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Costa Rica: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1892–2024 · 127 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
59.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−1.4 pointsfrom 61.2%
Average, 2015–2024
55.7%10 years
Record high and low
74.4% (1949)low 2.32% (1893)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202459.8
202361.2
202263.1
202167.7
202066.9
201956.1
201851.6
201746.8
201643.8
201539.8

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1892–2010
  • IMF Global Debt Database1950–2024
  • WDI (archive)1972–1983
  • World Development Indicators1996–2001

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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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