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	Unit description	Date /period of latest data	Latest data	Previous data	Change from previous period to latest period (%)	Links to Costa Rica's data
REAL SECTOR
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS  1/
GDP (current prices)	Millions of colones	Q4/23	12 478 461,8	11 609 059,5	7,5	BCCR
Household final expenditure	Millions of colones	Q4/23	8 047 326,3	7 663 817,9	5,0
General Goverment final expenditure	Millions of colones	Q4/23	1 896 049,4	1 663 873,0	14,0
Gross fixed capital formation	Millions of colones	Q4/23	1 881 463,7	1 977 902,2	-4,9
Change in inventories	Millions of colones	Q4/23	206 315,4	-52 458,2	-493,3
Exports of goods	Millions of colones	Q4/23	2 509 909,7	2 504 244,0	0,2
Exports of services	Millions of colones	Q4/23	1 919 675,5	1 727 257,3	11,1
Imports of goods	Millions of colones	Q4/23	3 041 573,8	2 990 559,9	1,7
Imports of services	Millions of colones	Q4/23	940 704,5	885 016,6	6,3
GDP (constant prices)	Chained million colones reference 2012  colones	Q4/23	10 843 662,5	10 099 210,6	7,4	BCCR
Household final expenditure	Chained million colones reference 2012  colones	Q4/23	6 737 073,4	6 322 544,6	6,6
General Goverment final expenditure	Chained million colones reference 2012  colones	Q4/23	1 577 328,4	1 570 464,1	0,4
Gross fixed capital formation	Chained million colones reference 2012  colones	Q4/23	1 739 655,1	1 768 455,8	-1,6
Exports of goods	Chained million colones reference 2012  colones	Q4/23	2 428 675,2	2 400 122,5	1,2
Exports of services	Chained million colones reference 2012  colones	Q4/23	1 426 264,3	1 467 408,7	-2,8
Imports of goods	Chained million colones reference 2012  colones	Q4/23	2 543 223,2	2 479 092,0	2,6
Imports of services	Chained million colones reference 2012  colones	Q4/23	714 085,8	776 237,1	-8,0
PRODUCTION INDEX
Production index (Monthly Economic Activity Index 1/)	2012 = 100	Feb/24	119,8	119,4	0,3	BCCR
LABOR MARKET
Employment  2/	Thousand of persons	Q4/23	2 081,9	2 077,7	0,2	BCCR
Unemployment  2/
Total	Thousand of persons	Q4/23	163,9	182,7	-10,3	BCCR
Rate	% of labor force	Q4/23	7,3	8,9	-18,0	BCCR
Wages/earnings  2/	Average monthly salaries in colones	Q4/23	511,4	479,8	6,6	INEC
PRICE INDICES
Consumer price index	Dec. 2020 = 100	Feb/24	109,4	109,5	-0,1	BCCR
Producer price index	2012 = 100	Feb/24	137,9	137,6	0,2	BCCR
		Real Sector	Fiscal Sector	Financial Sector	External Sector	Population
		Observations
SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Date /period of latest data	Latest data	Previous data	Change from previous period to latest period (%)	Links to Costa Rica's data
FISCAL SECTOR
General Government or Public Sector Operations 1/ 8/						M. Hacienda
Revenue	Millions of colones	2022	11 972 395,4	10 607 806,0	12,9
Expenditure	Millions of colones	2022	12 384 956,5	12 158 603,5	1,9
Net lending	Millions of colones	2022	-1 887,9	-61 882,5
Balance, deficit(-), surplus(+) of the Nonfinancial Public Enterprises	Millions of colones	2022	345 604,4	140 676,4
Balance, deficit (-), surplus (+) of the Nonfinancial Public Sector (NFPS)	Millions of colones	2022	-412 561,1	-1 550 797,5
Financing NFPS	Millions of colones	2022	412 561,1	1 550 797,5
* Domestic financing	Millions of colones	2022	-486 463,3	1 054 422,1
** Bank	Millions of colones	2022	-463 989,6	19 360,6
** Non-bank	Millions of colones	2022	-22 473,6	1 035 061,6
* External financing	Millions of colones	2022	616 816,3	616 816,3
* Residual   3/	Millions of colones	2022	-44 819,6	-120 440,9
Central Government operations /8						M. Hacienda
Revenue	Millions of colones	Feb/24	526 244,1	671 130,1	-21,6
Expenditure 4/	Millions of colones	Feb/24	814 861,6	772 374,3	5,5
Balance, deficit(-), surplus(+)	Millions of colones	Feb/24	-288 617,4	-101 244,3
Residual	Millions of colones	Feb/24	0,0	0,0
Financing	Millions of colones	Feb/24	288 617,4	101 244,3
* Domestic financing	Millions of colones	Feb/24	295 512,2	-301 008,1		M. Hacienda
** Banks	Millions of colones	Feb/24	309 090,7	-371 870,6
** Non-banks	Millions of colones	Feb/24	-13 578,5	70 862,5
* External financing	Millions of colones	Feb/24	-6 894,8	402 252,3
Central Government debt
Gross outstanding debt	Millions of US dollars	Mar/24	56 467,4	55 875,7	1,1	M. Hacienda
* Gross domestic debt	Millions of US dollars	Mar/24	41 436,5	40 747,1	1,7	M. Hacienda
** Short term	Millions of US dollars	Mar/24	4 707,8	5 091,7	-7,5
** Long term	Millions of US dollars	Mar/24	36 728,7	35 655,5	3,0
* Gross external debt	Millions of US dollars	Mar/24	15 030,9	15 128,6	-0,6	M. Hacienda
** Short term	Millions of US dollars	Mar/24	504,7	482,8	4,5
** Long term	Millions of US dollars	Mar/24	14 526,2	14 645,8	-0,8
Debt guaranteed by the Central Government  5/	Millions of US dollars	Mar/24				M. Hacienda
		Real Sector	Fiscal Sector	Financial Sector	External Sector	Population
		Observations
SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Date /period of latest data	Latest data	Previous data	Change from previous period to latest period (%)	Links to Costa Rica's data
FINANCIAL SECTOR
Analytical accounts of the banking sector  1/						BCCR
Monetary aggregate M1	Millions of colones	Mar/24	5 555 791,2	5 529 351,2	0,5
Monetary aggregate M2	Millions of colones	Mar/24	15 065 351,4	15 041 490,5	0,2
Monetary aggregate M3	Millions of colones	Mar/24	24 153 563,1	24 172 508,2	-0,1
Net domestic credit to central government	Millions of colones	Mar/24	1 562 925,1	1 802 435,3	-13,3
Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector	Millions of colones	Mar/24	939 866,0	939 709,5	0,0
Domestic credit to the private  sector	Millions of colones	Mar/24	17 753 965,9	17 754 258,5	0,0
Domestic credit to the non-bank  financial private sector	Millions of colones	Mar/24	454 155,5	454 052,7	0,0
Net external position	Millions of colones	Mar/24	6 931 706,2	6 842 651,4	1,3
Analytical accounts of the Central Bank  1/						BCCR
Monetary base	Millions of colones	Mar/24	3 627 858,6	3 565 239,0	1,8
Net domestic credit to central government	Millions of colones	Mar/24	-1 068 570,2	-835 625,0	27,9
Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector	Millions of colones	Mar/24	0,0	0,0
Domestic credit to the private  sector	Millions of colones	Mar/24	0,0	0,0
Credit to commercial banks	Millions of colones	Mar/24	655 809,7	664 198,7	-1,3
Net external position	Millions of colones	Mar/24	6 429 724,0	6 324 978,4	1,7
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
SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Date /period of latest data	Latest data	Previous data	Change from previous period to latest period (%)	Links to Costa Rica's data
EXTERNAL SECTOR
Balance of payments  1/						BCCR
Current account	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	-289,1	-366,0	-21,0
Trade balance	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	-925,4	-822,7	12,5
*Exports of goods	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	4 737,5	4 679,1	1,2
*Imports of goods	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	5 662,9	5 501,9	2,9
Services balance	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	2 158,1	1 850,0	16,7
Primary income	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	-1 662,4	-1 517,0	9,6
Secondary income	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	140,6	123,8	13,5
Capital account	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	5,2	3,9	33,6
* Net capital transfers	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	5,2	3,9	33,6
Financial account	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	-2 044,1	-299,9	581,6
* Direct investment	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	181,8	200,3	-9,2
* Portfolio investment	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	156,6	904,1	-82,7
* Financial derivaties (other than reserves)	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	-2,7	-2,7	-0,4
* Other investment	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	720,3	-517,2	-239,3
* Net errors and omissions	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	14,2	245,4	-94,2
Change in reserve assets	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	1 774,4	183,3	868,2
International reserves and foreign currency liquidity
* Official reserves assets	Millions of US dollars	Apr/19/24	13 472,9	13 461,5	0,1	BCCR
* Foreign exchange	Millions of US dollars	Apr/19/24	12 793,7	12 783,9	0,1
* Reserve position in the Fund	Millions of US dollars	Apr/19/24	93,8	93,9	-0,1
* Special drawing rights	Millions of US dollars	Apr/19/24	576,6	576,9	-0,1
* Gold	Millions of US dollars	Apr/19/24	0,0	0,0
* Other claims	Millions of US dollars	Apr/19/24	8,8	6,9	27,6
* Liquidity template	Millions of US dollars	Mar/24	13 391,5	13 760,8	-2,7	BCCR
Merchandise trade 1/
Total exports (f.o.b.)	Millions of US dollars	Mar/24	1672,9	1578,4	6,0	BCCR
Total imports (c.i.f.)	Millions of US dollars	Mar/24	1987,1	1963,3	1,2	BCCR
International Investment Position
Total Assets	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	51 049,2	48 050,3	6,2	BCCR
Direct investment	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	9 288,4	9 106,5	2,0
Portafolio investment	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	13 335,0	13 093,6	1,8
Equity	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	7 566,0	6 865,5	10,2
Debt	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	5 769,0	6 228,0	-7,4
Financial derivatives	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	-108,0	-105,3
Other investment	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	15 308,9	14 619,9	4,7
Reserve assets	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	13 225,0	11 335,6	16,7
Total Liabilities	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	89 443,2	86 938,9	2,9
Direct investment	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	61 837,9	60 505,2	2,2
Portafolio investment	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	9 136,8	7 948,9	14,9
Equity	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	813,3	798,5
Debt	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	8 323,5	7 150,5	16,4
Financial derivatives	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	-11,1	-10,4
Other investment	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	18 479,6	18 495,1	-0,1
International investment position	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	-38 394,0	-38 888,6	-1,3
External Debt	Millions of US dollars	Q4/23	37 498,6	36 131,7	3,8	BCCR
Exchange rate
Spot market: exchange rate	Colones/US dollar	Daily	BCCR	BCCR
		Real Sector	Fiscal Sector	Financial Sector	External Sector	Population
		Observations
SDDS data category and component	Unit description	Date /period of latest data	Latest data	Previous data	Change from previous period to latest period (%)	Links to Costa Rica's data
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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