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Costa Rica: Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1966–2024 · 59 observations · cgovtax_GDP

2024
13.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.3 pointsfrom 13.9%
Average, 2015–2024
13.5%10 years
Record high and low
15.2% (2008)low 6.11% (1981)

Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202413.7
202313.9
202214.4
202114.0
202012.2
201913.3
201813.2
201713.2
201613.5
201513.3

Sources

  • Central American Monetary Council (historical)1966–2017
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • 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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