Costa Rica — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1936–2030 · 95 observations

About this series

Combined government expenditure records government expense plus net investment in nonfinancial assets within the source series' coverage. It is a flow over the period. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

For Costa Rica, the combined government expenditure reading stood at 17.9% of GDP in 2025. Against 18.9% of GDP in 2024, the period change was −0.94 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of 19.6% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2012–2030

PeriodValue
203016.8 % of GDP
202917 % of GDP
202817.2 % of GDP
202717.4 % of GDP
202617.7 % of GDP
14 earlier values, back to 2012
202517.9 % of GDP
202418.9 % of GDP
202318.5 % of GDP
202219.2 % of GDP
202120.8 % of GDP
202022.3 % of GDP
201921.7 % of GDP
201818.9 % of GDP
201719.2 % of GDP
201618.8 % of GDP
201518.8 % of GDP
201418.4 % of GDP
201318.5 % of GDP
201217.3 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.