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
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |