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Costa Rica — Combined government deficit

millions of CRC · Annual · 1950–2031 · 82 observations

About this series

The combined government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata.

In Costa Rica, the combined government deficit reading was −1.74T CRC in 2025, compared with −1.86T CRC in 2024. The period change was +122.11B CRC. The corresponding ratio to GDP was −3.35% in 2025.

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Latest observations

2015–2031

PeriodValue
2031-1.59T CRC
2030-1.69T CRC
2029-1.81T CRC
2028-1.91T CRC
2027-2.00T CRC
12 earlier values, back to 2015
2026-1.97T CRC
2025-1.74T CRC
2024-1.86T CRC
2023-1.53T CRC
2022-1.26T CRC
2021-2.05T CRC
2020-3.06T CRC
2019-2.53T CRC
2018-2.04T CRC
2017-2.02T CRC
2016-1.63T CRC
2015-1.67T CRC
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.