Consumer price index (CPI): Controlled prices, Urnegulated priced goods, Goods and Services /n1 /n2 /n3 /n4
December 2020=100
Levels and changes
 
 
Levels
Controlled prices goods Unregulated priced goods Goods Services
-
Annual percentage change over the past 12 months (%)
Controlled prices goods Unnregulated priced goods Goods Services
May/2023
June/2023
July/2023
August/2023
September/2023
October/2023
November/2023
December/2023
January/2024
February/2024
March/2024
April/2024
May/2024
June/2024
July/2024
August/2024
September/2024
October/2024
November/2024
December/2024
January/2025
February/2025
March/2025
April/2025
114.78
115.06
114.61
114.68
115.22
115.44
115.20
113.70
112.99
112.35
112.39
113.05
114.14
114.20
113.97
113.31
113.02
112.24
111.59
111.08
108.83
108.63
110.03
109.85
108.86
108.62
108.45
108.23
108.29
108.52
108.27
108.52
108.71
108.68
108.31
108.62
108.54
108.72
108.60
108.85
108.48
108.04
108.74
110.02
110.85
110.87
110.23
109.61
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
113.27
112.94
112.44
112.43
112.39
113.22
112.51
112.47
111.84
110.89
110.65
111.23
110.97
110.91
110.94
111.22
110.44
109.50
109.94
111.36
113.31
113.05
112.17
110.99
106.18
106.19
106.31
105.93
106.25
105.81
106.06
106.12
106.96
107.76
107.38
107.48
107.96
108.37
108.05
108.01
108.10
108.12
108.71
109.31
107.98
108.24
108.48
108.61
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-8.59
-11.00
-10.56
-13.18
-8.06
-1.72
-1.05
-0.99
-2.81
0.09
-1.96
-1.16
-0.56
-0.75
-0.56
-1.19
-1.91
-2.77
-3.13
-2.31
-3.69
-3.32
-2.10
-2.84
2.73
0.96
-0.70
-1.32
-1.14
-1.20
-1.75
-1.90
-1.71
-1.33
-1.05
-0.41
-0.30
0.09
0.13
0.57
0.17
-0.44
0.44
1.38
1.97
2.02
1.78
0.92
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-0.21
-3.12
-5.37
-6.90
-5.09
-3.82
-4.35
-4.62
-4.49
-3.45
-3.21
-1.91
-2.03
-1.80
-1.33
-1.08
-1.73
-3.28
-2.29
-0.99
1.32
1.95
1.37
-0.22
2.21
1.54
1.62
1.37
1.36
1.92
1.76
1.83
1.37
1.67
1.24
1.12
1.67
2.06
1.64
1.96
1.74
2.18
2.50
3.00
0.95
0.44
1.03
1.05

Source: Banco Central de Costa Rica, based on data from the Consumer Price Index (CPI) calculated by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC).

Notes:
n1/ As of February 2021, the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) publishes the Consumer Price Index (CPI) with a new base (December 2020), which begins in January 2021. To avoid a break in the continuity of the series of the Regulated (R), Non-Regulated (NR), Goods and Services price indices, the BCCR “linked” the level of those indicators from December 2020 backwards with the behavior of the prices of the indices with previous bases.
n2/ In addition to the "link", the BCCR modifies the series of the R and NR indices for the period December 2016 to December 2020. The foregoing is due to the fact that (i) the price of residential Internet service ceased to be regulated on 11/23 /2016 and (ii) the price of Mobile Telephony was released on 09/18/2017, changes that are not reflected in the previously published series.
n3/ To classify CPI items as "goods" or "services," the BCCR uses the Central Product Classification (CPC), while the INEC does so with the Classification of Individual Consumption by Purposes (CCIF).
n4/ In November 2023, the BCCR corrects the Regulated and Non-regulated data for the period August 2022 to October 2023.


  Links:
  1/ CPI methodology based on December 2020
 

 
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