref>
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|—
|{{Flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
|{{dts|8 August 1957}}<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Francisco |first1=Jorge |title=Historia diplomática de Costa Rica (1948-1970) |last2=Carbonell |first2=Sáenz |publisher=UNA |year=2013 |pages=119 |language=es}}</ref>
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|43
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{dts|20 January 1961}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linwood |first=DeLong |date=January 2020 |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925-2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>
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|44
|{{Flag|South Korea}}
|{{DTS|15 August 1962}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Countries & Regions |url=https://www.mofa.go.kr/eng/nation/m_4902/list.do |access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref>
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|45
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|{{Date table sorting|29 January 1963}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bulletin de documentation_1963_1 |url=https://sip.gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/publications/bulletin/1963/BID_1963_1/BID_1963_1.pdf |access-date=24 May 2023 |website=sip.gouvernement.lu |page=11 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|46
|{{Flag|Syria}}
|{{DTS|15 December 1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Memoria del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto presentada a la Asamblea Legislativa por el ... Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto |publisher=Costa Rica. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto |year=1962 |pages=110 |language=es}}</ref>
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|47
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{dts|1964}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Memoria |publisher=Costa Rica. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto |year=1999 |pages=406 |language=es}}</ref>
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|48
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|{{dts|2 July 1965}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Costa Rica |url=https://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/costa-rica/ |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref>
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|49
|{{Flag|Finland}}
|{{dts|1966|08|23|format=dmy}}<ref name="ties">{{cite web |title=Countries and regions A–Z |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330044440/http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |archive-date=30 March 2018 |access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref>
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|50
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|{{dts|14 May 1970}}<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2001 |title=Hungarian-Latin-American Relations after World War II |url=http://www.coldwar.hu/chronologies/hung_latin.html |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref>
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|51
|{{Flag|India}}
|{{dts|15 September 1970}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=India and Costa Rica |url=https://www.indiaempire.com/article/213889/india_and_costa_rica#:~:text=On%20September%2015th%2C%202023%2C%20Costa%20Rica%20celebrated,that%20have%20deepened%20our%20bonds%20of%20friendship. |work=India Empire |access-date=19 May 2025}}</ref>
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|52
|{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
|{{dts|9 October 1970}}<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Установяване, прекъсване u възстановяване на дипломатическите отношения на България (1878-2005) |url=http://filip-nikolov.com/files/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F.doc |language=bg}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Romania}}
|{{dts|4 July 1970}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|{{Dts|21 May 1971}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2021 |title=Celebramos 50 años de relaciones diplomáticas con la República de Trinidad y Tobago |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/CancilleriaCostaRica/posts/pfbid02LCU61XgNsn4peSADitDcVasqkWavQdKGk2g7bPxm9YEJqD2jDfoDiRtccL21iNRBl?__tn__=%2CO*F |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref>
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|55
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{Date table sorting|21 July 1971}}<ref>{{cite web |date=16 April 2021 |title=Countries with which Jamaica has Established Diplomatic Relations |url=http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308040029/http://mfaft.gov.jm/jm/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=8 March 2016 |access-date=16 April 2021}}</ref>
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|56
|{{Flag|Barbados}}
|{{Dts|6 March 1972}}<ref name="diplomaticrelations">{{Cite web |title=LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH WHICH BARBADOS HAS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BY REGIONS |url=http://foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813184054/https://www.foreign.gov.bb/documents/foreign-policy/22-countries-with-diplomaic-relations-with-barbados/file |archive-date=13 August 2017 |access-date=25 March 2021 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Barbados)}}</ref>
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|57
|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}}
|{{Dts|15 February 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSQFAQAAIAAJ&dq=The+Republics+of+Ivory+Coast+and+Costa+Rica+have+decided+to+establish+diplomatic+relations&pg=RA8-PA15 |title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa Issues 1265-1274 |publisher=United States. Joint Publications Research Service |year=1973 |pages=15}}</ref>
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|58
|{{Flag|Albania}}
|{{Dts|20 February 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Current Background |publisher=United States. Consulate General (Hong Kong) |year=1973 |pages=4}}</ref>
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|59
|{{Flag|Tunisia}}
|{{Dts|15 October 1973}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2020 |title=Celebramos 47 años de relaciones diplomáticas con la República de Túnez Bandera de Costa Rica |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://m.facebook.com/CancilleriaCostaRica/photos/pb.646166248837356.-2207520000../3345117428942211/?type=3&eid=ARDqjZxobNnAmJnlsll1irJt_4952avsDM3T2aQDvbkK6kV87sYnbCrR-6-YdSpwrM061VDGc18IcZQz&locale=sv_SE |language=es}}</ref>
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|60
|{{Flag|Pakistan}}
|{{DTS|9 November 1973}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Pakistan Horizon - Volume 26. |publisher=Pakistan Institute of International Affairs |year=1973 |pages=76}}</ref>
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|61
