| COSTA RICA: Economic and financial data | ||||||
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| Real Sector | Fiscal Sector | Financial Sector | External Sector | Population | ||
| Observations | ||||||
| SDDS
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| REAL SECTOR | ||||||
| NATIONAL ACCOUNTS 1/ | ||||||
| GDP (current prices) | Millions of colones | Q1/24 | 12 232 233,1 | 12 407 922,3 | -1,4 | BCCR |
| Household final expenditure | Millions of colones | Q1/24 | 7 755 826,3 | 7 901 345,6 | -1,8 | |
| General Goverment final expenditure | Millions of colones | Q1/24 | 1 817 603,8 | 1 896 557,4 | -4,2 | |
| Gross fixed capital formation | Millions of colones | Q1/24 | 1 851 672,8 | 1 899 634,6 | -2,5 | |
| Change in inventories | Millions of colones | Q1/24 | -33 053,0 | 123 281,3 | -126,8 | |
| Exports of goods | Millions of colones | Q1/24 | 2 470 795,9 | 2 511 352,2 | -1,6 | |
| Exports of services | Millions of colones | Q1/24 | 2 241 048,4 | 2 093 421,4 | 7,1 | |
| Imports of goods | Millions of colones | Q1/24 | 2 918 216,9 | 3 006 182,2 | -2,9 | |
| Imports of services | Millions of colones | Q1/24 | 953 444,2 | 1 011 488,0 | -5,7 | |
| GDP (constant prices) | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/24 | 10 462 758,1 | 10 822 556,7 | -3,3 | BCCR |
| Household final expenditure | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/24 | 6 484 460,7 | 6 634 664,3 | -2,3 | |
| General Goverment final expenditure | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/24 | 1 542 364,2 | 1 574 872,7 | -2,1 | |
| Gross fixed capital formation | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/24 | 1 590 465,0 | 1 749 105,1 | -9,1 | |
| Exports of goods | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/24 | 2 485 514,8 | 2 445 212,4 | 1,6 | |
| Exports of services | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/24 | 1 863 885,9 | 1 559 991,7 | 19,5 | |
| Imports of goods | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/24 | 2 531 952,6 | 2 533 084,3 | 0,0 | |
| Imports of services | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/24 | 829 436,5 | 769 345,9 | 7,8 | |
| PRODUCTION INDEX | ||||||
| Production
index (Monthly Economic Activity Index 1/) |
2012 = 100 | Jun/24 | 122,9 | 122,3 | 0,5 | BCCR |
| LABOR MARKET | ||||||
| Employment 2/ | Thousand of persons |
Q2/24 | 2 157,5 | 2 157,6 | 0,0 | BCCR |
| Unemployment 2/ | ||||||
| Total | Thousand of persons |
Q2/24 | 201,1 | 183,0 | 9,9 | BCCR |
| Rate | % of labor force | Q2/24 | 8,5 | 7,8 | 9,0 | BCCR |
| Wages/earnings 2/ | Average monthly salaries in colones |
Q2/24 | 514,2 | 509,4 | 0,9 | INEC |
| PRICE INDICES | ||||||
| Consumer price index | Dec. 2020 = 100 | Jul/24 | 109,6 | 109,7 | -0,1 | BCCR |
| Producer price index | 2012 = 100 | Jul/24 | 137,5 | 137,8 | -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 | 2023 | 12 133 343,1 | 11 972 395,4 | 1,3 | |
| Expenditure | Millions of colones | 2023 | 12 774 406,2 | 12 384 956,5 | 3,1 | |
| Net lending | Millions of colones | 2023 | -1 887,9 | -1 887,9 | ||
| Balance, deficit(-), surplus(+) of the Nonfinancial Public Enterprises | Millions of colones | 2023 | 412 031,5 | 345 604,4 | ||
| Balance, deficit (-), surplus (+) of the Nonfinancial Public Sector (NFPS) | Millions of colones | 2023 | -641 063,1 | -412 561,1 | ||
| Financing NFPS | Millions of colones | 2023 | 642 181,0 | 412 561,1 | ||
| * Domestic financing | Millions of colones | 2023 | -512 469,8 | -486 463,3 | ||
| ** Bank | Millions of colones | 2023 | -508 016,0 | -463 989,6 | ||
| ** Non-bank | Millions of colones | 2023 | 579 556,0 | -22 473,6 | ||
| * External financing | Millions of colones | 2023 | 1 154 650,9 | 616 816,3 | ||
| * Residual 3/ | Millions of colones | 2023 | -1 117,9 | -44 819,6 | ||
| Central Government operations /8 | M. Hacienda | |||||
| Revenue | Millions of colones |
Jun/24 | 690 293,9 | 527 244,5 | 30,9 | |
| Expenditure 4/ | Millions of colones |
Jun/24 | 745 615,8 | 573 694,1 | 30,0 | |
