Costa Rica — GDP (PPP)
GDP (PPP) for Costa Rica, 1990–2025.
GDP (PPP) for Costa Rica was 174.25 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 15.70 billion in 1990 (about 11.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.12% per year.
Costa Rica ranks 85 of 201 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 42%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 65.06 billion, so Costa Rica sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 106%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 12 of 39 economies; Puerto Rico (US) (166.23 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 12% in 2022. That is 41% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 2001; grown tenfold by 2024. Doubling roughly every 10 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 98th of 186 in 1990 → 93rd of 194 in 2000 → 92nd of 200 in 2010 → 89th of 198 in 2020 → 83rd of 185 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | current international $ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 174,245,817,162.92 | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 161,859,684,591.58 | +8.4% |
| 2023 | 149,325,852,586.01 | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 136,658,687,208.04 | +12.1% |
| 2021 | 121,862,721,017.13 | +8.8% |
| 2020 | 111,990,627,653.14 | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 117,295,950,469.77 | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 106,835,376,048.28 | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 100,716,906,509.82 | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 93,454,856,050.22 | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 84,436,792,805.32 | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 78,151,240,896.8 | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 71,836,714,857.5 | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 67,457,930,914.91 | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 62,759,466,988.27 | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 58,897,493,166.92 | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 55,229,806,691.55 | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 55,374,923,701.25 | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 51,870,464,020.11 | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 46,668,360,649.17 | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 42,181,713,191.04 | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 39,335,107,225.92 | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 36,682,018,346.76 | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 34,483,122,901.2 | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 32,833,574,342.66 | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 31,027,327,651.76 | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 29,228,767,139.49 | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 27,673,097,920.17 | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 25,554,131,796.42 | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 23,816,692,732.42 | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 23,076,860,626.49 | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 21,701,477,975.54 | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 20,329,116,817.43 | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 18,542,417,288.15 | +11.7% |
| 1991 | 16,601,734,656.54 | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 15,702,887,783.21 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Costa Rica’s GDP (PPP) in 1991?
16,601,734,656.54 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Costa Rica’s GDP (PPP) figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current international $ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Costa Rica’s GDP (PPP) growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1009.6% in total — about 7.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.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: 174,245,817,162.92; 2024: 161,859,684,591.58; 2023: 149,325,852,586.01; 2022: 136,658,687,208.04; 2021: 121,862,721,017.13. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD — GDP (PPP). 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.