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|{{dts|14 December 1973}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 December 2016 |title=Costa Rica felicita al nuevo Rey de Tailandia Su Majestad Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindhorndevarangkul |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/index.php?sec=servicios&cat=prensa&cont=593&id=3188 |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
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|62
|{{Flag|North Korea}}
|{{Dts|10 February 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=DPRK Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf |access-date=6 July 2023 |page=4}}</ref>
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|63
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|{{Dts|18 March 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=COSA RICA AND ETHIOPIA ESTABLISH RELATIONS |url=https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1974ADDIS+A-48_b.html |access-date=25 May 2025}}</ref>
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|64
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|{{dts|3 April 1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Nouvelles Du Cameroun: Cameroon News |publisher=Service de presse et d'information de l'Ambassade du Cameroun |year=1974 |pages=18 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Année africaine |publisher=Éditions A. Pedone. |year=1974 |pages=389 |language=fr |quote=CAMEROUN ... 3 avril — Etablissement des relations diplomatiques au niveau des ambassadeurs avec le Costa - Rica}}</ref>
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|65
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{DTS|17 April 1974}}<ref name="relations">{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations |url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=21 April 2021 |archive-date=16 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216065040/https://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|66
|{{Flag|Australia}}
|{{dts|9 October 1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 October 2024 |title=Costa Rica y Australia conmemoran 50 años de relaciones diplomáticas |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=servicios&cat=prensa&cont=593&id=8001 |access-date=10 February 2025 |website=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto Costa Rica |language=es}}</ref>
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|67
|{{Flag|Libya}}
|{{dts|30 November 1974}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Síntesis informativa iberoamericana |publisher=Centro de Documentación Iberoamericana, Instituto de Cultura Hispánica. |year=1974 |pages=151 |language=es |quote=... 30 El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Libia anuncia en Trípoli que este país y Costa Rica esta- blecen relaciones diplomáticas a nivel de emba- jadores}}</ref>
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|68
|{{Flag|Bahamas}}
|{{DTS|1974}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Costa Rica 196TH National Day |date=15 September 2020 |url=https://mofa.gov.bs/costa-rica-196th-national-day/ |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref>
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|69
|{{Flag|Iran}}
|{{dts|16 June 1975}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Iran Almanac and Book of Facts Volume 15 |publisher=Echo of Iran |year=1976 |pages=147 |quote=Iran and Costa Rica established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level on June 16 , 1975.}}</ref>
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|70
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|{{DTS|26 June 1975}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 June 2021 |title=En esta fecha se cumplen 46 años de relaciones diplomáticas con la República de Nigeria. |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/CancilleriaCostaRica/posts/4058499540937326/ |access-date=6 July 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
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|71
|{{Flag|Vietnam}}
|{{DTS|24 April 1976}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2010 |title=America |url=https://lamdong.gov.vn/sites/lderd/operationnotes/countriesandregions/SitePages/america.aspx |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
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|72
|{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|{{Date table sorting|8 March 1977}}<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Diplomatic relations |url=http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref>
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|73
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|{{dts|17 April 1977}}<ref name=":52">{{Cite book |last=Sambandan |author-link=V. T. Sambanthan |title=Asian Almanac, 1977 |year=1977 |pages=8472}}</ref>
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|74
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|{{Date table sorting|6 June 1977}}<ref>{{cite web |title=LIST OF COUNTRIES MAINTAINING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH MONGOLIA |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |access-date=21 December 2021 |page=3 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928021439/http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|75
|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}
|{{dts|11 June 1977}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Asian Almanac |publisher=V.T. Sambandan |year=1977 |volume=15 |pages=8511}}</ref>
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|76
|{{Flag|Nepal}}
|{{DTS|16 August 1977}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations |url=https://mofa.gov.np/foreign-policy/bilateral-relation/ |access-date=25 June 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal}}</ref>
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|77
|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}
|{{DTS|28 April 1978}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=43 anos de relaciones diplomaticas co Papua Nueva Guinea. Ministerio Relaciones Exteriores y Culto de Costa Rica |url=https://m.facebook.com/CancilleriaCostaRica/posts/3880391098748172?locale2=cs_CZ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/646166248837356/3880391098748172 |archive-date=26 February 2022 |website=[[Facebook]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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|78
|{{Flag|Senegal}}
|{{DTS|23 January 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Revue française d'études politiques africaines Issues 157-162 |publisher=Société africaine d'édition |year=1979 |pages=10 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|79
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|{{dts|1 March 1979|format=dmy}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lijst van Diplomatieke Betrekkingen en Visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten |url=http://www.gov.sr/media/12102008/lijst-van-diplomatieke-betrekkingen-en-visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416134520/http://www.gov.sr/media/12102008/lijst-van-diplomatieke-betrekkingen-en-visum-afschaffingsovereenkomsten.pdf |archive-date=16 April 2019 |access-date=22 December 2021 |website=gov.sr |language=nl}}</ref>
