Special Data Dissemination Standard  (SDDS)
Last update:  April 08th, 2025
COSTA RICA
Advance Release Calendar
Contact person:
Peggy Barrantes Pereira Marco Antonio Zúñiga Gómez Robert Alexander Jiménez González
División Económica División Económica División Económica
Banco Central de Costa Rica Banco Central de Costa Rica Banco Central de Costa Rica
Teléfono: (506) 2243-3348 Teléfono: (506) 2243-3348 Teléfono: (506) 2243-3273
Fax: (506) 2243-3246 Fax: (506) 2243-3246 Fax: (506) 2243-3246
Email: sdde@bccr.fi.cr Email: sdde@bccr.fi.cr Email: sdde@bccr.fi.cr
  Release *
Data category (and, if different,
national descriptor)		 Notes Apr/25 May/25 Jun/25 Jul/25 Aug/25 Sep/25 Oct/25 Nov/25 Dec/25 Jan/26 Feb/26 Mar/26 Apr/26
REAL SECTOR                            
National accounts
(Quarterly GDP)		   30
(Pre Q1 25)		   30
(Q1 25)		 31
(Pre Q2 25)		   30
(Q2 25)		 31
(Pre Q3 25)		   30
(Q3 25)		     31
(Q4 25)		  
Production index (Monthly Economic
Activity Index)		   10
(02/25)		 12
(03/25)		 11
(04/25)		 11
(05/25)		 11
(06/25)		 11
(07/25)		 10
(08/25)		 11
(09/25)		 12
(10/25)		 9
(11/25)		 11
(12/25)		 13
(01/26)		 10
(02/26)
Labor market: employment     9
(Q1 25)		     8
(Q2 25)		     6
(Q3 25)		          
Labor market: unemployment     9
(Q1 25)		     8
(Q2 25)		     6
(Q3 25)		          
Labor market: wages/earnings
(Average monthly salaries)		     9
(Q1 25)		     8
(Q2 25)		     6
(Q3 25)		          
Price indices: Consumer Price Index   07
(03/25)		 08
(04/25)		 06
(05/25)		 07
(06/25)		 07
(07/25)		 05
(08/25)		 07
(09/25)		 07
(10/25)		 08
(11/25)		 8
(12/25)		 6
(01/26)		 6
(02/26)		 7
(03/26)
Manufacture producer price index   07
(03/25)		 08
(04/25)		 06
(05/25)		 07
(06/25)		 07
(07/25)		 05
(08/25)		 07
(09/25)		 07
(10/25)		 08
(11/25)		 8
(12/25)		 6
(01/26)		 6
(02/26)		 7
(03/26)
FISCAL SECTOR                            
General government or public
sector operations (Nonfinancial
public sector operations)		       28
(2024)		                    
Central government operations 2/ 21
(03/25)		 NLT/20
(04/24)		 NLT/20
(05/25)		 NLT/18
(06/24)		 NLT/20
(07/24)		 NLT/19
(08/24)		 NLT/20
(09/24)		 NLT/20
(10/24)		 NLT/19
(11/24)		 NLT/20
(12/24)		 NLT/19
(01/26)		 NLT/20
(02/26)		 NLT/20
(03/26)
Central government debt
(Public debt)		   21
(03/25)		 21
(04/25)		 23
(05/25)		 21
(06/25)		 21
(07/25)		 22
(08/25)		 21
(09/25)		 21
(10/25)		 22
(11/25)		 21
(12/25)		 23
(01/26)		 23
(02/26)		 21
(03/26)
FINANCIAL SECTOR                            
Analytical accounts of the banking
sector		   21
(03/25)		 16
(04/25)		 17
(05/25)		 16
(06/25)		 18
(07/25)		 16
(08/25)		 16
(08/25)		 18
(10/25)		 16
(11/25)		 19
(12/25)		 17
(01/26)		 17
(02/26)		 17
(03/26)
Analytical accounts of the Central
Bank		   07
(03/25)		 08
(04/25)		 06
(05/25)		 07
(06/25)		 07
(07/25)		 05
(08/25)		 07
(09/25)		 07
(10/25)		 08
(11/25)		 8
(12/25)		 6
(01/26)		 6
(02/26)		 7
(03/26)
Interest rates Daily                           
Stock market: share price index
(Stock Index of the National Securities
Exchange)		 Daily                          
  Release *
Data category (and, if different,
national descriptor)		 Notes Apr/25 May/25 Jun/25 Jul/25 Aug/25 Sep/25 Oct/25 Nov/25 Dec/25 Jan/26 Feb/26 Mar/26 Apr/26
EXTERNAL SECTOR                            
Balance of payments       30
(Q1 25)		     30
(Q2 25)		     30
(Q3 25)		     31
(Q4 25)		  
International reserves and foreign
currency liquidity		                            
Official reserve assets   1, 8, 15, 22, 29
(03/28, 04/04, 04/11, 04/18, 4/25)		 6, 13, 20, 27
(05/02, 05/09, 05/16, 05/23)		 3, 10, 17, 24
(05/30, 06/06, 06/13, 06/20)		 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
(06/27, 07/04, 07/11, 07/18, 07/25)		 5, 12, 19, 26
(08/01, 08/08, 08/15, 08/22)		 2, 09, 16, 23, 30
(08/29, 09/05, 09/12, 09/19, 09/26)		 7, 14, 21, 28
(10/03, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24)		 4, 11, 18, 25
(11/31, 11/07, 11/14, 11/21)		 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
(11/28, 11/05, 11/12, 11/19, 011/26)		 6, 13, 20, 27
(01/02, 01/09, 01/16, 01/23)		 3, 10, 17, 24
(01/30, 02/06, 02/13, 02/20)		 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
(02/27, 03/06, 03/13, 03/20, 03/27)		 7, 14, 21, 28
(04/03, 04/10, 04/17, 04/24)
Reserves template   21
(03/25)		 21
(04/25)		 23
(05/25)		 21
(06/25)		 21
(07/25)		 22
(08/25)		 21
(09/25)		 21
(10/25)		 22
(11/25)		 21
(12/25)		 23
(01/26)		 23
(02/26)		 21
(03/26)
Merchandise trade   21
(03/25)		 21
(04/25)		 23
(05/25)		 21
(06/25)		 21
(07/25)		 22
(08/25)		 21
(09/25)		 21
(10/25)		 22
(11/25)		 21
(12/25)		 23
(01/26)		 23
(02/26)		 21
(03/26)
International investment position (IIP)       30
(Q1 25)		     30
(Q2 25)		     30
(Q3 25)		        
External Debt Position        30
(Q1 25)		     30
(Q2 25)		     30
(Q3 25)		        
Exchange rates (reference rate) Dairy                          
POPULATION 1/               28
(2022)		          
             
* Release dates can be specified as a specific date, a range of dates, or a no-later-than (NLT) date. The period (or date) to which data to be released relate is shown in parentheses.  
2023 Holidays:   January 1, April 11, April 17-18, May 1, Julio 25, August 2, August 15,  September 15, December 1, December 25.  
   
1/ Annual  
2/ Costa Rica is taking a calendar flexibility for the one-week ahead dissemination of the precise release date for the central government operations data.  
3/ First estimation                            
All dates are expected dates of release and are subject to change.