Costa Rica — General government expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1956–2031 · 76 observations
About this series
General government expenditure records government expense plus net investment in nonfinancial assets within the source series' coverage. It is a flow over the period. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.
In Costa Rica, the general government expenditure reading was 17.8% of GDP in 2025, compared with 18.6% of GDP in 2024. The period change was −0.83 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 19.4% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2016–2031
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2031 | 15.6 % of GDP |
| 2030 | 16.1 % of GDP |
| 2029 | 16.6 % of GDP |
| 2028 | 17.1 % of GDP |
| 2027 | 17.6 % of GDP |
11 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2026 | 17.9 % of GDP |
| 2025 | 17.8 % of GDP |
| 2024 | 18.6 % of GDP |
| 2023 | 18.3 % of GDP |
| 2022 | 18.7 % of GDP |
| 2021 | 20.6 % of GDP |
| 2020 | 22.1 % of GDP |
| 2019 | 21.6 % of GDP |
| 2018 | 18.9 % of GDP |
| 2017 | 19.2 % of GDP |
| 2016 | 18.8 % of GDP |