| 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 | Q1/26 | 13 373 333,7 | 13 723 047,7 | 8 094 980,9 | BCCR |
| Household final expenditure | Millions of colones | Q1/26 | 8 530 725,5 | 8 517 953,9 | 0,1 | |
| General Goverment final expenditure | Millions of colones | Q1/26 | 1 927 987,5 | 2 005 870,8 | -3,9 | |
| Gross fixed capital formation | Millions of colones | Q1/26 | 2 164 509,6 | 2 288 985,2 | -5,4 | |
| Change in inventories | Millions of colones | Q1/26 | -220 362,8 | -16 081,2 | 1 270,3 | |
| Exports of goods | Millions of colones | Q1/26 | 2 775 864,2 | 2 956 400,4 | -6,1 | |
| Exports of services | Millions of colones | Q1/26 | 2 242 129,4 | 2 239 319,4 | 0,1 | |
| Imports of goods | Millions of colones | Q1/26 | 2 847 197,5 | 2 978 312,7 | -4,4 | |
| Imports of services | Millions of colones | Q1/26 | 1 200 322,3 | 1 291 088,1 | -7,0 | |
| GDP (constant prices) | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/26 | 13 319 141,2 | 13 790 046,6 | -3,4 | BCCR |
| Household final expenditure | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/26 | 8 626 851,6 | 8 730 075,6 | -1,2 | |
| General Goverment final expenditure | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/26 | 1 757 254,8 | 1 783 522,7 | -1,5 | |
| Gross fixed capital formation | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/26 | 2 332 898,8 | 2 660 546,0 | -12,3 | |
| Exports of goods | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/26 | 3 606 871,6 | 3 759 007,3 | -4,0 | |
| Exports of services | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/26 | 2 314 102,1 | 2 027 503,5 | 14,1 | |
| Imports of goods | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/26 | 3 819 983,8 | 3 818 508,4 | 0,0 | |
| Imports of services | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q1/26 | 1 348 928,6 | 1 304 097,6 | 3,4 | |
| PRODUCTION INDEX | ||||||
| Production
index (Monthly Economic Activity Index 1/) |
2012 = 100 | Jul/26 | 119,3 | 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 | Aug/26 | 99,4 | 99,5 | -0,1 | BCCR |
| Producer price index | 2012 = 100 | Aug/26 | 136,0 | 136,0 | 0,0 | 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 |
Jun/26 | 727 747,4 | 526 986,9 | 38,1 | |
| Expenditure 4/ | Millions of colones |
Jun/26 | 692 231,7 | 675 293,5 | 2,5 | |
| Balance, deficit(-), surplus(+) | Millions of colones |
Jun/26 | 35 515,7 | -148 306,5 | ||
| Residual | Millions of colones |
Jun/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Financing | Millions of colones |
Jun/26 | -35 515,7 | 148 306,5 | ||
| * Domestic financing | Millions of colones |
Jun/26 | -160 567,4 | 158 617,7 | M. Hacienda | |
| ** Banks | Millions of colones |
Jun/26 | -193 914,6 | 154 460,2 | ||
| ** Non-banks | Millions of colones |
Jun/26 | 33 347,2 | 4 157,5 | ||
| * External financing | Millions of colones |
Jun/26 | 125 051,7 | -10 311,2 | ||
| Central Government debt | ||||||
| Gross outstanding debt | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/26 | 71 982,3 | 71 369,9 | 0,9 | M. Hacienda |
| * Gross domestic debt | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/26 | 56 181,9 | 55 640,9 | 1,0 | M. Hacienda |
| ** Short term | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/26 | 2 907,7 | 2 700,6 | 7,7 | |
| ** Long term | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/26 | 15 456,9 | 15 456,9 | 0,0 | |
| * Gross external debt | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/26 | 15 800,4 | 15 729,0 | 0,5 | M. Hacienda |
| ** Short term | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/26 | 542,1 | 541,3 | 0,1 | |
| ** Long term | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/26 | 15 258,4 | 15 187,7 | 0,5 | |
| Debt
guaranteed by the Central Government 5/ |
Millions of US dollars |
Jul/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 | Jul/26 | 5 789 636,0 | 5 904 925,2 | -2,0 | |
| Monetary aggregate M2 | Millions of colones | Jul/26 | 16 882 823,2 | 16 934 395,2 | -0,3 | |
| Monetary aggregate M3 | Millions of colones | Jul/26 | 26 251 338,8 | 26 309 305,0 | -0,2 | |
| Net domestic credit to central government | Millions of colones | Jul/26 | -98 410,2 | -167 220,8 | -41,1 | |
| Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector | Millions of colones | Jul/26 | 862 901,9 | 862 825,7 | 0,0 | |
| Domestic
credit to the private sector |
Millions of colones | Jul/26 | 20 275 246,6 | 20 176 777,6 | 0,5 | |
| Domestic
credit to the non-bank financial private sector |
Millions of colones | Jul/26 | 338 252,6 | 343 314,4 | -1,5 | |
| Net external position | Millions of colones | Jul/26 | 9 455 952,1 | 9 472 725,9 | -0,2 | |
| Analytical accounts of the Central Bank 1/ | BCCR | |||||
| Monetary base | Millions of colones | Aug/26 | 4 319 818,6 | 4 103 749,8 | 5,3 | |
