| COSTA RICA: Economic and financial data | ||||||
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| Real Sector | Fiscal Sector | Financial Sector | External Sector | Population | ||
| Observations | ||||||
| SDDS
data category and component |
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| REAL SECTOR | ||||||
| NATIONAL ACCOUNTS 1/ | ||||||
| GDP (current prices) | Millions of colones | Q2/25 | 12 092 680,2 | 12 772 158,4 | -5,3 | BCCR |
| Household final expenditure | Millions of colones | Q2/25 | 7 883 228,0 | 8 156 038,1 | -3,3 | |
| General Goverment final expenditure | Millions of colones | Q2/25 | 1 732 868,6 | 1 986 855,9 | -12,8 | |
| Gross fixed capital formation | Millions of colones | Q2/25 | 1 924 104,2 | 2 109 980,7 | -8,8 | |
| Change in inventories | Millions of colones | Q2/25 | -392 624,6 | 253 681,0 | -254,8 | |
| Exports of goods | Millions of colones | Q2/25 | 3 020 987,6 | 2 773 933,2 | 8,9 | |
| Exports of services | Millions of colones | Q2/25 | 2 111 633,0 | 2 015 024,1 | 4,8 | |
| Imports of goods | Millions of colones | Q2/25 | 3 121 364,5 | 3 104 385,2 | 0,5 | |
| Imports of services | Millions of colones | Q2/25 | 1 066 152,1 | 1 097 943,3 | -2,9 | |
| GDP (constant prices) | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/25 | 10 897 500,9 | 10 908 153,5 | -0,1 | BCCR |
| Household final expenditure | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/25 | 6 549 646,7 | 6 725 846,5 | -2,6 | |
| General Goverment final expenditure | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/25 | 1 632 371,9 | 1 589 177,0 | 2,7 | |
| Gross fixed capital formation | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/25 | 1 710 056,3 | 1 618 004,6 | 5,7 | |
| Exports of goods | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/25 | 3 047 282,5 | 2 678 763,1 | 13,8 | |
| Exports of services | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/25 | 1 946 071,3 | 1 917 650,9 | 1,5 | |
| Imports of goods | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/25 | 2 737 609,4 | 2 687 964,1 | 1,8 | |
| Imports of services | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/25 | 981 685,9 | 912 271,6 | 7,6 | |
| PRODUCTION INDEX | ||||||
| Production
index (Monthly Economic Activity Index 1/) |
2012 = 100 | Oct/25 | 130,3 | 130,0 | 0,2 | BCCR |
| LABOR MARKET | ||||||
| Employment 2/ | Thousand of persons |
Q3/25 | 2 206,6 | 2 153,5 | 2,5 | BCCR |
| Unemployment 2/ | ||||||
| Total | Thousand of persons |
Q3/25 | 134,5 | 172,6 | -22,1 | BCCR |
| Rate | % of labor force | Q3/25 | 5,7 | 7,4 | -23,0 | BCCR |
| Wages/earnings 2/ | Average monthly salaries in colones |
Q3/25 | 533,3 | 557,0 | -4,2 | INEC |
| Consumer price index | Dec. 2020 = 100 | Nov/25 | 109,0 | 108,4 | 0,5 | BCCR |
| Producer price index | 2012 = 100 | Nov/25 | 137,0 | 137,2 | -0,2 | BCCR |
| Real Sector | Fiscal Sector | Financial Sector | External Sector | Population | ||
| Observations | ||||||
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| FISCAL SECTOR | ||||||
| General Government or Public Sector Operations 1/ 8/ | M. Hacienda | |||||
| Revenue | Millions of colones | 2024 | 12 971 245,8 | 12 133 343,1 | 6,9 | |
| Expenditure | Millions of colones | 2024 | 14 236 583,9 | 12 774 406,2 | 11,4 | |
| Net lending | Millions of colones | 2024 | -1 265 338,1 | -1 887,9 | ||
| Balance, deficit(-), surplus(+) of the Nonfinancial Public Enterprises | Millions of colones | 2024 | 460 131,4 | 412 031,5 | ||
| Balance, deficit (-), surplus (+) of the Nonfinancial Public Sector (NFPS) | Millions of colones | 2024 | -862 487,4 | -641 063,1 | ||
| Financing NFPS | Millions of colones | 2024 | 1 080 613,9 | 642 181,0 | ||
| * Domestic financing | Millions of colones | 2024 | 552 547,5 | -512 469,8 | ||
| ** Bank | Millions of colones | 2024 | -416 061,4 | -508 016,0 | ||
| ** Non-bank | Millions of colones | 2024 | 968 608,8 | 579 556,0 | ||
| * External financing | Millions of colones | 2024 | 528 066,5 | 1 154 650,9 | ||
| * Residual 3/ | Millions of colones | 2024 | -218 126,6 | -1 117,9 | ||
| Central Government operations /8 | M. Hacienda | |||||
| Revenue | Millions of colones |
Sep/25 | 691 019,6 | 506 053,1 | 36,6 | |
| Expenditure 4/ | Millions of colones |
Sep/25 | 779 328,4 | 861 776,3 | -9,6 | |
| Balance, deficit(-), surplus(+) | Millions of colones |
Sep/25 | -88 308,8 | -355 723,2 | ||
| Residual | Millions of colones |
Sep/25 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Financing | Millions of colones |
Sep/25 | 88 308,8 | 355 723,2 | ||
| * Domestic financing | Millions of colones |
Sep/25 | -121 279,4 | 237 424,9 | M. Hacienda | |
| ** Banks | Millions of colones |
Sep/25 | -221 982,0 | 64 353,6 | ||
