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Costa Rica Economic Indicators

Latest economic indicators and statistics for Costa Rica.

Indicator Current Value Previous Value Frequency Period
GDP $95.35B $86.5B Yearly 2024
GDP Annual Growth Rate 4.32% 5.11% Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita $14,866.58 $14,318.84 Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita PPP $26,973.44 $25,979.63 Yearly 2024
R&D Expenditure (% GDP) 0.34% 0.27% Yearly 2022
Real GDP $76.26B $73.11B Yearly 2024
Annual Inflation Rate -0.41% 0.53% Yearly 2024
Annual Unemployment Rate 7.85% 8.32% Yearly 2024
Female Labor Force Rate 43.83% 44.09% Yearly 2024
Unemployment Rate 7.4% 7.5% Quarterly Q2 2025
Annual Exports $18.11B $15.32B Yearly 2023
Annual Imports $22.51B $21.14B Yearly 2023
Exports (% GDP) 38.53% 38.92% Yearly 2024
FDI Inflows (% GDP) 5.53% 5.42% Yearly 2024
Imports (% GDP) 32.8% 33.56% Yearly 2024
Net Trade (Goods & Services, BoP) $6.31B $5.27B Yearly 2024
Tariff Rate 2.63% 2.77% Yearly 2022
Trade (% GDP) 71.33% 72.47% Yearly 2024
Interest Rate 3.5% 3.75% Monthly Sep'25
Private Credit (% GDP) 51.96% 51.12% Yearly 2024
Adult Literacy Rate 98% 97% Yearly 2021
Gini Index 45.8 points 46.7 points Yearly 2024
Happiness Index 7.27 points 6.96 points Yearly 2024
Homicide Rate 11.41 11.13 Yearly 2021
Population 5.13M 5.11M Yearly 2024
Poverty Rate 1.3% 1.5% Yearly 2024
Primary Enrollment Rate 107.61% 108.85% Yearly 2022
Agricultural Land (%) 34.65% 34.73% Yearly 2022
Annual CO2 Emissions 8.28M tonnes 7.85M tonnes Yearly 2023
Forest Area (%) 60.08% 59.76% Yearly 2022
Corruption Control 0.65 points 0.47 points Yearly 2023
Political stability index 0.98 points 0.96 points Yearly 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 9.2 8.8 Yearly 2023
Life Expectancy 80.8 79.32 Yearly 2023
Physicians per 1,000 people 2.64 2.52 Yearly 2022
Electricity Access 100% 100% Yearly 2023
Internet Users 85.4% 82.6% Yearly 2023
Travel Earnings $1.48B $4.28B Yearly 2020
Visitor Arrivals 1.15M 3.37M Yearly 2020