| 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 | Q2/26 | 12 563 596,2 | 13 316 476,3 | 8 094 980,9 | BCCR |
| Household final expenditure | Millions of colones | Q2/26 | 8 366 381,1 | 8 453 029,6 | -1,0 | |
| General Goverment final expenditure | Millions of colones | Q2/26 | 1 776 847,8 | 1 911 903,8 | -7,1 | |
| Gross fixed capital formation | Millions of colones | Q2/26 | 2 101 112,5 | 2 157 955,9 | -2,6 | |
| Change in inventories | Millions of colones | Q2/26 | -353 206,9 | -104 808,3 | 237,0 | |
| Exports of goods | Millions of colones | Q2/26 | 2 896 475,5 | 2 753 712,4 | 5,2 | |
| Exports of services | Millions of colones | Q2/26 | 1 887 478,4 | 2 188 334,3 | -13,7 | |
| Imports of goods | Millions of colones | Q2/26 | 3 052 049,8 | 2 869 021,3 | 6,4 | |
| Imports of services | Millions of colones | Q2/26 | 1 059 442,4 | 1 174 630,2 | -9,8 | |
| GDP (constant prices) | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/26 | 13 219 543,7 | 13 289 428,3 | -0,5 | BCCR |
| Household final expenditure | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/26 | 8 368 231,0 | 8 630 182,9 | -3,0 | |
| General Goverment final expenditure | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/26 | 1 827 168,6 | 1 760 816,1 | 3,8 | |
| Gross fixed capital formation | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/26 | 2 403 202,2 | 2 340 464,9 | 2,7 | |
| Exports of goods | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/26 | 3 990 732,6 | 3 583 681,1 | 11,4 | |
| Exports of services | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/26 | 2 545 063,7 | 2 294 624,2 | 10,9 | |
| Imports of goods | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/26 | 4 080 711,0 | 3 834 125,9 | 6,4 | |
| Imports of services | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q2/26 | 1 493 344,7 | 1 352 734,3 | 10,4 | |
| PRODUCTION INDEX | ||||||
| Production
index (Monthly Economic Activity Index 1/) |
2012 = 100 | Aug/26 | 119,2 | 119,0 | 0,2 | BCCR |
| LABOR MARKET | ||||||
| Employment 2/ | Thousand of persons |
Q2/26 | 2 182,9 | 2 155,0 | 1,3 | BCCR |
| Unemployment 2/ | ||||||
| Total | Thousand of persons |
Q2/26 | 163,7 | 164,2 | -0,3 | BCCR |
| Rate | % of labor force | Q2/26 | 7,0 | 7,1 | -1,2 | BCCR |
| Wages/earnings 2/ | Average monthly salaries in colones |
Q2/26 | 543,4 | 538,1 | 1,0 | INEC |
| Consumer price index | Dec. 2020 = 100 | Sep/26 | 99,5 | 99,4 | 0,1 | BCCR |
| Producer price index | 2012 = 100 | Sep/26 | 136,2 | 136,0 | 0,1 | 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 | 2025 | 10 990 186,5 | 12 971 245,8 | -15,3 | |
| Expenditure | Millions of colones | 2025 | 11 395 194,8 | 14 236 583,9 | -20,0 | |
| Net lending | Millions of colones | 2025 | 212 216,7 | -1 265 338,1 | ||
| Balance, deficit(-), surplus(+) of the Nonfinancial Public Enterprises | Millions of colones | 2025 | 622 159,1 | 460 131,4 | ||
| Balance, deficit (-), surplus (+) of the Nonfinancial Public Sector (NFPS) | Millions of colones | 2025 | -405 008,3 | -862 487,4 | ||
| Financing NFPS | Millions of colones | 2025 | 1 411 828,5 | 1 080 613,9 | ||
| * Domestic financing | Millions of colones | 2025 | 1 436 267,5 | 552 547,5 | ||
| ** Bank | Millions of colones | 2025 | -295 127,4 | -416 061,4 | ||
| ** Non-bank | Millions of colones | 2025 | 2 436 176,3 | 968 608,8 | ||
| * External financing | Millions of colones | 2025 | -24 438,9 | 528 066,5 | ||
| * Residual 3/ | Millions of colones | 2025 | -1 006 820,3 | -218 126,6 | ||
| Central Government operations /8 | M. Hacienda | |||||
| Revenue | Millions of colones |
Aug/26 | 519 843,0 | 569 252,7 | -8,7 | |
| Expenditure 4/ | Millions of colones |
Aug/26 | 864 982,9 | 770 985,2 | 12,2 | |
| Balance, deficit(-), surplus(+) | Millions of colones |
Aug/26 | -345 139,9 | -201 732,5 | ||
| Residual | Millions of colones |
Aug/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Financing | Millions of colones |
Aug/26 | 345 139,9 | -13 031,5 | ||
| * Domestic financing | Millions of colones |
Aug/26 | 338 855,6 | -71 524,9 | M. Hacienda | |
| ** Banks | Millions of colones |
Aug/26 | 289 524,6 | -193 914,6 | ||
| ** Non-banks | Millions of colones |
Aug/26 | 49 331,1 | 122 389,7 | ||
| * External financing | Millions of colones |
Aug/26 | 6 284,3 | 58 493,3 | ||
| Central Government debt | ||||||
| Gross outstanding debt | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/26 | 72 049,2 | 71 982,3 | 0,1 | M. Hacienda |
| * Gross domestic debt | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/26 | 56 214,6 | 56 181,9 | 0,1 | M. Hacienda |
| ** Short term | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/26 | 2 954,2 | 2 907,7 | 1,6 | |
| ** Long term | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/26 | 15 456,9 | 15 456,9 | 0,0 | |
| * Gross external debt | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/26 | 15 834,7 | 15 800,4 | 0,2 | M. Hacienda |
| ** Short term | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/26 | 543,5 | 542,1 | 0,3 | |
| ** Long term | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/26 | 15 291,2 | 15 258,4 | 0,2 | |
| Debt
guaranteed by the Central Government 5/ |
Millions of US dollars |
Aug/26 | 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 | Aug/26 | 5 742 126,4 | 5 644 523,7 | 1,7 | |
| Monetary aggregate M2 | Millions of colones | Aug/26 | 16 923 491,3 | 16 990 749,2 | -0,4 | |
| Monetary aggregate M3 | Millions of colones | Aug/26 | 26 266 547,2 | 26 289 431,6 | -0,1 | |
| Net domestic credit to central government | Millions of colones | Aug/26 | -283 707,6 | -135 808,2 | 108,9 | |
| Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector | Millions of colones | Aug/26 | 856 783,2 | 862 147,9 | -0,6 | |
