Percentage change in GDP per capita, Costa Rica, LAC and OECD
GDP per capita in PPP (current international USD)
Unemployment rates, international comparison
Evolution of inequality in Costa Rica and LAC countries
Budget balance as a percentage of GDP
Public debt as a percentage of GDP
Public debt as a % of government revenues — Costa Rica and LAC countries
Composition of expenditure (% of GDP at market prices)
Government debt as a % of GDP
Tax to GDP ratio, Costa Rica, OECD and LAC countries
Tax to GDP ratio in LAC region per country (2015)
Tax mix as a % of total revenues (2014)
Tax expenditure as a % of GDP
International comparison of inequality
Corporate income tax revenues as a % of GDP, 2014
SSCs as a share of total tax revenues in 2014
PIT as a share of total tax revenues in 2014
Income thresholds at which single individuals start paying income tax, measured as a multiple of the average wage in USD, in 2013
Average tax wedges for single individuals earning the average wage in LAC countries in 2013
Average tax wedge across earnings levels expressed as a % of the average wage in 2016
Marginal tax wedge across earnings levels expressed as a % of the average wage in 2016
Theoretical formality costs as a % of workers' actual wages and informality rates for dependent workers in 2013 (Panel A) and theoretical formality costs for workers in the lowest income decile (Panel B)
Net take-home pay ratios between a household with and without children (%) in 2015
Share of taxpayers declaring zero income tax in different liberal professions in 2015
Top statutory PIT rates in Costa Rica and OECD countries in 2015
Top statutory PIT rates in LAC countries in 2016
Top statutory PIT rates and income levels levied in LAC countries
Reduction in income inequality due to direct taxes and cash benefits in 2013
VAT revenues as a share of GDP in LAC countries and OECD average in 2014
VAT revenue ratios in LAC countries and OECD average in 2014
Standard VAT rates in OECD countries and Costa Rica in 2016
Standard VAT rates in Central and South American countries in 2016
Distribution of the sales tax burden as a share of consumption expenditure per income decile
Distribution of exemptions per income decile expressed as a % of GDP
Ratio of consumption between the top 20% incomes and the lowest 40% incomes
Distribution of tax payments expressed as a share of GDP across income deciles under the current sales tax and the proposed VAT reform
Percentage change in VAT payments across income deciles with and without transfers
Revenues from environmentally related taxes as a % of GDP
The Chilean vehicle tax is lower for cleaner and cheaper vehicles