trade-based upper middle-income economy; green economy leader, having reversed deforestation; investing in blue economy infrastructure; declining poverty until hard impacts of COVID-19; lingering inequality and growing government debts have prompted a liquidity crisis
$109.26 billion (2021 est.)
$101.562 billion (2020 est.)
$105.85 billion (2019 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
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7.58% (2021 est.)
-4.05% (2020 est.)
2.42% (2019 est.)
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$21,200 (2021 est.)
$19,800 (2020 est.)
$20,800 (2019 est.)
note: data are in 2017 dollars
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$61.855 billion (2019 est.)
1.73% (2021 est.)
0.72% (2020 est.)
2.1% (2019 est.)
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Fitch rating: B (2020)
Moody's rating: B2 (2020)
Standard & Poors rating: B (2020)
note: The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained.
agriculture: 5.5% (2017 est.)
industry: 20.6% (2017 est.)
services: 73.9% (2017 est.)
household consumption: 64.2% (2017 est.)
government consumption: 17.3% (2017 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 17.1% (2017 est.)
investment in inventories: 1% (2017 est.)
exports of goods and services: 33.3% (2017 est.)
imports of goods and services: -32.9% (2017 est.)
sugar cane, pineapples, bananas, milk, oil palm fruit, fruit, oranges, watermelons, cassava, rice
medical equipment, food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products
9.83% (2021 est.)
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2.426 million (2021 est.)
note: official estimate; excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica
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agriculture: 14%
industry: 22%
services: 64% (2006 est.)
17.95% (2021 est.)
17.41% (2020 est.)
11.49% (2019 est.)
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total: 45.4%
male: 37%
female: 56.3% (2021 est.)
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21% (2019 est.)
49.3 (2020 est.)
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on food: 25.7% of household expenditures (2018 est.)
on alcohol and tobacco: 1.2% of household expenditures (2018 est.)
lowest 10%: 1.5%
highest 10%: 36.9% (2014 est.)
revenues: $9.664 billion (2019 est.)
expenditures: $14.001 billion (2019 est.)
-6.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
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48.9% of GDP (2017 est.)
44.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
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12.32% (of GDP) (2020 est.)
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calendar year
-$2.136 billion (2021 est.)
-$638.741 million (2020 est.)
-$826.158 million (2019 est.)
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$23.761 billion (2021 est.)
$19.996 billion (2020 est.)
$22.738 billion (2019 est.)
note: Data are in current year dollars and do not include illicit exports or re-exports.
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United States 38%, Netherlands 6%, Belgium 5%, Guatemala 5%, Panama 5% (2019)
medical instruments, bananas, pineapples, orthopedic appliances, food preparations (2021)
$22.298 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$17.701 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$20.314 billion (2019 est.)
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United States 41%, China 13%, Mexico 7% (2019)
refined petroleum, broadcasting equipment, cars, medical instruments, packaged medicines (2019)
$6.921 billion (31 December 2021 est.)
$7.232 billion (31 December 2020 est.)
$8.937 billion (31 December 2019 est.)
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$29.589 billion (2019 est.)
$28.553 billion (2018 est.)
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Costa Rican colones (CRC) per US dollar -
620.785 (2021 est.)
584.901 (2020 est.)
587.295 (2019 est.)
576.973 (2018 est.)
567.513 (2017 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Costa Rica on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Costa Rica 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Costa Rica 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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