World Number Plates

Number Plates of Costa Rica

Continent: North America

Capital: San Jose

Population: 4 million

Country ISO code: CR

Country OVAL code: CR

Driving Side: Right

First license issued in 1956

Number of vehicles:
cars 168,814 (1990), trucks and buses 95,066 (1990)

Road information:
total: 35,303 km; paved: 4,236 km; unpaved: 31,067 km (2002)

The current series of car registrations in Costa Rica came into effect in 1979 and consists of a white number plate with blue lettering. The words 'Costa Rica' appear above the registration and 'CentroAmerica' appears below the registration. The registration itself consists of five digits. The previous series of vehicle registrations which ran from 1957 had yellow number plates with black lettering.