Costa Rica Exports Talent, Too
Among 104 countries, Costa Rica is the 20th largest exporter of "brains", according to the most recent global report on information technology from the World Economic Forum.

The index is based on a survey in each country.

The two major destinations of Tico talent are the United States, particularly in the health sector, and Europe, mainly engineers.

For the professionals who work abroad, they enjoy higher income and better chances of training, among other advantages.

For researchers, working abroad means the opportunity to do work which is not available here. If they return to Costa Rica, they would become assets for the country, but if they don't, the nation loses its investment in their education, analysts claim.