| 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 | Q3/25 | 12 726 679,7 | 12 356 946,9 | 3,0 | BCCR |
| Household final expenditure | Millions of colones | Q3/25 | 8 162 765,0 | 8 192 698,5 | -0,4 | |
| General Goverment final expenditure | Millions of colones | Q3/25 | 1 716 964,7 | 1 693 434,6 | 1,4 | |
| Gross fixed capital formation | Millions of colones | Q3/25 | 2 107 164,7 | 2 075 078,8 | 1,5 | |
| Change in inventories | Millions of colones | Q3/25 | 28 479,9 | -371 556,4 | -107,7 | |
| Exports of goods | Millions of colones | Q3/25 | 3 077 907,4 | 3 024 422,4 | 1,8 | |
| Exports of services | Millions of colones | Q3/25 | 1 976 244,9 | 1 951 918,4 | 1,2 | |
| Imports of goods | Millions of colones | Q3/25 | 3 125 983,2 | 3 026 779,0 | 3,3 | |
| Imports of services | Millions of colones | Q3/25 | 1 216 863,8 | 1 182 270,3 | 2,9 | |
| GDP (constant prices) | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q3/25 | 12 922 938,4 | 12 832 406,3 | 0,7 | BCCR |
| Household final expenditure | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q3/25 | 8 203 646,0 | 8 147 136,3 | 0,7 | |
| General Goverment final expenditure | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q3/25 | 1 736 943,5 | 1 756 279,7 | -1,1 | |
| Gross fixed capital formation | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q3/25 | 2 393 718,7 | 2 302 469,2 | 4,0 | |
| Exports of goods | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q3/25 | 3 843 490,9 | 3 806 033,6 | 1,0 | |
| Exports of services | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q3/25 | 2 294 237,6 | 2 423 080,8 | -5,3 | |
| Imports of goods | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q3/25 | 3 979 595,5 | 3 855 529,0 | 3,2 | |
| Imports of services | Chained million
colones reference 2012 colones |
Q3/25 | 1 451 771,0 | 1 514 971,5 | -4,2 | |
| PRODUCTION INDEX | ||||||
| Production
index (Monthly Economic Activity Index 1/) |
2012 = 100 | Dec/25 | 117,3 | 116,9 | 0,4 | BCCR |
| LABOR MARKET | ||||||
| Employment 2/ | Thousand of persons |
Q4/25 | 2 183,5 | 2 206,6 | -1,0 | BCCR |
| Unemployment 2/ | ||||||
| Total | Thousand of persons |
Q4/25 | 147,5 | 134,5 | 9,7 | BCCR |
| Rate | % of labor force | Q4/25 | 6,5 | 5,7 | 14,0 | BCCR |
| Wages/earnings 2/ | Average monthly salaries in colones |
Q4/25 | 533,1 | 533,3 | 0,0 | INEC |
| Consumer price index | Dec. 2020 = 100 | Jan26 | 108,0 | 109,0 | -1,0 | BCCR |
| Producer price index | 2012 = 100 | Jan26 | 136,6 | 137,0 | -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 | 2024 | 12 971 245,8 | 12 133 343,1 | 6,9 | |
| Expenditure | Millions of colones | 2024 | 14 236 583,9 | 12 774 406,2 | 11,4 | |
| Net lending | Millions of colones | 2024 | -1 265 338,1 | -1 887,9 | ||
| Balance, deficit(-), surplus(+) of the Nonfinancial Public Enterprises | Millions of colones | 2024 | 460 131,4 | 412 031,5 | ||
| Balance, deficit (-), surplus (+) of the Nonfinancial Public Sector (NFPS) | Millions of colones | 2024 | -862 487,4 | -641 063,1 | ||
| Financing NFPS | Millions of colones | 2024 | 1 080 613,9 | 642 181,0 | ||
| * Domestic financing | Millions of colones | 2024 | 552 547,5 | -512 469,8 | ||
| ** Bank | Millions of colones | 2024 | -416 061,4 | -508 016,0 | ||
| ** Non-bank | Millions of colones | 2024 | 968 608,8 | 579 556,0 | ||
| * External financing | Millions of colones | 2024 | 528 066,5 | 1 154 650,9 | ||
| * Residual 3/ | Millions of colones | 2024 | -218 126,6 | -1 117,9 | ||
| Central Government operations /8 | M. Hacienda | |||||
| Revenue | Millions of colones |
Dec/25 | 864 150,9 | 531 946,7 | 62,5 | |