| Balance, deficit(-), surplus(+) | Millions of colones |
Jun/24 | -55 321,9 | -46 449,6 | ||
| Residual | Millions of colones |
Jun/24 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Financing | Millions of colones |
Jun/24 | 55 321,9 | 118 650,5 | ||
| * Domestic financing | Millions of colones |
Jun/24 | -218 203,7 | 110 333,0 | M. Hacienda | |
| ** Banks | Millions of colones |
Jun/24 | -440 872,2 | -10 456,0 | ||
| ** Non-banks | Millions of colones |
Jun/24 | 222 668,5 | 120 788,9 | ||
| * External financing | Millions of colones |
Jun/24 | 273 525,6 | 8 317,6 | ||
| Central Government debt | ||||||
| Gross outstanding debt | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/24 | 55 737,7 | 55 269,1 | 0,8 | M. Hacienda |
| * Gross domestic debt | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/24 | 40 178,0 | 39 748,5 | 1,1 | M. Hacienda |
| ** Short term | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/24 | 3 349,2 | 3 241,9 | 3,3 | |
| ** Long term | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/24 | 36 828,8 | 36 506,6 | 0,9 | |
| * Gross external debt | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/24 | 15 559,7 | 15 520,6 | 0,3 | M. Hacienda |
| ** Short term | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/24 | 1 042,1 | 1 039,1 | 0,3 | |
| ** Long term | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/24 | 14 517,6 | 14 481,6 | 0,2 | |
| Debt
guaranteed by the Central Government 5/ |
Millions of US dollars |
Jul/24 | 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 | Jul/24 | 5 576 853,9 | 5 348 500,3 | 4,3 | |
| Monetary aggregate M2 | Millions of colones | Jul/24 | 15 409 542,2 | 15 045 409,6 | 2,4 | |
| Monetary aggregate M3 | Millions of colones | Jul/24 | 24 964 643,8 | 24 599 555,7 | 1,5 | |
| Net domestic credit to central government | Millions of colones | Jul/24 | 1 872 982,2 | 1 790 039,1 | 4,6 | |
| Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector | Millions of colones | Jul/24 | 962 065,4 | 974 876,4 | -1,3 | |
| Domestic
credit to the private sector |
Millions of colones | Jul/24 | 18 440 168,6 | 18 232 967,6 | 1,1 | |
| Domestic
credit to the non-bank financial private sector |
Millions of colones | Jul/24 | 445 216,2 | 444 292,8 | 0,2 | |
| Net external position | Millions of colones | Jul/24 | 7 242 796,4 | 7 137 590,9 | 1,5 | |
| Analytical accounts of the Central Bank 1/ | BCCR | |||||
| Monetary base | Millions of colones | Jul/24 | 3 646 373,2 | 3 658 990,7 | -0,3 | |
| Net domestic credit to central government | Millions of colones | Jul/24 | -951 772,6 | -772 235,7 | 23,2 | |
| Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector | Millions of colones | Jul/24 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Domestic
credit to the private sector |
Millions of colones | Jul/24 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Credit to commercial banks | Millions of colones | Jul/24 | 657 141,9 | 650 577,9 | 1,0 | |
| Net external position | Millions of colones | Jul/24 | 6 549 739,8 | 6 534 718,4 | 0,2 | |
| 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 | ||
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| EXTERNAL SECTOR | ||||||
| Balance of payments 1/ | BCCR | |||||
| Current account | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | -192,4 | -364,7 | -47,2 | |
| Trade balance | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | -926,2 | -925,4 | 0,1 | |
| *Exports of goods | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 4 758,8 | 4 739,7 | 0,4 | |
| *Imports of goods | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 5 685,0 | 5 665,1 | 0,4 | |
| Services balance | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 2 627,5 | 2 163,2 | 21,5 | |
| Primary income | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | -2 066,6 | -1 741,6 | 18,7 | |
| Secondary income | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 172,9 | 139,2 | 24,2 | |
| Capital account | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 4,8 | 6,0 | -20,8 | |
