Costa Rica — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Costa Rica, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Costa Rica was 19,970 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 335 in 1962 (about 59.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.27% per year.
Costa Rica ranks 74 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 35%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 13,889, so Costa Rica sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 70%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 14 of 40 economies; Panama (19,790) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 47% in 1981. That is 40% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 2001. Doubling roughly every 11 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 39th of 111 in 1960 → 63rd of 146 in 1970 → 70th of 163 in 1980 → 90th of 192 in 1990 → 82nd of 204 in 2000 → 91st of 212 in 2010 → 79th of 210 in 2020 → 55th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19,970.1 | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 18,853.28 | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 17,140.77 | +22.7% |
| 2022 | 13,971.76 | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 12,962.27 | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 12,475.69 | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 12,951.86 | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 12,620.02 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 12,317.09 | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 12,091.03 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 11,714.71 | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 10,911.5 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 10,803.24 | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 10,127 | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 9,276.39 | +12.2% |
| 2010 | 8,265.79 | +21.0% |
| 2009 | 6,832.7 | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 6,937.24 | +13.0% |
| 2007 | 6,137.71 | +16.8% |
| 2006 | 5,256.6 | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 4,703.01 | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 4,431.01 | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 4,173.15 | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 4,067.72 | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 3,985.13 | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 3,812.75 | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 3,690.96 | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 3,617.46 | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 3,407.78 | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 3,226.96 | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 3,275.25 | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 3,039.56 | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 2,840.39 | +8.7% |
| 1992 | 2,612.39 | +15.9% |
| 1991 | 2,253.38 | +23.2% |
| 1990 | 1,829.67 | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 1,725.14 | +11.0% |
| 1988 | 1,554.74 | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 1,567.03 | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 1,568.56 | +9.7% |
| 1985 | 1,429.38 | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 1,372.2 | +13.2% |
| 1983 | 1,212.56 | +17.4% |
| 1982 | 1,032.41 | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 1,068.05 | -47.2% |
| 1980 | 2,020.99 | +16.5% |
| 1979 | 1,734.6 | +11.5% |
| 1978 | 1,555.84 | +11.7% |
| 1977 | 1,393.38 | +24.0% |
| 1976 | 1,123.28 | +19.9% |
| 1975 | 936.99 | +14.7% |
| 1974 | 817.08 | +6.3% |
| 1973 | 768.94 | +20.4% |
| 1972 | 638.85 | +12.0% |
| 1971 | 570.36 | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 535.54 | +12.3% |
| 1969 | 477.08 | +7.3% |
| 1968 | 444.81 | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 414 | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 395.15 | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 373.84 | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 353.71 | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 345.51 | +3.1% |
| 1962 | 335.22 | -5.8% |
| 1961 | 355.84 | -6.9% |
| 1960 | 382.31 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Costa Rica’s GDP per capita in 1961?
355.84 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Costa Rica’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Costa Rica’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +5123.5% in total — about 6.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 19,970.1; 2024: 18,853.28; 2023: 17,140.77; 2022: 13,971.76; 2021: 12,962.27. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.