| Expenditure 4/ | Millions of colones |
Dec/25 | 1 058 546,1 | 762 345,7 | 38,9 | |
| Balance, deficit(-), surplus(+) | Millions of colones |
Dec/25 | -194 395,2 | -230 399,0 | ||
| Residual | Millions of colones |
Dec/25 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Financing | Millions of colones |
Dec/25 | 194 395,2 | 230 399,0 | ||
| * Domestic financing | Millions of colones |
Dec/25 | 183 676,5 | 234 889,8 | M. Hacienda | |
| ** Banks | Millions of colones |
Dec/25 | 100 988,1 | -392 084,9 | ||
| ** Non-banks | Millions of colones |
Dec/25 | 82 688,4 | 626 974,7 | ||
| * External financing | Millions of colones |
Dec/25 | 10 718,7 | -4 490,9 | ||
| Central Government debt | ||||||
| Gross outstanding debt | Millions of US dollars |
Dec/25 | 62 593,9 | 63 305,9 | -1,1 | M. Hacienda |
| * Gross domestic debt | Millions of US dollars |
Dec/25 | 47 096,4 | 47 844,9 | -1,6 | M. Hacienda |
| ** Short term | Millions of US dollars |
Dec/25 | 3 550,1 | 3 954,5 | -10,2 | |
| ** Long term | Millions of US dollars |
Dec/25 | 43 546,3 | 43 890,4 | -0,8 | |
| * Gross external debt | Millions of US dollars |
Dec/25 | 15 497,4 | 15 461,0 | 0,2 | M. Hacienda |
| ** Short term | Millions of US dollars |
Dec/25 | 454,5 | 453,2 | 0,3 | |
| ** Long term | Millions of US dollars |
Dec/25 | 15 043,0 | 15 007,8 | 0,2 | |
| Debt
guaranteed by the Central Government 5/ |
Millions of US dollars |
Dec/25 | 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 | Jan/26 | 5 864 725,8 | 6 238 801,6 | -6,0 | |
| Monetary aggregate M2 | Millions of colones | Jan/26 | 16 617 897,6 | 17 109 545,2 | -2,9 | |
| Monetary aggregate M3 | Millions of colones | Jan/26 | 26 563 795,8 | 27 044 118,1 | -1,8 | |
| Net domestic credit to central government | Millions of colones | Jan/26 | 731 745,7 | 1 540 453,3 | -52,5 | |
| Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector | Millions of colones | Jan/26 | 869 360,0 | 876 743,9 | -0,8 | |
| Domestic
credit to the private sector |
Millions of colones | Jan/26 | 20 592 621,0 | 20 700 613,6 | -0,5 | |
| Domestic
credit to the non-bank financial private sector |
Millions of colones | Jan/26 | 371 603,5 | 381 190,6 | -2,5 | |
| Net external position | Millions of colones | Jan/26 | 9 340 342,5 | 8 605 687,8 | 8,5 | |
| Analytical accounts of the Central Bank 1/ | BCCR | |||||
| Monetary base | Millions of colones | Jan/26 | 4 189 083,2 | 4 250 866,8 | -1,5 | |
| Net domestic credit to central government | Millions of colones | Jan/26 | -1 852 933,5 | -1 062 408,6 | 74,4 | |
| Domestic credit to the rest of the non-financial public sector | Millions of colones | Jan/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Domestic
credit to the private sector |
Millions of colones | Jan/26 | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||
| Credit to commercial banks | Millions of colones | Jan/26 | ||||
| Net external position | Millions of colones | Jan/26 | 8 945 524,4 | 8 212 855,1 | 8,9 | |
| 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 |
Q3/25 | -69,9 | -221,2 | -68,4 | |
| Trade balance | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | -157,6 | -100,1 | 57,6 | |
| *Exports of goods | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 6 099,8 | 6 017,0 | 1,4 | |
| *Imports of goods | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 6 257,5 | 6 117,0 | 2,3 | |
| Services balance | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 1 911,8 | 2 051,6 | -6,8 | |
| Primary income | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | -1 971,2 | -2 336,5 | -15,6 | |