| Net domestic credit to central government | Millions of colones | Aug/26 | -2 818 698,9 | -2 658 363,5 | 6,0 | |
| Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector | Millions of colones | Aug/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Domestic
credit to the private sector |
Millions of colones | Aug/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Credit to commercial banks | Millions of colones | Aug/26 | 6 939,5 | 1 581,4 | ||
| Net external position | Millions of colones | Aug/26 | 9 058 762,3 | 9 141 832,7 | -0,9 | |
| 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 |
Q1/26 | -92,6 | -161,7 | -42,8 | |
| Trade balance | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | -339,4 | -164,3 | 106,6 | |
| *Exports of goods | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 5 741,0 | 5 964,4 | -3,7 | |
| *Imports of goods | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 6 080,4 | 6 128,7 | -0,8 | |
| Services balance | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 2 767,0 | 2 551,4 | 8,5 | |
| Primary income | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | -2 700,1 | -2 679,7 | 0,8 | |
| Secondary income | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 179,8 | 130,8 | 37,5 | |
| Capital account | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 5,1 | 6,7 | -22,6 | |
| * Net capital transfers | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 7,5 | 11,7 | -35,5 | |
| Financial account | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | -2 146,9 | -1 082,9 | 98,2 | |
| * Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 123,5 | -72,5 | -270,3 | |
| * Portfolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 3 079,7 | 1 407,1 | 118,9 | |
| * Financial derivaties (other than reserves) | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | -2,9 | -2,8 | 4,0 | |
| * Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 634,3 | 347,0 | 82,8 | |
| , | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 141,2 | 348,5 | -59,5 | |
| Change in reserve assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 2 200,6 | 1 276,3 | 72,4 | |
| International reserves and foreign currency liquidity | ||||||
| * Official reserves assets | Millions of US dollars |
Sep/04/26 | 20 425,3 | 20 446,7 | -0,1 | BCCR |
| * Foreign exchange | Millions of US dollars |
Sep/04/26 | 19 725,7 | 19 749,4 | -0,1 | |
| * Reserve position in the Fund | Millions of US dollars |
Sep/04/26 | 97,9 | 97,8 | 0,0 | |
| * Special drawing rights | Millions of US dollars |
Sep/04/26 | 593,8 | 593,6 | 0,0 | |
| * Gold | Millions of US dollars |
Sep/04/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| * Other claims | Millions of US dollars |
Sep/04/26 | 7,9 | 5,9 | 33,7 | |
| * Liquidity template | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/26 | 20 819,7 | 20 736,1 | 0,4 | BCCR |
| Merchandise trade 1/ | ||||||
| Total exports (f.o.b.) | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/26 | 2 036,6 | 2 152,7 | -5,4 | BCCR |
| Total imports (c.i.f.) | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/26 | 2 452,9 | 2 351,9 | 4,3 | BCCR |
| International Investment Position | ||||||
| Total Assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 61 549,5 | 67 323,3 | -8,6 | BCCR |
| Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 8 396,9 | 8 520,4 | -1,4 | |
| Portafolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 18 802,1 | 21 404,3 | -12,2 | |
| Equity | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 15 029,1 | 18 072,6 | -16,8 | |
| Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 3 773,0 | 3 331,7 | 13,2 | |
| Financial derivatives | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | -130,3 | -133,2 | ||
| Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 17 394,4 | 18 297,6 | -4,9 | |
| Reserve assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 17 086,4 | 19 234,2 | -11,2 | |
| Total Liabilities | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 108 879,1 | 114 775,2 | -5,1 | |
| Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 76 656,9 | 81 335,2 | -5,8 | |
| Portafolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 11 470,0 | 12 690,8 | -9,6 | |
| Equity | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 1 167,7 | 1 183,8 | ||
| Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 10 302,3 | 11 507,0 | -10,5 | |
| Financial derivatives | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | -16,2 | -16,9 | ||
| Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 20 768,5 | 20 766,2 | 0,0 | |
| International investment position | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | -47 329,6 | -47 451,9 | -0,3 | |
| External Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q1/26 | 44 485,0 | 43 088,6 | 3,2 | 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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