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|80
|{{Flag|Togo}}
|{{Dts|11 June 1979}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens - Volume 35 |publisher=1979 |pages=1673 |language=fr}}</ref>
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|81
|{{Flag|Iraq}}
|{{dts|March 1981|format=dmy}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1982. Выпуск двадцать шестой. Зарубежные страны |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/47391/5_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623213307/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/47391/5_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |archive-date=23 June 2023 |access-date=2 March 2024 |page=296 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|82
|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|{{dts|April 1981|format=dmy}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ежегодник Большой Советской Энциклопедии. 1982. Выпуск двадцать шестой. Зарубежные страны |url=https://istmat.org/files/uploads/47391/5_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623213307/https://istmat.org/files/uploads/47391/5_zarubezhnye_strany.pdf |archive-date=23 June 2023 |access-date=2 March 2024 |page=395 |language=ru}}</ref>
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|83
|{{Flag|Belize}}
|{{Date table sorting|September 1981}}<ref name=":04">{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230194831/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2017 |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>
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|84
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|{{Dts|17 November 1981}}<ref name=":03">{{Cite journal |last=García |first=Hernan Alejandro Olano |date=2015 |title=Cyprus relations with Latin American countries The Colombian case |url=https://cidempanama.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Cyprus-relation.pdf |journal=Cidem Panama |pages=145}}</ref>
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|85
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{Dts|1982}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Memoria |publisher=Costa Rica. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto |year=1999 |pages=417 |language=es}}</ref>
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|86
|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|{{Dts|16 January 1984}}<ref name=":05">{{cite web |author=Government of Antigua and Barbuda |title=Chronology of Antigua and Barbudas Bilateral relations |url=http://www.un.int/antigua/bilachro.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117180614/http://www.un.int/antigua/bilachro.htm |archive-date=17 January 2012 |access-date=24 February 2011}}</ref>
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|87
|{{Flag|Indonesia}}
|{{Dts|9 January 1985}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 January 2021 |title=Celebramos 36 años de relaciones diplomáticas con la República de Indonesia. |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/embajadacr.panama/posts/2862187834000412/?locale=en_GB |access-date=6 July 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
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|88
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|{{Dts|25 September 1986}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2021 |title=En esta fecha conmemoramos 35 años de relaciones diplomáticas con el Reino de Marruecos |url=https://twitter.com/CRcancilleria/status/1441794627258904579 |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref>
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|89
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|{{dts|1 September 1987}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic & consular list |url=https://www.mfa.gov.sg/Overseas-Missions/-/media/D74B3129AEFA44BB8FC411746F005489.ashx |access-date=11 July 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore |page=}}</ref>
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|90
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|{{dts|5 July 1988}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 July 2021 |title=En esta fecha se cumplen 33 años de relaciones diplomáticas con Nueva Zelanda. |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://m.facebook.com/CancilleriaCostaRica/photos/a.646208435499804/4084151608372119/?type=3 |access-date=6 July 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
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|91
|{{Flag|Algeria}}
|{{DTS|13 March 1990}}<ref name="un22">{{cite web |title=Diplomatic relations between Costa Rica and ... |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/search?ln=en&as=1&m1=p&p1=Diplomatic+relations+between+Costa+Rica+and+...&f1=series&op1=a&m2=a&p2=&f2=&op2=a&m3=a&p3=&f3=&dt=&d1d=&d1m=&d1y=&d2d=&d2m=&d2y=&rm=&action_search=Search&sf=year&so=a&rg=50&c=United+Nations+Digital+Library+System&of=hb&fti=0&fti=0 |access-date=24 January 2025 |website=United Nations Digital Library}}</ref>
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|92
|{{Flag|Saint Lucia}}
|{{DTS|1991}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of countries with which Saint Lucia has established Diplomatic Relations (MFA of Saint Lucia) |url=https://www.externalaffairs.gov.lc/diplomatic-relations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215232235/https://www.externalaffairs.gov.lc/diplomatic-relations |archive-date=15 December 2021 |access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref>
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|93
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|{{DTS|17 March 1992}}<ref name="un22" />
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|94
|{{Flag|Lithuania}}
|{{DTS|17 May 1992}}<ref>{{cite web |title=List of countries with which Lithuania has established diplomatic relations |url=https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110123939/https://jp.mfa.lt/default/en/list-of-countries-with-which-lithuania-has-established-diplomatic-relations |archive-date=10 January 2022 |access-date=10 January 2022 |website=}}</ref>
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|95
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|{{DTS|9 June 1992}}<ref name="un22" />
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|96
|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}
|{{Date table sorting|11 June 1992}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.foreign.gov.kn/2906-2/ |access-date=1 April 2021 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis}}</ref>
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|97
|{{Flag|Marshall Islands}}
|{{DTS|15 June 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=LISTING OF ALL COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE ESTABLISHED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS (As of 13 February 2019) |url=https://www.rmiembassyus.org/about-2 |access-date=29 November 2021 |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718175857/https://www.rmiembassyus.org/about-2 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|98
|{{Flag|Belarus}}