| Secondary income | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 147,2 | 163,8 | -10,1 | |
| Capital account | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 5,7 | 5,8 | -2,2 | |
| * Net capital transfers | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 9,7 | 9,9 | -1,4 | |
| Financial account | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | -755,2 | -322,1 | 134,5 | |
| * Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | -250,3 | 154,4 | -262,1 | |
| * Portfolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 1 639,4 | 1 954,6 | -16,1 | |
| * Financial derivaties (other than reserves) | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | -2,8 | -2,8 | -1,2 | |
| * Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 10,0 | -571,9 | -101,7 | |
| , | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 252,5 | -58,0 | -535,7 | |
| Change in reserve assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 943,5 | 48,8 | 1 835,2 | |
| International reserves and foreign currency liquidity | ||||||
| * Official reserves assets | Millions of US dollars |
Feb/20/26 | 18 949,7 | 18 899,6 | 0,3 | BCCR |
| * Foreign exchange | Millions of US dollars |
Feb/20/26 | 97,9 | 18 204,7 | -99,5 | |
| * Reserve position in the Fund | Millions of US dollars |
Feb/20/26 | 597,6 | 98,3 | 507,8 | |
| * Special drawing rights | Millions of US dollars |
Feb/20/26 | 0,0 | 592,9 | -100,0 | |
| * Gold | Millions of US dollars |
Feb/20/26 | 5,4 | 0,0 | ||
| * Other claims | Millions of US dollars |
Feb/20/26 | 3,6 | 3,6 | 0,0 | |
| * Liquidity template | Millions of US dollars |
Jan/26 | 18 627,5 | 17 086,4 | 9,0 | BCCR |
| Merchandise trade 1/ | ||||||
| Total exports (f.o.b.) | Millions of US dollars |
Jan/26 | 1 495,6 | 1 866,0 | -19,9 | BCCR |
| Total imports (c.i.f.) | Millions of US dollars |
Jan/26 | 1 985,8 | 2 052,4 | -3,2 | BCCR |
| International Investment Position | ||||||
| Total Assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 58 947,1 | 56 849,3 | 3,7 | BCCR |
| Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 8 547,9 | 8 798,2 | -2,8 | |
| Portafolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 17 888,9 | 16 504,5 | 8,4 | |
| Equity | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 13 681,1 | 12 535,7 | 9,1 | |
| Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 4 207,8 | 3 968,9 | 6,0 | |
| Financial derivatives | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | -127,5 | -124,8 | ||
| Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 16 850,8 | 16 855,4 | 0,0 | |
| Reserve assets | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 15 787,0 | 14 815,9 | 6,6 | |
| Total Liabilities | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 105 252,5 | 102 872,6 | 2,3 | |
| Direct investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 72 909,6 | 71 799,5 | 1,5 | |
| Portafolio investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 9 790,9 | 9 684,5 | 1,1 | |
| Equity | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 1 152,3 | 1 020,2 | ||
| Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 8 638,6 | 8 664,3 | -0,3 | |
| Financial derivatives | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | -15,6 | -14,9 | ||
| Other investment | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 22 567,6 | 21 403,5 | 5,4 | |
| International investment position | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | -46 305,3 | -46 023,3 | 0,6 | |
| External Debt | Millions of US dollars |
Q3/25 | 41 784,4 | 40 464,1 | 3,3 | 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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