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Costa Rica: General government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1956–2024 · 69 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govrev_GDP

2024
14.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.2 pointsfrom 15.1%
Average, 2015–2024
14.4%10 years
Record high and low
16.1% (1988)low 8.87% (1963)

General government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203113.4Forecast
203013.6Forecast
202913.8Forecast
202814.0Forecast
202714.1Forecast
202614.2Forecast
202514.4Forecast
202414.9
202315.1
202216.0
202115.5
202013.8
201914.9
201813.2
201713.3
201613.7
201513.2

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1956–2023
  • ECLAC1990–2012
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2002–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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