Costa Rica — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1950–2030 · 72 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 −1.94% of GDP in 2025. The previous reading was −2.02% of GDP in 2024; the period change was +0.08 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of −2.29% of GDP.

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  • Annual data, 1950–2030
  • Quarterly data, 1999–2026
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Latest observations

2016–2030

PeriodValue
2030-1.66 % of GDP
2029-1.68 % of GDP
2028-1.86 % of GDP
2027-1.9 % of GDP
2026-2.1 % of GDP
10 earlier values, back to 2016
2025-1.94 % of GDP
2024-2.02 % of GDP
2023-1.39 % of GDP
2022-3.25 % of GDP
2021-3.18 % of GDP
2020-1.19 % of GDP
2019-1.28 % of GDP
2018-2.96 % of GDP
2017-3.57 % of GDP
2016-2.1 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.