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Costa Rica: Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2031 · inv_GDP

2025
15.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom 16.2%
Average, 2016–2025
17.0%10 years
Record high and low
24.6% (2008)low 11.7% (1964)

Gross capital formation (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203113.8Forecast
203013.1Forecast
202913.3Forecast
202813.9Forecast
202714.5Forecast
202614.3Forecast
202515.8
202416.2
202315.8
202218.4
202117.8
202015.5
201915.7
201818.2
201718.1
201618.9

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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