|{{dts|24 June 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Протокол от 24 июня 1992 г. "Пратакол аб устанаўленні дыпламатычных адносін паміж Рэспублікай Беларусь і Рэспублікай Коста-Рыка" |url=http://www.levonevski.net/pravo/razdel3/num1/3d1474.html |access-date=29 July 2021 |language=be}}</ref>
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|99
|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|{{dts|June 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic and Consular List |url=http://www.foreign.gov.vc/foreign/images/stories/DiplomaticRelations/Updated_Diplomatic_List_Revised-as_at_February_2020_1_1.pdf |access-date=27 August 2021 |pages=104–112 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616144127/https://foreign.gov.vc/foreign/images/stories/DiplomaticRelations/Updated_Diplomatic_List_Revised-as_at_February_2020_1_1.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|100
|{{Flag|Grenada}}
|{{dts|31 August 1992}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 August 2020 |title=Conmemoramos 28 años de relaciones diplomáticas con Granada |url=https://twitter.com/CRcancilleria/status/1300478623569379329?s=20 |access-date=2 June 2023 |website=Cancillería Costa Rica |language=es}}</ref>
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|101
|{{Flag|Slovakia}}
|{{dts|6 January 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Štáty a teritóriá |url=https://www.mzv.sk/staty |access-date=26 May 2023 |language=sk}}</ref>
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|102
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|{{dts|4 October 1993}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2018 |title=Diplomaatiliste suhete (taas)kehtestamise kronoloogia |url=https://www.vm.ee/rahvusvaheline-suhtlus-uleilmne-eestlus/suhted-teiste-riikidega/diplomaatiliste-suhete |access-date=26 October 2022 |language=et}}</ref>
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|103
|{{Flag|Brunei}}
|{{DTS|14 April 1994}}<ref name="un22" />
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|104
|{{Flag|Benin}}
|{{DTS|28 June 1994}}<ref name="un22" />
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|105
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{DTS|4 October 1994}}<ref name="un22" />
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|106
|{{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}}
|{{DTS|28 March 1995}}<ref name="un22" />
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|107
|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 October 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Datumi priznanja i uspostave diplomatskih odnosa |url=https://mvp.gov.ba/vanjska_politika_bih/bilateralni_odnosi/datumi_priznanja_i_uspostave_diplomatskih_odnosa/?id=6 |access-date=26 April 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina}}</ref>
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|108
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 October 1995}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bilateral relations - Date of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://mvep.gov.hr/foreign-policy/bilateral-relations/date-of-recognition-and-establishment-od-diplomatic-relations/22800 |access-date=5 February 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia}}</ref>
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|109
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|{{Date table sorting|19 October 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Priznanja samostojne Slovenije |url=https://fotogalerija.dz-rs.si/datoteke/Publikacije/Zborniki_RN/2016/Priznanja_samostojne_Slovenije_.pdf |access-date=10 May 2023 |language=sl}}</ref>
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|110
|{{Flag|Andorra}}
|{{DTS|22 May 1996}}<ref name="un22" />
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|111
|{{Flag|Cape Verde}}
|{{DTS|23 May 1996}}<ref name="un22" />
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|112
|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}}
|{{DTS|1 October 1996}}<ref name="un22" />
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|113
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|{{DTS|15 October 1996}}<ref name="un22" />
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|114
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|{{dts|10 January 1997}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iceland - Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/ |access-date=1 August 2021 |website=Government of Iceland}}</ref>
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|115
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|{{dts|15 January 1997}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foreign policy - bilateral relations |url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/category/bilateral-relations |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref>
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|116
|{{Flag|Armenia}}
|{{DTS|8 April 1997}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Relations - Costa Rica |url=https://www.mfa.am/en/bilateral-relations/cr |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref>
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|117
|{{Flag|Lesotho}}
|{{DTS|17 April 1998}}<ref name="un22" />
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|118
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|{{DTS|5 May 1998}}<ref name="un22" />
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|119
|{{Flag|Gambia}}
|{{DTS|26 October 1999}}<ref name="un22" />
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|120
|{{Flag|Liberia}}
|Before 1999<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |title=Memoria |year=1999 |pages=364 |language=es}}</ref>
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|121
|{{Flag|Malta}}
|Before 1999<ref name=":8" />
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|122
|{{Flag|Moldova}}
|{{DTS|4 May 2000}}<ref name="un22" />
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|123
|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}}
|{{dts|12 January 2000}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relación de Costa Rica con Liechtenstein |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/index.php?sec=exterior&cat=politica&cont=522&pais=LI |access-date=8 September 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
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|124
|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|{{dts|11 July 2000}}<ref name=":22" />
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|125
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|{{DTS|15 September 2000}}<ref name="un22" />
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|126
|{{Flag|Tajikistan}}
|{{DTS|28 February 2001}}<ref name="un22" />
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|127
|{{Flag|Rwanda}}
|{{DTS|8 March 2001}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Angola}}
|{{DTS|13 March 2001}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|{{DTS|15 March 2001}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Dominica}}
|{{DTS|10 May 2001}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}
