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Costa Rica: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1936–2025 · 90 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
17.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.8 pointsfrom 18.7%
Average, 2016–2025
19.8%10 years
Record high and low
22.1% (2018)low 7.44% (1951)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202517.9
202418.7
202318.5
202218.7
202120.7
202021.7
201920.0
201822.1
201719.3
201620.5

Sources

  • Arroyo Abad & Lindert1936–2013
  • Mitchell1950–1992
  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1966–2017
  • World Development Indicators1973–2023
  • Central American Monetary Council1991–2025
  • ECLAC1993–2020
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2024

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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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