Rents in Costa Rica compared to Latin America

This is a comparison of median monthly rental prices in the most expensive region of the capital/most important city for a 1-bedroom apartment. The numbers are based on our in-house research.

Mexico, Mexico city $ 1,467
Brazil, Rio De Janeiro $ 965
Colombia, Medellin $ 830
Peru, Lima $ 715
Uruguay, Montevideo $ 710
Argentina, Buenos Aires $ 650
Chile, Santiago $ 375

Costa Rica does not publish house price statistics. The Banco Central de Costa Rica has general statistics on production, employment, business confidence, the country's fiscal position, etc. The Instituto Nacional de Estad'stica y Censos has rather basic web pages. The Ministerio de Hacienda de la Republica de Costa Rica has quite a creditable-looking set of pages, but some of the actual data is very old.