|{{DTS|7 June 2001}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|{{DTS|22 June 2001}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}
|{{DTS|24 September 2001}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Timor-Leste}}
|{{DTS|14 May 2003}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Latvia}}
|{{DTS|15 May 2003}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|{{DTS|17 March 2004}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|{{DTS|22 September 2006}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{DTS|22 September 2006}}<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=5 February 2008 |title=Costa Rica y Palestina acordaron hoy el establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas. |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/files/includes/files.php?id=169&tipo=relacion |access-date=6 July 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Jordan}}
|{{DTS|10 January 2007}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|{{DTS|24 May 2007}}<ref name=":02" />
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|141
|{{Flag|China}}
|{{DTS|1 June 2007}}<ref name=":02" />
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|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|{{DTS|24 August 2007}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|{{DTS|29 August 2007}}<ref name=":02" />
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|{{Flag|Yemen}}
|{{DTS|4 September 2007}}<ref name=":02" />
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|{{Flag|Republic of Congo}}
|{{DTS|4 September 2007}}<ref name="un22" />
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|{{Flag|Botswana}}
|{{DTS|11 September 2007}}<ref name=":02" />
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|{{Flag|Eswatini}}
|{{DTS|24 September 2007}}<ref name="un22" />
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|148
|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|{{DTS|28 September 2007}}<ref name=":02" />
|-
|149
|{{Flag|Guinea}}
|{{DTS|1 October 2007}}<ref name=":02" />
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|150
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{DTS|19 December 2007}}<ref name="un22" />
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|—
|{{Flag|State of Palestine}}
|{{DTS|5 February 2008}}<ref name="un22" />
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|151
|{{Flag|San Marino}}
|{{Dts|19 February 2008}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Costa Rica y la República de San Marino acordaron el establecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas |url=http://www.rree.go.cr/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303020016/http://www.rree.go.cr/ |archive-date=3 March 2008 |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>
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|152
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{DTS|11 March 2010}}<ref name="un22" />
|-
|153
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
|{{DTS|21 September 2010}}<ref name="un22" />
|-
|154
|{{Flag|Bhutan}}
|{{DTS|21 March 2012}}<ref name="un22" />
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|155
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|{{DTS|2 August 2013}}<ref name="un22" />
|-
|—
|{{Flag|Kosovo}}
|{{Date table sorting|23 September 2013}}<ref name="Visoka2">{{cite book |author1=Gëzim Visoka |title=Acting Like a State: Kosovo and the Everyday Making of Statehood |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781138285330 |location=Abingdon |pages=219–221}}</ref>
|-
|156
|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|{{DTS|28 May 2014}}<ref name="nacion.com">{{Cite web |date=28 May 2014 |title=Finlandia, Grecia, Guyana y Zambia acreditan a sus nuevos embajadores ante Solís |url=https://www.nacion.com/el-pais/finlandia-grecia-guyana-y-zambia-acreditan-a-sus-nuevos-embajadores-ante-solis/DMX2PXVMSJCDNDULQS4BJ7XORI/story/ |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=La Nacion |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|157
|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|{{dts|12 December 2014}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 December 2014 |title=Nuevos Embajadores de Panamá, República Dominicana, Namibia, Portugal, Paquistán y Jamaica, presentan Cartas Credenciales al Presidente Luis Guillermo Solís. |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=servicios&cat=prensa&cont=593&id=2028 |access-date=1 June 2025 |website=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto Costa Rica |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|158
|{{Flag|Laos}}
|{{DTS|28 September 2015}}<ref name="un22" />
|-
|159
|{{Flag|Monaco}}
|{{dts|22 October 2015}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 2015 |title=Diplomatie - Accréditations d'Ambassadeurs Afrique du Sud - Nouvelle-Zélande- Costa Rica |url=https://www.newsmontecarlo.com/international/2095-diplomatie-accreditations-d-ambassadeurs-afrique-du-sud-nouvelle-zelande-costa-rica |access-date=6 July 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>
|-
|160
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|{{DTS|7 December 2015}}<ref name="un22" />
|-
|161
|{{Flag|Bangladesh}}
|{{dts|17 March 2016}}<ref name=":139">{{Cite web |title=Nuevos embajadores de Australia, Bangladesh, Egipto, Ghana y Vietnam presentaron cartas credenciales |url=https://opi.ucr.ac.cr/node/627 |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=Observatorio de la Política Internacional |language=es}}</ref>
|-
|162
|{{Flag|Vanuatu}}
|{{Dts|28 September 2018}}<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=28 September 2018 |title=Costa Rica establece relaciones diplomáticas con la República de Vanuatu |language=es |work= |url=https://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=servicios&cat=prensa&cont=593&id=4230 |access-date=5 January 2021}}</ref>
|}

==Bilateral relations==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began
!Notes
|-
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|15 January 1997<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Costa Rica |url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/content/213/costa-rica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625074001/https://mfa.gov.az/en/content/213/costa-rica |archive-date=25 June 2021 |access-date=25 January 2021 |website=mfa.gov.az}}</ref>
|
* The diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Costa Rica were established on 15 January 1997.<ref name=":0" />
* The Republic of Azerbaijan is accredited to the Republic of Costa Rica through its embassy in [[Mexico City]], Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|last=pickvisa.com|title=Azerbaijan Embassies in Costa Rica|url=https://pickvisa.com/embassies/azerbaijan-embassy-in-costa-rica|access-date=25 January 2021|website=pickvisa.com|language=en}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|Belize}}||<!--Date started-->1981||
*Both countries established diplomatic relations in September 1981.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230194831/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
*Both countries are full members of the [[Organization of American States]].
