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Costa Rica: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 50 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
−0.667%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.4 pointsfrom −2.02%
Average, 2016–2025
−2.16%10 years
Record high and low
0.705% (1950)low −15.6% (1981)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-20%-15%-10%-5%0%5%1960198020002020Costa RicaCosta Rica, 1950: 0.705%Costa Rica
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-1.31Forecast
2030-1.32Forecast
2029-1.31Forecast
2028-1.40Forecast
2027-1.64Forecast
2026-2.10Forecast
2025-0.667
2024-2.02
2023-1.39
2022-3.25
2021-3.18
2020-1.19
2019-1.28
2018-2.96
2017-3.57
2016-2.10

Sources

  • Mitchell1950
  • WDI (archive)1977–1997
  • World Development Indicators1977–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1991–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1999–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1999–2025
  • Central American Monetary Council2000–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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