Costa Rica — Combined government expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP · Annual · 1936–2031 · 96 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 17.8% of GDP in 2025. Against 18.6% of GDP in 2024, the period change was −0.83 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of 19.4% of GDP.
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Latest observations
2012–2031
| 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 |
15 earlier values, back to 2012
| 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 |
| 2015 | 18.8 % of GDP |
| 2014 | 18.4 % of GDP |
| 2013 | 18.5 % of GDP |
| 2012 | 17.3 % of GDP |