Costa Rica — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Costa Rica, 1960–2025.
GDP for Costa Rica was 102.90 billion 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 479.18 million in 1962 (about 214.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 8.52% per year.
Costa Rica ranks 75 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 35%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 32.08 billion, so Costa Rica sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 82%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 12 of 40 economies; Venezuela, RB (99.66 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 46% in 1981. That is 43% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1971; grown tenfold by 1989. Doubling roughly every 8.5 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 74th of 111 in 1960 → 81st of 146 in 1970 → 79th of 163 in 1980 → 99th of 192 in 1990 → 79th of 204 in 2000 → 86th of 212 in 2010 → 77th of 210 in 2020 → 73rd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102,904,921,157.48 | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 96,715,644,330.66 | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 87,512,637,055.77 | +23.3% |
| 2022 | 71,001,226,360.8 | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 65,588,938,787.02 | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 62,806,591,554.73 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 64,753,504,730.02 | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 62,567,765,946.27 | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 60,516,044,660.75 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 58,847,019,587.63 | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 56,441,920,888.43 | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 52,016,408,816.18 | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 50,949,668,762.83 | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 47,231,655,492.78 | +10.5% |
| 2011 | 42,762,613,784.99 | +13.6% |
| 2010 | 37,658,616,965.69 | +22.5% |
| 2009 | 30,745,714,234.5 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 30,801,745,703.3 | +14.6% |
| 2007 | 26,884,700,687.83 | +18.4% |
| 2006 | 22,715,540,342.3 | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 20,040,642,420.69 | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 18,610,594,843.92 | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 17,271,760,397.33 | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 16,578,820,799.29 | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 15,976,174,476.24 | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 15,013,629,579.16 | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 14,254,866,283.95 | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 13,684,255,997.51 | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 12,614,602,321.58 | +8.0% |
| 1996 | 11,678,424,726.78 | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 11,578,594,332.8 | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 10,489,903,833.91 | +9.7% |
| 1993 | 9,564,816,062.9 | +11.5% |
| 1992 | 8,579,754,953.08 | +18.9% |
| 1991 | 7,215,725,634.73 | +26.3% |
| 1990 | 5,711,687,786.76 | +8.8% |
| 1989 | 5,251,025,767.48 | +13.8% |
| 1988 | 4,614,629,898.4 | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 4,532,952,047.16 | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 4,418,983,870.97 | +12.8% |
| 1985 | 3,919,203,960.4 | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 3,660,477,856.23 | +16.3% |
| 1983 | 3,146,772,630.77 | +20.7% |
| 1982 | 2,606,623,554.57 | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 2,623,803,095.79 | -45.7% |
| 1980 | 4,831,447,001.17 | +19.7% |
| 1979 | 4,035,519,323.22 | +14.5% |
| 1978 | 3,523,208,809.8 | +14.7% |
| 1977 | 3,072,427,012.84 | +27.4% |
| 1976 | 2,412,555,425.9 | +23.0% |
| 1975 | 1,960,863,465.58 | +17.7% |
| 1974 | 1,666,544,754.1 | +9.0% |
| 1973 | 1,528,925,846.25 | +23.5% |
| 1972 | 1,238,251,695.55 | +15.0% |
| 1971 | 1,077,147,537.52 | +9.4% |
| 1970 | 984,830,158.49 | +15.4% |
| 1969 | 853,630,203.77 | +10.3% |
| 1968 | 773,841,494.34 | +10.6% |
| 1967 | 699,456,618.87 | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 647,305,630.19 | +9.2% |
| 1965 | 592,981,162.26 | +9.3% |
| 1964 | 542,578,367.24 | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 511,902,136.81 | +6.8% |
| 1962 | 479,180,824.35 | -2.3% |
| 1961 | 490,325,181.61 | -3.4% |
| 1960 | 507,513,829.99 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Costa Rica’s GDP in 1961?
490,325,181.61 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Costa Rica’s GDP 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +20176.3% in total — about 8.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.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: 102,904,921,157.48; 2024: 96,715,644,330.66; 2023: 87,512,637,055.77; 2022: 71,001,226,360.8; 2021: 65,588,938,787.02. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.