* Belize has an [[honorary consulate]] in San José.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Belmopan]].
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|{{flag|China}}|| ||
See [[China–Costa Rica relations]]

Costa Rica maintained official relations with the [[Republic of China]] (commonly known as [[Taiwan]]) instead of the People's Republic of China (commonly known as China) until 1 June 2007, when it opened relations with China. Taiwan then broke relations on 7 June.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/06/07/costa_rica_switches_allegiance_to_china_from_taiwan/ |title=Costa Rica switches allegiance to China from Taiwan - Boston.com<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=7 June 2007 |archive-date=3 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103205507/http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/06/07/costa_rica_switches_allegiance_to_china_from_taiwan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* China has an embassy in San José.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Beijing]].
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|{{flag|Cuba}}||<!--Date started-->||
Soon after [[Fidel Castro]] declared Cuba a [[Communist regime|socialist state]], Costa Rican President [[Mario Echandi|Mario Echandi Jiménez]] ended diplomatic relations on 10 September 1961 with the island through ''Executive Decree Number 2'', in compliance with sanctions placed on Cuba by the [[Organization of American States]]. In 1995, Costa Rica established a consular office in Havana. Cuba opened a consular office in Costa Rica in 2001. Forty-seven years after the initial freeze, Costa Rican President [[Óscar Arias|Óscar Arias Sánchez]] announced on 18 March 2009 that normal relations were to be re-established, saying, "If we have been able to turn the page with regimes as profoundly different to our reality as occurred with the USSR or, more recently, with the Republic of China, how would we not do it with a country that is geographically and culturally much nearer to Costa Rica?" Arias also announced that both countries would exchange ambassadors.<ref>[http://articles.cnn.com/2009-03-18/world/costa.rica.cuba.ties_1_costa-rica-president-oscar-arias-cuban-people?_s=PM:WORLD Costa Rica re-establishes ties with Cuba] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121152532/http://articles.cnn.com/2009-03-18/world/costa.rica.cuba.ties_1_costa-rica-president-oscar-arias-cuban-people?_s=PM%3AWORLD |date=21 January 2012 }} CNN World, 18 March 2009.</ref> The next day, Cuba's government announced that it agreed to re-establishing relations.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Havana]].
* Cuba has an embassy in San José.
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|{{flag|Guyana}}||<!--Date started-->17 April 1974||
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 April 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/|title=Countries with which Guyana has Establishment Diplomatic Relations – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation&#124; Co-operative Republic of Guyana|access-date=24 February 2019|archive-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216065040/https://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*Both countries are full members of the [[Organization of American States]].