| Domestic
credit to the private sector |
Millions of colones | Aug/26 | 20 247 859,9 | 20 286 040,6 | -0,2 | |
| Domestic
credit to the non-bank financial private sector |
Millions of colones | Aug/26 | 338 146,5 | 338 184,2 | 0,0 | |
| Net external position | Millions of colones | Aug/26 | 9 421 870,5 | 9 379 279,3 | 0,5 | |
| Analytical accounts of the Central Bank 1/ | BCCR | |||||
| Monetary base | Millions of colones | Sep/26 | 4 125 910,9 | 4 319 818,6 | -4,5 | |
| Net domestic credit to central government | Millions of colones | Sep/26 | -2 438 676,0 | -2 311 253,6 | 5,5 | |
| Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector | Millions of colones | Sep/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Domestic
credit to the private sector |
Millions of colones | Sep/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Credit to commercial banks | Millions of colones | Sep/26 | 6 939,5 | |||
| Net external position | Millions of colones | Sep/26 | 8 795 100,1 | 8 944 375,4 | -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 | ||||||
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| EXTERNAL SECTOR | ||||||
| Balance of payments 1/ | BCCR | |||||
| Current account | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | -141,2 | -239,8 | -41,1 | |
| Trade balance | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | -375,8 | -426,0 | -11,8 | |
| *Exports of goods | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 5 693,1 | 6 438,3 | -11,6 | |
| *Imports of goods | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 6 068,9 | 6 864,3 | -11,6 | |
| Services balance | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 2 736,9 | 2 407,9 | 13,7 | |
| Primary income | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | -2 713,4 | -2 411,3 | 12,5 | |
| Secondary income | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 211,3 | 189,6 | 11,4 | |
| Capital account | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 7,5 | 7,0 | 7,3 | |
| * Net capital transfers | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 7,5 | 7,0 | 7,3 | |
| Financial account | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | -2 474,6 | -1 663,7 | 48,7 | |
| * Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 122,8 | 206,4 | -40,5 | |
| * Portfolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 3 930,8 | 1 275,5 | 208,2 | |
| * Financial derivaties (other than reserves) | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | -2,9 | -2,8 | 1,4 | |
| * Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 294,4 | 41,6 | 606,9 | |
| , | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | -140,3 | 130,3 | -207,7 | |
| Change in reserve assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 2 200,6 | 1 561,1 | 41,0 | |
| International reserves and foreign currency liquidity | ||||||
| * Official reserves assets | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/09/26 | 20 247,8 | 20 133,5 | 0,6 | BCCR |
| * Foreign exchange | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/09/26 | 19 562,1 | 19 447,4 | 0,6 | |
| * Reserve position in the Fund | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/09/26 | 96,5 | 96,6 | -0,1 | |
| * Special drawing rights | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/09/26 | 585,8 | 586,1 | -0,1 | |
| * Gold | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/09/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| * Other claims | Millions of US dollars |
Oct/09/26 | 3,4 | 3,4 | 0,9 | |
| * Liquidity template | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/26 | 20 451,1 | 20 819,7 | -1,8 | BCCR |
| Merchandise trade 1/ | ||||||
| Total exports (f.o.b.) | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/26 | 1 873,4 | 2 033,1 | -7,9 | BCCR |
| Total imports (c.i.f.) | Millions of US dollars |
Aug/26 | 2 325,3 | 2 452,4 | -5,2 | BCCR |
| International Investment Position | ||||||
| Total Assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 70 682,0 | 68 349,2 | 3,4 | BCCR |
| Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 8 726,0 | 8 519,7 | 2,4 | |
| Portafolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 22 958,2 | 22 259,1 | 3,1 | |
| Equity | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 19 814,0 | 18 909,7 | 4,8 | |
| Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 3 144,2 | 3 349,4 | -6,1 | |
| Financial derivatives | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | -136,0 | -133,2 | ||
| Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 18 397,6 | 18 469,5 | -0,4 | |
| Reserve assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 20 736,1 | 19 234,2 | 7,8 | |
| Total Liabilities | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 119 301,9 | 116 161,7 | 2,7 | |
| Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 82 872,9 | 81 332,6 | 1,9 | |
| Portafolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 13 818,2 | 12 690,8 | 8,9 | |
| Equity | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 1 199,8 | 1 183,8 | ||
| Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 12 618,4 | 11 507,0 | 9,7 | |
| Financial derivatives | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | -17,5 | -16,9 | ||
| Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 22 628,3 | 22 155,2 | 2,1 | |
| International investment position | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | -48 620,0 | -47 812,4 | 1,7 | |
| External Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q2/26 | 47 644,7 | 45 873,1 | 3,9 | 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 |
2025 | 5 191 823 | 5 164 860 | 0,5 | 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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