| * Net capital transfers | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 3,7 | 3,7 | -0,4 | |
| Financial account | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | -392,3 | -2 145,8 | -81,7 | |
| * Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 90,1 | 381,1 | -76,3 | |
| * Portfolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 854,6 | 156,6 | 445,6 | |
| * Financial derivaties (other than reserves) | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | -2,8 | -2,7 | 4,0 | |
| * Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | -242,9 | 586,6 | -141,4 | |
| * Net errors and omissions | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 18,0 | -12,8 | -240,8 | |
| Change in reserve assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 222,6 | 1 774,4 | -87,5 | |
| International reserves and foreign currency liquidity | ||||||
| * Official reserves assets | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/23/24 | 14 049,7 | 14 028,2 | 0,2 | BCCR |
| * Foreign exchange | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/23/24 | 13 363,1 | 13 345,8 | 0,1 | |
| * Reserve position in the Fund | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/23/24 | 96,0 | 95,4 | 0,6 | |
| * Special drawing rights | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/23/24 | 589,7 | 586,0 | 0,6 | |
| * Gold | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/23/24 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| * Other claims | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/23/24 | 0,9 | 1,0 | -10,7 | |
| * Liquidity template | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/24 | 14 064,7 | 13 746,3 | 2,3 | BCCR |
| Merchandise trade 1/ | ||||||
| Total exports (f.o.b.) | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/24 | 1566,0 | 1698,5 | -7,8 | BCCR |
| Total imports (c.i.f.) | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/25 | 1890,7 | 1848,3 | 2,3 | BCCR |
| International Investment Position | ||||||
| Total Assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 53 352,2 | 52 748,1 | 1,1 | BCCR |
| Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 9 856,0 | 9 763,1 | 1,0 | |
| Portafolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 13 871,6 | 13 536,1 | 2,5 | |
| Equity | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 7 899,7 | 7 386,3 | 7,0 | |
| Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 5 972,0 | 6 149,8 | -2,9 | |
| Financial derivatives | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | -110,8 | -108,0 | ||
| Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 16 343,8 | 16 331,9 | 0,1 | |
| Reserve assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 13 391,5 | 13 225,0 | 1,3 | |
| Total Liabilities | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 91 241,3 | 90 368,3 | 1,0 | |
| Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 63 451,3 | 62 179,7 | 2,0 | |
| Portafolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 9 326,1 | 9 462,9 | -1,4 | |
| Equity | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 828,7 | 813,3 | ||
| Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 8 497,4 | 8 649,6 | -1,8 | |
| Financial derivatives | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | -11,7 | -11,1 | ||
| Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 18 475,7 | 18 736,8 | -1,4 | |
| International investment position | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | -37 889,1 | -37 620,2 | 0,7 | |
| External Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/24 | 37 747,9 | 38 046,5 | -0,8 | BCCR |
| Exchange rate | ||||||
| Spot market: exchange rate | Colones/US dollar | Daily | BCCR | BCCR | ||
| Real Sector | Fiscal Sector | Financial Sector | External Sector | Population | ||
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| POPULATION | ||||||
| Total population (annual) 7/ | Number of persons |
2023 | 5 262 225 | 5 213 362 | 0,9 | 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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