Costa Rica is well known as a country of beautiful tropical nature. With rain forests, mountains, volcanoes, gorgeous beaches and some of the best deep-sea fishing in the world, Costa Rica is one of the most exciting vacation destinations anywhere. Lesser known is Costa Rica: the business center. But that is changing…

Costa Rica is extremely economically and politically stable with a literacy rate above 96%. It has cultural proximity with U.S., is in the Central Time Zone and just a few hours from any mayor US airport; 3.5 hours from Atlanta. Most college graduates in Costa Rica speak fluent English with a dialect that is very easy to understand. The infrastructure is solid with dependable electricity and high-speed internet.
As a result of these conditions, Costa Rica has become a technology hub in Latin America with impressive growth. San Jose is now home to numerous Fortune 500 players, such as Intel, HP, Microsoft, Unisys, Oracle and many other software development companies.
Costa Rica boasts a number of top universities, including: IT Formation Center Costa Rica Institute of Technology University of Costa Rica and National University of Costa Rica

These universities are producing top talent each year and with the number of U.S. companies employing college graduates now, the supply of talented, experienced developers has increased significantly.

Costa Rica is currently the number one country in software development exportations in Central America and Caribbean Islands, and currently exports software and computer chips around the world. Costa Rica currently ranks fourth among the world’s high-tech exporters (World Development Indicators 2008, World Bank) Here is a video from CNBC that describes some of what’s going on in the tech sector in the Central Valley.