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Costa Rica: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1936–2024 · 89 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2024
18.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.3 pointsfrom 18.3%
Average, 2015–2024
19.5%10 years
Record high and low
22.1% (2020)low 7.44% (1951)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203115.6Forecast
203016.1Forecast
202916.6Forecast
202817.1Forecast
202717.6Forecast
202617.9Forecast
202517.8Forecast
202418.6
202318.3
202218.7
202120.6
202022.1
201921.6
201818.9
201719.2
201618.8
201518.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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