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Costa Rica

75 indicators · 1800–2031 · 20,316 observations

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National accounts and activity

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Final consumptionconsAnnual · also Quarterly1950–202778
Final consumption (% of GDP)cons_GDPAnnual · also Quarterly1950–202778
Final consumption (USD)cons_USDAnnual · also Quarterly1950–202778
GDP deflatordeflatorAnnual · also Quarterly1936–203196
Gross fixed capital formationfinvAnnual · also Quarterly1950–202778
Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP)finv_GDPAnnual · also Quarterly1950–202778
Gross fixed capital formation (USD)finv_USDAnnual · also Quarterly1950–202778
Government consumptiongconsAnnual · also Quarterly1950–202778
Government consumption (% of GDP)gcons_GDPAnnual · also Quarterly1950–202778
Government consumption (USD)gcons_USDAnnual · also Quarterly1950–202778
Household consumptionhconsAnnual · also Quarterly1950–202778
Household consumption (% of GDP)hcons_GDPAnnual · also Quarterly1950–202778
Household consumption (USD)hcons_USDAnnual · also Quarterly1950–202778
Gross capital formationinvAnnual · also Quarterly1950–203182
Gross capital formation (% of GDP)inv_GDPAnnual · also Quarterly1950–203182
Gross capital formation (USD)inv_USDAnnual · also Quarterly1950–203182
Nominal GDPnGDPAnnual · also Quarterly1936–203196
Nominal GDP (USD)nGDP_USDAnnual · also Quarterly1936–203187
Real GDPrGDPAnnual · also Quarterly1920–2031112
Real GDP (USD)rGDP_USDAnnual · also Quarterly1920–2031112
Real GDP per capitarGDP_pcAnnual1920–2031112
Real GDP per capita (USD)rGDP_pc_USDAnnual1920–2031112

Prices

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Consumer price indexCPIAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1936–203196
Inflation rateinflAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1937–203195

Money, interest rates and exchange rates

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Money supply (M0)M0Annual · also Quarterly, Monthly1914–2025104
Money supply (M1)M1Annual · also Quarterly, Monthly1948–202578
Money supply (M2)M2Annual · also Quarterly, Monthly1948–202578
Money supply (M3)M3Annual · also Quarterly, Monthly1960–202566
Real effective exchange rateREERAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1960–202768
US dollar exchange rateUSDfxAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1800–2031223
Central bank policy ratecbrateAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1952–202763
Long-term interest rateltrateQuarterly · also Annual, MonthlyQ4 2011–Q2 202654
Short-term interest ratestrateAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1982–202745

Government finance

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Central government debtcgovdebtAnnual1936–202489
Central government debt (% of GDP)cgovdebt_GDPAnnual1892–2024127
Central government deficitcgovdefAnnual1950–202576
Central government deficit (% of GDP)cgovdef_GDPAnnual1950–202576
Central government expenditurecgovexpAnnual1936–202590
Central government expenditure (% of GDP)cgovexp_GDPAnnual1936–202590
Central government revenuecgovrevAnnual1936–202590
Central government revenue (% of GDP)cgovrev_GDPAnnual1936–202590
Central government tax revenuecgovtaxAnnual1966–202459
Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)cgovtax_GDPAnnual1966–202459
General government debtgen_govdebtAnnual1950–203182
General government debt (% of GDP)gen_govdebt_GDPAnnual1950–203182
General government deficitgen_govdefAnnual1956–203176
General government deficit (% of GDP)gen_govdef_GDPAnnual1956–203176
General government expendituregen_govexpAnnual1956–203176
General government expenditure (% of GDP)gen_govexp_GDPAnnual1956–203176
General government revenuegen_govrevAnnual1956–203176
General government revenue (% of GDP)gen_govrev_GDPAnnual1956–203176
General government tax revenuegen_govtaxAnnual1990–202435
General government tax revenue (% of GDP)gen_govtax_GDPAnnual1990–202435
Combined government debtgovdebtAnnual1936–203196
Combined government debt (% of GDP)govdebt_GDPAnnual1892–2031134
Combined government deficitgovdefAnnual1950–203182
Combined government deficit (% of GDP)govdef_GDPAnnual1950–203182
Combined government expendituregovexpAnnual1936–203196
Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)govexp_GDPAnnual1936–203196
Combined government revenuegovrevAnnual1936–203196
Combined government revenue (% of GDP)govrev_GDPAnnual1936–203196
Combined government tax revenuegovtaxAnnual1966–202459
Combined government tax revenue (% of GDP)govtax_GDPAnnual1966–202459

External sector

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Current accountCAAnnual · also Quarterly1950–203173
Current account (% of GDP)CA_GDPAnnual · also Quarterly1950–203173
Current account (USD)CA_USDAnnual · also Quarterly1950–203182
ExportsexportsAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1820–2031212
Exports (% of GDP)exports_GDPAnnual · also Quarterly1936–203196
Exports (USD)exports_USDAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1820–2031203
ImportsimportsAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1825–2031207
Imports (% of GDP)imports_GDPAnnual · also Quarterly1936–203196
Imports (USD)imports_USDAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1825–2031198

Labour and population

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
PopulationpopAnnual1800–2031232
Unemployment rateunempAnnual · also Quarterly, Monthly1976–203156

Other

IndicatorFrequencyCoverageObservations
Monetary baseMBQuarterly · also Annual, MonthlyQ1 1987–Q1 2026157
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