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|{{flag|India}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Costa Rica–India relations]]
* India has honorary consulate in San José.<ref>[http://mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?49/49/0 Indian Honorary Consulate in Costa Rica]</ref>
* Costa Rica maintains an embassy in [[New Delhi]].<ref>[http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy22178/ Costa Rica Embassy in India]</ref>

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|{{flag|Israel}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Costa Rica–Israel relations]]

Costa Rica recognized Israel on 19 June 1948.<ref>"[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/recogIsrael.html Israel International Relations: International Recognition of Israel]". ''Jewish Virtual Library''.  American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. Accessed on 23 December 2015.</ref> The Embassy of Costa Rica was located in [[Tel Aviv]] until it moved to [[Jerusalem]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 May 1982 |title=Costa Rican embassy returned to Jerusalem |page=A4 |work=The Sun |location=[[Baltimore, Maryland]], United States |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/538046636 |id={{ProQuest|538046636}} |url-access=registration}}</ref> As of 1984, Costa Rica and El Salvador were the only two countries that recognized Israel and also maintained an embassy in Jerusalem.<ref>{{cite news |last=Walsh |first=Edward |date=16 June 1984 |title=Israel's Diplomacy Makes Central America a Market for Its Arms: Israel Repays Allies With Military Sales |page=A17 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/138234689 |id={{ProQuest|138234689}} |url-access=registration}}</ref> In 2006, the Embassy of Costa Rica relocated to Tel Aviv;<ref>{{cite news |date=24 August 2006 |title=Costa Rican embassy moves to Tel Aviv |page=21 |work=Jewish News |location=[[Whippany, New Jersey]], United States |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/364906445 |id={{ProQuest|364906445}} |url-access=registration}}</ref> [[Costa Rican President]] [[Óscar Arias]] said the decision was intended to "rectify a historic error".<ref>{{cite news |title=A capital sans embassies |page=6 |work=Jewish Chronicle |location=[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], United States, 31 August 2006 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/195071365 |id={{ProQuest|195071365}} |url-access=registration}}</ref>

In December 2011, Rodrigo Carreras became the Costa Rican ambassador to Israel for the second time, after his posting there in the 1980s. Carreras' father, Benjamin Nunez, also served as the Costa Rican ambassador to Israel.<ref>"[http://www.costaricanewssite.com/peres-israel-has-great-respect-for-egyptian-president Peres: Israel has fantastic respect for Egyptian president] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102125402/http://www.costaricanewssite.com/peres-israel-has-great-respect-for-egyptian-president/ |date=2016-01-02 }}". ''Costa Rica News''. 2010.</ref>
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Tel Aviv]].
* Israel has an embassy in San José. 
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|{{flag|Italy}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Costa Rica–Italy relations]]

* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Rome]].
* Italy has an embassy in San José.
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|{{flag|Kosovo}}||23 September 2013||
Costa Rica officially recognised the independence of the Republic of Kosovo on 17 February 2008.<ref>[http://www.rree.go.cr/ministerio/files/CostaRicaKosovo.doc Costa Rica se pronuncia por la independencia de Kósovo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226224510/http://www.rree.go.cr/ministerio/files/CostaRicaKosovo.doc |date=26 February 2008 }}, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto, 17 February 2008 (in Spanish)</ref> Costa Rica and Kosovo established diplomatic relations on 23 September 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa-ks.net/?page=1,4,1879|title=Ballina - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Republic of Kosovo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=servicios%20al%20publico&cat=servicios%20de%20informacion&cont=593&noticia=1510|title = Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto}}</ref> 
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||<!--Date started-->1838||See [[Costa Rica–Mexico relations]]

Diplomatic relations between Mexico and Costa Rica began in 1838.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in Mexico City.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.embajada.decostaricaenmexico.org/ |title=Embassy of Costa Rica in Mexico City (in Spanish) |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-date=22 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122075408/http://www.embajada.decostaricaenmexico.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Mexico has an embassy in [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]].<ref>[https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/costarica/ Embassy of Mexico in San José (in Spanish)]</ref>
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|{{flag|Russia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Costa Rica–Russia relations]]

Holders of a [[Russian passport]] need a [[Visa (document)|visa]] authorized by Costa Rica, or alternatively Costa Rican authorities will accept Russian nationals with a visa stamp for the European Union, Canada, US, South Korea, or Japan valid for 90 days after arrival; with a [[Visa (document)#Types|tourist visa]], Russians can stay in Costa Rica for a maximum of 90 days.<ref>{{Timatic|nationality=ru|destination=cr}}</ref> In order to get a tourist visa, the person needs to apply for it in the closest Costa Rican embassy to where the person is living.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} They must have a [[Passport|valid passport]] and either have an [[invitation letter]] or a [[bank statement]] with enough money to survive the length of the stay in Costa Rica, plus proof of onward travel (ticket to exit Costa Rica & legal ability to travel to the destination stated on the ticket). Holders of a [[Costa rican passport|Costa Rican passport]] also need a visa from Russian authorities.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Moscow]].
* Russia has an embassy in San José.
