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Costa Rica: Government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1936–2024 · 89 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
18.8% (1949)low 8.25% (1948)

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent 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

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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