Costa Rica Exporta: Videogames and Animation

This promotional document from PROCOMER, Costa Rica's national export promotion agency, presents the country's video game and animation industry as a competitive export offering for international buyers. Its central message is that Costa Rica combines creative talent, educational strength, and streamlined trade facilitation to serve global markets. The document emphasizes that the sector produces a diverse range of games across adventure, action, and puzzle genres for multiple devices and platforms, along with products for commercial and advertising purposes.

The document highlights several supporting points for the industry's value proposition. Costa Rica is described as home to more than 20 studios focused on game development and digital animation, backed by a high level of investment in education that fosters expertise in computer science. Education performance is cited as a key differentiator, with the country ranked first in Latin America on the TOEFL English proficiency test and first in education in the region according to World Economic Forum data for 2016–2017. Trade-related credibility is also stressed through PROCOMER's role in promoting exports and simplifying procedures for buyers.

The document offers limited quantitative detail about the industry itself, providing no figures on studio revenues, employment, or export volumes specific to video games and animation. The only financial statistic presented is a broader one: telecommunications, computing, and information exports totaled USD $1,255 million in 2018, according to the Central Bank of Costa Rica. Its scope is therefore national in focus and promotional rather than analytical, aimed at attracting foreign buyers rather than offering a rigorous assessment of the sector's market size or growth trajectory.