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Country statistical profile: Costa Rica 2023/4
Country statistical profiles: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2075-2288 - © OECD 2023
| Country statistical profile: Costa Rica 2023 | |||||||||
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| | Unit | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Production and income | |||||||||
| GDP per capita | USD current PPPs | 17 649 | 19 119 | 20 368 | 21 313 | 22 739 | 21 756 | ||
| Gross national income (GNI) per capita | USD current PPPs | 16 894 | 18 313 | 19 303 | 20 159 | 21 383 | 20 495 | ||
| Household disposable income per capita | Annual growth % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Economic growth | |||||||||
| Real GDP growth | Annual growth % | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | -4.3 | 7.8 | 4.3 |
| Net saving rate in household disposable income | % | 1.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 6.9 | .. | .. | .. |
| Gross fixed capital formation | Annual growth % | 3.5 | 6.0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | -8.2 | -3.4 | ||
| Economic structure: share of real value added | |||||||||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | % | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| Industry including energy | % | 16.0 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 17.4 | ||
| Construction | % | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| Trade, repairs, transport, accomm., food services | % | 18.1 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.2 | 16.0 | ||
| Information, communication | % | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | ||
| Finance and insurance | % | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.9 | |||
| Real estate | % | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.7 | ||
| Professional, scientific, support services | % | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 13.4 | 13.6 | ||
| Public admin., defence, education, health, social work | % | 20.3 | 20.2 | 19.7 | 19.6 | 19.9 | 20.7 | ||
| Other services (ISIC Rev.4 R - U) | % | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.3 | ||
| Government deficits and debt | |||||||||
| Government deficit | % of GDP | -2.4 | -2.3 | -3.5 | -2.9 | -3.1 | -5.3 | ||
| General government debt | % of GDP | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| General government revenues | % of GDP | 29.7 | 30.3 | 29.6 | 30.6 | 31.4 | 31.8 | 41.9 | 39.1 |
| General government expenditures | % of GDP | 31.9 | 32.4 | 32.8 | 33.2 | 34.4 | 36.9 | .. | .. |
| Expenditure | |||||||||
| Government/compulsory expenditure on health | % of GDP | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||
| Voluntary expenditure on health | % of GDP | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| Public social expenditure | % of GDP | 12.6 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 14.5 | .. | .. |
| Private social expenditure | % of GDP | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | .. | .. |
| Public pension expenditure | % of GDP | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.9 | .. | .. |
| Private pension expenditure | % of GDP | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | .. | .. |
| Official Development Assistance - grant equivalent | % of GNI | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Official Development Assistance - flows basis | % of GNI | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Taxes | |||||||||
| Total tax revenue | % of GDP | 22.9 | 23.5 | 23.0 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 22.7 | 24.2 | .. |
| Tax on personal income | % of GDP | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | .. |
| Tax on corporate profits | % of GDP | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 | .. |
| Taxes on goods and services | % of GDP | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 8.7 | .. |
| Taxes on the average worker | % of labour cost | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.6 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 29.2 | 29.2 | 29.2 |
| Trade | |||||||||
| Imports of goods and services | % of GDP | 30.8 | 30.9 | 32.3 | 33.2 | 31.4 | 28.2 | ||
| Exports of goods and services | % of GDP | 30.0 | 31.3 | 32.8 | 33.7 | 34.3 | 31.9 | ||
