| COSTA RICA: Economic and financial data | ||||||
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| Unless otherwise indicated the data are final. | ||||||
| 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 | May/26 | 118,4 | 118,1 | 0,3 | BCCR |
| LABOR MARKET | ||||||
| Employment 2/ | Thousand of persons |
Q1/26 | 2 155,0 | 2 183,5 | -1,3 | BCCR |
| Unemployment 2/ | ||||||
| Total | Thousand of persons |
Q1/26 | 164,2 | 147,5 | 11,4 | BCCR |
| Rate | % of labor force | Q1/26 | 7,1 | 6,5 | 8,9 | BCCR |
| Wages/earnings 2/ | Average monthly salaries in colones |
Q1/26 | 5 380,6 | 533,1 | 909,3 | INEC |
| Consumer price index | Dec. 2020 = 100 | Jun/26 | 109,1 | 108,4 | 0,7 | BCCR |
| Producer price index | 2012 = 100 | Jun/26 | 136,0 | 135,5 | 0,3 | 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 |
Apr/26 | 570 596,9 | 740 772,0 | -23,0 | |
| Expenditure 4/ | Millions of colones |
Apr/26 | 694 202,9 | 829 819,9 | -16,3 | |
| Balance, deficit(-), surplus(+) | Millions of colones |
Apr/26 | -123 606,0 | -89 048,0 | ||
| Residual | Millions of colones |
Apr/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Financing | Millions of colones |
Apr/26 | 123 606,0 | 89 048,0 | ||
| * Domestic financing | Millions of colones |
Apr/26 | 127 669,3 | 109 101,7 | M. Hacienda | |
| ** Banks | Millions of colones |
Apr/26 | -567 035,7 | -163 793,0 | ||
| ** Non-banks | Millions of colones |
Apr/26 | 694 705,0 | 272 894,7 | ||
| * External financing | Millions of colones |
Apr/26 | -4 063,3 | -20 053,8 | ||
| Central Government debt | ||||||
| Gross outstanding debt | Millions of US dollars |
Apr/26 | 70 828,7 | 68 363,3 | 3,6 | M. Hacienda |
| * Gross domestic debt | Millions of US dollars |
Apr/26 | 55 331,1 | 52 792,1 | 4,8 | M. Hacienda |
| ** Short term | Millions of US dollars |
Apr/26 | 3 078,4 | 3 326,6 | -7,5 | |
| ** Long term | Millions of US dollars |
Apr/26 | 15 456,9 | 15 456,9 | 0,0 | |
| * Gross external debt | Millions of US dollars |
Apr/26 | 15 497,6 | 15 571,2 | -0,5 | M. Hacienda |
| ** Short term | Millions of US dollars |
Apr/26 | 15 533,7 | 483,5 | 3 113,0 | |
| ** Long term | Millions of US dollars |
Apr/26 | -36,1 | 15 087,7 | -100,2 | |
| Debt
guaranteed by the Central Government 5/ |
Millions of US dollars |
Apr/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 | May/26 | 5 765 784,2 | 5 777 615,9 | -0,2 | |
| Monetary aggregate M2 | Millions of colones | May/26 | 16 967 632,8 | 17 053 211,3 | -0,5 | |
| Monetary aggregate M3 | Millions of colones | May/26 | 26 436 039,0 | 26 369 089,6 | 0,3 | |
| Net domestic credit to central government | Millions of colones | May/26 | 14 173,7 | -51 338,2 | -127,6 | |
| Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector | Millions of colones | May/26 | 864 522,2 | 862 088,4 | 0,3 | |
| Domestic
credit to the private sector |
Millions of colones | May/26 | 20 109 104,5 | 19 961 965,7 | 0,7 | |
| Domestic
credit to the non-bank financial private sector |
Millions of colones | May/26 | 345 976,2 | 356 148,3 | -2,9 | |
| Net external position | Millions of colones | May/26 | 9 504 843,5 | 9 349 898,7 | 1,7 | |
| Analytical accounts of the Central Bank 1/ | BCCR | |||||
| Monetary base | Millions of colones | Jun/26 | 4 102 562,6 | 4 199 827,7 | -2,3 | |
| Net domestic credit to central government | Millions of colones | Jun/26 | -2 732 756,4 | -2 471 420,0 | 10,6 | |
| Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector | Millions of colones | Jun/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Domestic
credit to the private sector |
Millions of colones | Jun/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Credit to commercial banks | Millions of colones | Jun/26 | 7 431,4 | 31 103,3 | ||
| Net external position | Millions of colones | Jun/26 | 9 062 828,9 | 8 973 929,9 | 1,0 | |
| 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 |
Jul/10/26 | 20 661,8 | 20 910,6 | -1,2 | BCCR |
| * Foreign exchange | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/10/26 | 19 973,1 | 20 222,8 | -1,2 | |
| * Reserve position in the Fund | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/10/26 | 97,0 | 96,8 | 0,1 | |
| * Special drawing rights | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/10/26 | 588,6 | 587,8 | 0,1 | |
| * Gold | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/10/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| * Other claims | Millions of US dollars |
Jul/10/26 | 3,1 | 3,1 | 0,0 | |
| * Liquidity template | Millions of US dollars |
May/26 | 20 346,1 | 20 975,8 | -3,0 | BCCR |
| Merchandise trade 1/ | ||||||
| Total exports (f.o.b.) | Millions of US dollars |
May/26 | 2 080,7 | 2 286,0 | -9,0 | BCCR |
| Total imports (c.i.f.) | Millions of US dollars |
May/26 | 2 323,7 | 2 238,7 | 3,8 | 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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