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|{{flag|Serbia}}||<!--Date started-->1952<ref name="mofa.go.kr">{{cite web| url = http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24571.jsp?menu=m_30_30| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140122012041/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24571.jsp?menu=m_30_30| archive-date = 22 January 2014| title = Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea}}</ref>||
*Both countries have established diplomatic relations in 1952.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-issues/96-bilateral-issues/12260-costa-rica |title=Costa Rica |access-date=31 December 2016 |archive-date=4 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704080256/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-issues/96-bilateral-issues/12260-costa-rica |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
*A number of bilateral agreements have been concluded and are in force between both countries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/COSTA%20RICA.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date=31 December 2016 |archive-date=1 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101003300/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/COSTA%20RICA.doc |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|- valign="top"
|{{flag|South Korea}}||<!--Date started-->15 August 1962<ref name="mofa.go.kr"/>||

The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Costa Rica began on 15 August 1962.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Seoul]].{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
* South Korea has an embassy in San José.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cri.mofa.go.kr/worldlanguage/america/cri/main/index.jsp|title = 주 코스타리카공화국 대한민국 대사관}}</ref> 
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|{{flag|Spain}}||<!--Date started-->1850||See [[Costa Rica–Spain relations]]

* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Madrid]].<ref>[http://www.embajadacostarica.es/ Embassy of Costa Rica in Spain]</ref>
* Spain has an embassy in San José.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/SanJosedeCostaRica/es/Paginas/inicio.aspx |title=Embassy of Spain in Costa Rica |access-date=28 November 2014 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309170335/http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/SanJosedeCostaRica/es/Paginas/inicio.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||<!--Date started-->15 January 1898<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/ii_bilateral-relations--_main--documents_.en.mfa| title= II.Bilateral Relations (Main Documents)|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey}}</ref>||See [[Costa Rica–Turkey relations]]
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Ankara]].<ref name="mfa.gov.tr">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-costa-rica.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and Costa Rica}}</ref>
*Turkey has an embassy in [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]].<ref name="mfa.gov.tr"/>
*Trade volume between the two countries was US$100 million in 2019 (Costa Rican exports/imports: 41.8/58.9 million USD).<ref name="mfa.gov.tr"/>
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}|| 1848 ||See [[Costa Rica–United Kingdom relations]]
Costa Rica established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 28 February 1848.<ref name="britain"/>
*Costa Rica maintains an [[Embassy of Costa Rica, London|embassy]] in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Diplomat Magazine|title=Costa Rica|url=https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/north-america/costa-rica/|date=1 February 2014|website=Diplomat Magazine|access-date=25 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429171411/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/north-america/costa-rica/|archive-date=29 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The United Kingdom is accredited to Costa Rica from its embassy in San José.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-in-costa-rica|title=British Embassy San Jose|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=25 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424100153/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-in-costa-rica|archive-date=24 April 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
Both countries share common membership of the Atlantic co-operation pact,<ref>{{cite news|last=Politi|first=James|date=19 September 2023|title=US unveils Atlantic co-operation pact|website=[[Financial Times]]|url=https://www.ft.com/content/56706df4-f39b-4ab5-8acf-b252176d172d|access-date=19 January 2024|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119085952/https://www.ft.com/content/56706df4-f39b-4ab5-8acf-b252176d172d|archive-date=19 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[International Criminal Court]], the [[OECD]], and the [[World Trade Organization]], as well as the [[Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom|Central America–UK Association Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web|author=
[[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|Foreign & Commonwealth Office]]|title=UK and Central America sign continuity agreement|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-central-america-sign-continuity-agreement|date=18 July 2019|website=GOV.UK|access-date=24 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718222318/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-central-america-sign-continuity-agreement|archive-date=18 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Bilaterally the two countries have an Investment Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/1056/costa-rica---united-kingdom-bit-1982-|title=Costa Rica - United Kingdom BIT (1982)|website=[[UN Trade and Development]]|access-date=25 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501192805/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/1056/costa-rica---united-kingdom-bit-1982-|archive-date=1 May 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United States}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Costa Rica–United States relations]]

The United States is Costa Rica's most important trading partner. The U.S. accounts for almost half of Costa Rica's exports, imports, and tourism, and more than two-thirds of its foreign investment. The two countries share growing [[Environmental protection|concerns for the environment]] and want to preserve Costa Rica's important tropical resources and prevent environmental degradation. In 2007, the United States reduced Costa Rica's debt in exchange for protection and conservation of Costa Rican forests through a debt for nature swap under the auspices of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act. This is the largest such agreement of its kind to date.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]] and consulates-general in [[Atlanta]], [[Chicago]], [[Houston]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Miami]], [[New York City|New York]] and [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]].<ref>[http://www.costarica-embassy.org Embassy of Costa Rica in Washington, DC (in English and Spanish)]</ref>
* United States has an embassy in San José.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://costarica.usembassy.gov/ |title=Embassy of the United States in San José (in English and Spanish) |access-date=18 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127062542/http://costarica.usembassy.gov/ |archive-date=27 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{StateDept |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2019.htm}}
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|{{flag|Uruguay}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Costa Rica–Uruguay relations]]

* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Montevideo]].
* Uruguay has an embassy in San José.
|-
|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|28 May 2014
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 May 2014 when first Ambassador of Zambia to Costa Rica (resident in Washington) Mr. Palan Mulonda presented his credentials to President Luis Guillermo Solís.<ref name="nacion.com"/>
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Costa Rica|World|Government}}
* [[List of diplomatic missions in Costa Rica]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions of Costa Rica]]
* [[Visa requirements for Costa Rican citizens]]

==Sources==
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