| Goods trade balance: exports minus imports of goods | Bln USD | -6.8 | -5.7 | -5.8 | -6.7 | -5.7 | -2.8 | -5.2 | -6.9 |
| Imports of goods | Bln USD | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.8 | 18.2 | 17.6 | 15.2 | 20.9 | 24.7 |
| Exports of goods | Bln USD | 9.4 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 15.7 | 17.9 |
| Service trade balance: exports minus imports of services | Bln USD | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 6.6 |
| Imports of services | Bln USD | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| Exports of services | Bln USD | 7.7 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 11.9 |
| Current account balance of payments | % of GDP | -3.4 | -2.1 | -3.6 | -3.0 | -1.3 | -1.2 | -2.4 | -3.7 |
| Foreign direct investment (FDI) | |||||||||
| Outward FDI stocks | Mln USD | 2 813 | 2 866 | 3 023 | 3 219 | 3 446 | 4 074 | 4 288 | 4 646 |
| Inward FDI stocks | Mln USD | 30 647 | 33 869 | 36 743 | 39 393 | 43 564 | 46 617 | 49 977 | 53 492 |
| Inflows of foreign direct investment | Mln USD | 2 752 | 2 204 | 2 778 | 2 487 | 2 812 | 1 757 | 3 360 | 3 418 |
| Outflows of foreign direct investment | Mln USD | 211 | 77 | 126 | 53 | 117 | 112 | 214 | 358 |
| Prices and interest rates | |||||||||
| Inflation rate: all items | Annual growth % | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | .. |
| Inflation rate: all items non food non energy | Annual growth % | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | .. |
| Inflation rate: food | Annual growth % | 3.2 | -0.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.2 | .. |
| Inflation rate: energy | Annual growth % | -15.7 | -4.3 | 3.3 | 8.5 | -1.0 | -5.6 | 7.1 | .. |
| Producer Price Indices (PPI): manufacturing | Annual growth % | 1.3 | -1.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 9.1 | 14.2 |
| Long-term interest rates | % | 10.10 | 8.72 | 8.80 | 10.05 | 10.34 | .. | .. | .. |
| Purchasing power and exchange rates | |||||||||
| Purchasing power parities | CRC tln | 353.96 | 343.01 | 340.99 | 337.90 | 329.11 | 328.37 | 343.72 | 342.72 |
| Exchange rates | CRC tln | 534.57 | 544.74 | 567.51 | 576.97 | 587.29 | 584.90 | 620.78 | 647.14 |
| Indices of price levels | OECD=100 | 75 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 66 |
| Energy supply and prices | |||||||||
| Total primary energy supply (TPES) | Mtoe | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| TPES per unit of GDP at 2000 prices and PPPs | Toe per '000 USD | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Renewable energy | Ktoe | 2 604.5 | 2 308.5 | 2 172.6 | 2 058.1 | 2 413.7 | 2 578.3 | 2 597.0 | .. |
| Crude oil import prices | USD per barrel | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Information and Communications Technology (ICT) | |||||||||
| Households with access to computers | % | 53.2 | 51.7 | 51.0 | 49.9 | 50.5 | 52.8 | 49.5 | |
| Households with access to internet | % | 60.2 | 64.8 | 68.6 | 86.3 | 84.7 | 81.3 | 83.3 | |
| Environment | |||||||||
| Water abstactions | Mln m3 | .. | 2 923 | 2 833 | 3 054 | 3 138 | 3 136 | 3 447 | .. |
| National fish landings in domestic ports | '000 tonnes | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 26 | .. | .. |
| National fish landings in foreign ports | '000 tonnes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Aquaculture | '000 tonnes | 16 | 17 | .. | |||||
| Municipal waste total | '000 tonnes | 1 877 | 1 218 | 1 267 | 1 462 | 1 344 | 1 459 | 1 619 | .. |
| Municipal waste total per capita | Kg | 388 | 249 | 256 | 292 | 266 | 286 | 313 | .. |
| CO2emissions from fuel combustion | Mln tonnes | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | .. |
| Education | |||||||||
| Tertiary attainment in population aged 25-64 | % | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Expenditure per student: primary, 2010 prices | USD constant PPPs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Expenditure per student: secondary, 2010 prices | USD constant PPPs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Expenditure per student: tertiary, 2010 prices | USD constant PPPs | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 424 | .. | .. |
| Youths 15-19 not in education nor employment | % | 17.0 | 19.0 | 20.2 | 18.6 | 17.9 | 13.6 | 25.1 | 20.8 |
