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Costa Rica: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
15.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.5 pointsfrom 16.3%
Average, 2016–2025
16.4%10 years
Record high and low
18.8% (1949)low 7.14% (1981)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202515.8
202416.3
202316.6
202217.2
202116.7
202015.2
201916.3
201817.5
201716.0
201616.2

Sources

  • Arroyo Abad & Lindert1936–2013
  • Mitchell1950–1992
  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1966–2017
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • Central American Monetary Council1994–2025
  • 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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