Relationship dossier
Australia
Costa Rica
Relationship assessment
Modest practical cooperation, including reciprocal work-and-holiday travel arrangements
Australia toward Costa Rica
+15Australia includes Costa Rica in its Work and Holiday visa arrangements, enabling eligible Costa Rican nationals to travel to Australia for temporary work and holidays.
Costa Rica toward Australia
+15Costa Rica participates in reciprocal work-and-holiday arrangements that allow eligible Australian nationals to undertake temporary work and travel in Costa Rica.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes a concrete reciprocal mobility arrangement, supporting practical people-to-people exchange. Beyond this, the scope and durability of substantive bilateral cooperation are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Australia and Costa Rica maintain modest practical cooperation, including reciprocal work-and-holiday visa arrangements that facilitate temporary travel and exchange. The relationship appears limited in scope, and the breadth of other bilateral cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
Australia and Costa Rica established reciprocal work-and-holiday visa arrangements for eligible nationals.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of cooperation beyond work-and-holiday travel is unclear.
- Details of the implementation and current terms of the visa arrangements are uncertain.