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Costa Rica — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1950–2031 · 73 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

The latest current account reading for Costa Rica was −0.66% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was −0.97% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +0.31 percentage points.

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  • Annual data, 1950–2031
  • Quarterly data, 1999–2027
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Latest observations

2017–2031

PeriodValue
2031-1.31 % of GDP
2030-1.32 % of GDP
2029-1.31 % of GDP
2028-1.4 % of GDP
2027-1.64 % of GDP
10 earlier values, back to 2017
2026-1.5 % of GDP
2025-0.66 % of GDP
2024-0.97 % of GDP
2023-1.29 % of GDP
2022-2.61 % of GDP
2021-3.16 % of GDP
2020-1.2 % of GDP
2019-1.28 % of GDP
2018-2.98 % of GDP
2017-3.57 % of GDP
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.