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Costa Rica: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
−3.41%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.0 pointsfrom −3.41%
Average, 2016–2025
−4.71%10 years
Record high and low
1.46% (1952)low −7.89% (2020)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-8%-6%-4%-2%0%2%19501960197019801990200020102020Costa RicaCosta Rica
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2025-3.41
2024-3.41
2023-2.86
2022-2.52
2021-5.15
2020-7.89
2019-5.29
2018-5.65
2017-5.88
2016-5.09

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–1992
  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1966–2017
  • World Development Indicators1973–2024
  • Central American Monetary Council1994–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2024

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Costa Rica documentation (PDF)

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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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