| Youths 20-24 not in education nor employment | % | 22.5 | 24.6 | 20.5 | 24.9 | 23.0 | 21.1 | 25.3 | 20.1 |
| Employment | |||||||||
| Employment rate in population aged 15-24 | % | 35.3 | 33.2 | 33.6 | 33.7 | 30.8 | 25.8 | 27.4 | 29.5 |
| Employment rate in population aged 25-54 | % | 73.1 | 71.6 | 72.4 | 73.4 | 74.7 | 67.3 | 70.2 | 73.3 |
| Employment rate in population aged 55-64 | % | 54.4 | 50.8 | 53.3 | 55.4 | 58.1 | 50.2 | 51.6 | 54.2 |
| Incidence of part-time employment | % | 18.2 | 15.6 | 16.5 | 17.9 | 19.1 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 16.3 |
| Self-employment rate: total employment | % | 24.3 | 23.4 | 24.3 | 25.1 | 26.6 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 26.5 |
| Self-employment rate: male employment | % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Self-employment rate: female employment | % | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Unemployment | |||||||||
| Unemployment rate: total labour force | % | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 19.6 | 16.4 | 12.2 |
| Unemployment rate: male labour force | % | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 15.6 | 12.7 | 9.4 |
| Unemployment rate: female labour force | % | 12.2 | 12.1 | 11.6 | 13.2 | 15.3 | 25.7 | 22.0 | 16.4 |
| Long-term unemployment: total unemployed | % | 15.9 | 16.7 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 12.9 | 7.7 | 20.9 | 19.2 |
| Labour compensation and hours worked | |||||||||
| Labour compensation per unit labour input, total economy | Annual growth % | 6.9 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 17.6 | -5.2 | .. |
| Average time worked per person in employment | Hours per year | 2 148 | 2 205 | 2 179 | 2 121 | 2 060 | 1 913 | 2 073 | 2 149 |
| Research and Development (R&D) | |||||||||
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D | Mln USD | 414 | 394 | 398 | 353 | .. | 307 | 276 | .. |
| Researchers: full-time equivalent | Per '000 employed | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | .. | 1.0 | 1.0 | .. |
| Population | |||||||||
| Total population | '000 persons | 4 832 | 4 890 | 4 947 | 5 003 | 5 058 | 5 111 | 5 163 | 5 213 |
| Total fertitity rates | Children | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | .. |
| Youth population aged less than 15 | % of population | 23.0 | 22.7 | 22.4 | 22.2 | 22.0 | 21.8 | 21.5 | 21.3 |
| Elderly population aged 65 and over | % of population | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.6 |
| International migration | |||||||||
| Foreign-born population | % of population | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Foreign population | % of population | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Unemployment rate in population of native-born men | % of labour force | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15.9 | 13.0 | .. |
| Unemployment rate in population of foreign-born men | % of labour force | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14.4 | 11.3 | .. |
| Unemployment rate in population of native-born women | % of labour force | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15.4 | 25.3 | 21.7 | .. |
| Unemployment rate in population of foreign-born women | % of labour force | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17.6 | 28.1 | 26.9 | .. |
| Health | |||||||||
| Life expectancy at birth | Years | 79.9 | 80.0 | 80.2 | 80.3 | 80.5 | 80.6 | 80.8 | 80.9 |
| Life expectancy at birth: men | Years | 77.4 | 77.5 | 77.6 | 77.8 | 77.9 | 78.1 | 78.2 | 78.3 |
| Life expectancy at birth: women | Years | 82.4 | 82.6 | 82.7 | 82.9 | 83.0 | 83.2 | 83.3 | 83.5 |
| Infant mortality | Per '000 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 9.6 |
| Overweight or obese, % of population aged 15 and over | Measured | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Suicide Rates | Per 100 000 persons | 6.7 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.0 | .. | .. |
| Transport | |||||||||
| Goods transport | Mln tonne-km | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Passenger transport | Mln passenger-km | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Road Fatalities | Per mln inhabitants | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Last updated: 6 October 2023; disclaimer: http://oe.cd/disclaimer | ||||||||||
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