Pollution Comparison Between Costa Rica and United States 

Index	Costa Rica	United States
Pollution Index:	41.63	36.97
Pollution Exp Scale:	70.72	61.05

Pollution Costa Rica vs United States

	Costa Rica		United States
	Improve Data		Improve Data
Air Pollution		Low 34.25		Low 28.46
Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility		Very Low 15.07		Low 28.28
Dissatisfaction with Garbage Disposal		Moderate 46.32		Low 28.76
Dirty and Untidy		Moderate 52.24		Low 39.38
Noise and Light Pollution		Moderate 45.52		Moderate 46.68
Water Pollution		Moderate 40.53		Moderate 43.36
Dissatisfaction to Spend Time in the City		Low 35.29		Low 24.82
Dissatisfaction with Green and Parks in the City		Low 38.06		Low 29.18
Contributors:	101		9137
Last Update:	January 2025		April 2025

Purity and Cleanliness Costa Rica vs United States

	Costa Rica		United States
	Improve Data		Improve Data
Air quality		High 65.75		High 71.54
Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility		Very High 84.93		High 71.72
Garbage Disposal Satisfaction		Moderate 53.68		High 71.24
Clean and Tidy		Moderate 47.76		High 60.62
Quiet and No Problem with Night Lights		Moderate 54.48		Moderate 53.32
Water Quality		Moderate 59.47		Moderate 56.64
Comfortable to Spend Time in the City		High 64.71		High 75.18
Quality of Green and Parks		High 61.94		High 70.82
Contributors:	101		9137
Last Update:	January 2025		April 2025