| ** Non-banks | Millions of colones |
Sep/25 | 100 702,6 | 173 071,3 | ||
| * External financing | Millions of colones |
Sep/25 | 209 588,2 | 118 298,3 | ||
| Central Government debt | ||||||
| Gross outstanding debt | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/25 | 60 870,9 | 59 949,9 | 1,5 | M. Hacienda |
| * Gross domestic debt | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/25 | 45 432,5 | 44 449,9 | 2,2 | M. Hacienda |
| ** Short term | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/25 | 4 432,0 | 4 511,3 | -1,8 | |
| ** Long term | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/25 | 41 000,5 | 39 938,7 | 2,7 | |
| * Gross external debt | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/25 | 15 438,4 | 15 500,0 | -0,4 | M. Hacienda |
| ** Short term | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/25 | 449,1 | 452,1 | -0,7 | |
| ** Long term | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/25 | 14 989,4 | 15 047,9 | -0,4 | |
| Debt
guaranteed by the Central Government 5/ |
Millions of US dollars |
Oct/25 | M. Hacienda | |||
| Real Sector | Fiscal Sector | Financial Sector | External Sector | Population | ||
| Observations | ||||||
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| FINANCIAL SECTOR | ||||||
| Analytical accounts of the banking sector 1/ | BCCR | |||||
| Monetary aggregate M1 | Millions of colones | Nov/25 | 5 952 819,6 | 5 985 006,9 | -0,5 | |
| Monetary aggregate M2 | Millions of colones | Nov/25 | 16 743 460,8 | 16 825 779,4 | -0,5 | |
| Monetary aggregate M3 | Millions of colones | Nov/25 | 26 487 206,8 | 26 458 364,3 | 0,1 | |
| Net domestic credit to central government | Millions of colones | Nov/25 | 1 812 982,1 | 1 755 496,0 | 3,3 | |
| Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector | Millions of colones | Nov/25 | 884 807,3 | 898 304,7 | -1,5 | |
| Domestic
credit to the private sector |
Millions of colones | Nov/25 | 20 489 284,4 | 20 455 046,3 | 0,2 | |
| Domestic
credit to the non-bank financial private sector |
Millions of colones | Nov/25 | 387 710,5 | 388 615,7 | -0,2 | |
| Net external position | Millions of colones | Nov/25 | 8 378 927,6 | 7 964 928,2 | 5,2 | |
| Analytical accounts of the Central Bank 1/ | BCCR | |||||
| Monetary base | Millions of colones | Nov/25 | 4 196 747,4 | 4 084 719,2 | 2,7 | |
| Net domestic credit to central government | Millions of colones | Nov/25 | -1 589 649,4 | -857 959,9 | 85,3 | |
| Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector | Millions of colones | Nov/25 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Domestic
credit to the private sector |
Millions of colones | Nov/25 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Credit to commercial banks | Millions of colones | Nov/25 | ||||
| Net external position | Millions of colones | Nov/25 | 8 326 355,3 | 7 731 985,5 | 7,7 | |
| Interest rates | ||||||
| Six
month reference rate (policy variable rate) |
Annual percent | Daily | BCCR | BCCR | ||
| Discount rate | Annual percent | Daily | BCCR | BCCR | ||
| Basic borrowing rate | Annual percent | Daily | BCCR | BCCR | ||
| Zero coupon securities (short term instruments) | Annual percent | Bi-weekly | M. Hacienda | M. Hacienda | ||
| Fixed-rate debt securities (medium and long term instruments) | Annual percent | Monthly | M. Hacienda | M. Hacienda | ||
| Stock market: share price index | ||||||
| Índice
accionario Bolsa Nacional de Valores (IBNV) |
January 2, 1995=100 |
Daily | BNV | BNV | ||
| Real Sector | Fiscal Sector | Financial Sector | External Sector | Population | ||
| Observations | ||||||
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| EXTERNAL SECTOR | ||||||
| Balance of payments 1/ | BCCR | |||||
| Current account | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | -115,4 | -320,9 | -64,0 | |
| Trade balance | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | -87,2 | -558,3 | -84,4 | |
| *Exports of goods | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 6 028,2 | 5 395,1 | 11,7 | |
| *Imports of goods | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 6 115,4 | 5 953,4 | 2,7 | |
| Services balance | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 2 176,8 | 2 578,1 | -15,6 | |
| Primary income | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | -2 358,6 | -2 553,0 | -7,6 | |
| Secondary income | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 153,5 | 212,3 | -27,7 | |
| Capital account | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 5,8 | 5,6 | 3,1 | |
| * Net capital transfers | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 9,8 | 9,6 | 1,5 | |
| Financial account | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | -132,9 | -344,5 | -61,4 | |
| * Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 138,7 | 631,4 | -78,0 | |
| * Portfolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 1 587,7 | 494,6 | 221,0 | |
| * Financial derivaties (other than reserves) | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | -2,8 | -2,8 | -1,4 | |
| * Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 283,2 | 343,5 | -17,5 | |
| * Net errors and omissions | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 25,5 | 387,1 | -93,4 | |
| Change in reserve assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 48,8 | 416,3 | -88,3 | |
| International reserves and foreign currency liquidity | ||||||
| * Official reserves assets | Millions of US dollars |
Dec/12/25 | 16 979,1 | 17 135,7 | -0,9 | BCCR |
| * Foreign exchange | Millions of US dollars |
Dec/12/25 | 16 284,6 | 16 442,9 | -1,0 | |
| * Reserve position in the Fund | Millions of US dollars |
Dec/12/25 | 97,5 | 97,3 | 0,2 | |
| * Special drawing rights | Millions of US dollars |
Dec/12/25 | 595,1 | 593,7 | 0,2 | |
| * Gold | Millions of US dollars |
Dec/12/25 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| * Other claims | Millions of US dollars |
Dec/12/25 | 2,0 | 2,0 | 0,2 | |
| * Liquidity template | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/25 | 16 079,7 | 15 787,0 | 1,9 | BCCR |
| Merchandise trade 1/ | ||||||
| Total exports (f.o.b.) | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/25 | 2 081,1 | 1 900,7 | 9,5 | BCCR |
| Total imports (c.i.f.) | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/25 | 2 155,8 | 2 177,2 | -1,0 | BCCR |
| International Investment Position | ||||||
| Total Assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 59 610,2 | 57 646,8 | 3,4 | BCCR |
| Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 10 870,5 | 10 731,8 | 1,3 | |
| Portafolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 16 324,7 | 14 782,9 | 10,4 | |
| Equity | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 12 506,8 | 10 669,7 | 17,2 | |
| Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 3 817,9 | 4 113,2 | -7,2 | |
| Financial derivatives | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | -124,8 | -122,0 | ||
| Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 17 723,9 | 17 608,3 | 0,7 | |
| Reserve assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 14 815,9 | 14 645,7 | 1,2 | |
| Total Liabilities | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 101 511,7 | 98 838,7 | 2,7 | |
| Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 70 315,7 | 68 878,5 | 2,1 | |
| Portafolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 10 168,2 | 9 693,1 | 4,9 | |
| Equity | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 1 020,2 | 1 004,5 | ||
| Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 9 148,0 | 8 688,6 | 5,3 | |
| Financial derivatives | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | -14,9 | -14,3 | ||
| Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 21 042,7 | 20 281,4 | 3,8 | |
| International investment position | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | -41 901,5 | -41 192,0 | 1,7 | |
| External Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/25 | 41 709,2 | 40 203,4 | 3,7 | BCCR |
| Exchange rate | ||||||
| Spot market: exchange rate | Colones/US dollar | Daily | BCCR | BCCR | ||
| Real Sector | Fiscal Sector | Financial Sector | External Sector | Population | ||
| Observations | ||||||
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| POPULATION | ||||||
| Total population (annual) 7/ | Number of persons |
2025 | 5.191.823 | 5.164.860 | #ˇVALOR! | INEC |
| 1/ Preliminary data | ||||||
| 2/ The information is obtained through the Continuing Survey of Employment (ECE) performed by INEC, it generates indicators for every quarter. | ||||||
| 3/ There may be small statistical discrepancies between the balance and the financing due to valuation difference at the time of calculation. | ||||||
| 4/ Starting January 2010, the revenues and expenditures are presented on a “recognized” basis. | ||||||
| 5/ The domestic guaranteed debt is not disseminated as it is analytically insignificant (less than 5 % of the total government debt). | ||||||
| 6/ The Official reserves assets are updated weekly every Tuesday. The reference day is the previous Friday. | ||||||
| 7/ Data based on census of 2000 and correspond to the first of July of each year. | ||||||
| 8/ The figures corresponding to Central Government operations and General Government or Public Sector Operations have a greater publication lag due to the effects of the cyber-attacks carried out by the Conti Group. | ||||||
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