External sectors, trade and payments | Current account balance as a percentage of GDP | Percentage | | -5.145 | -4.813 | -4.725 | -3.396 | -2.100 | -3.571 | -2.959 | -1.254 | -1.162 | -3.168 | -3.199 | -0.978 | -0.983 | -1.602 |
Exports of goods and services, volume in USD (national accounts basis) | US Dollar, 2015 | | 15 174 119 748.397 | 15 676 615 805.242 | 16 454 855 696.329 | 16 930 123 257.288 | 18 524 478 998.687 | 19 812 842 523.576 | 20 781 880 884.141 | 21 667 494 513.216 | 19 363 620 951.318 | 22 449 005 142.297 | 25 413 832 956.648 | 28 072 170 189.826 | 29 569 837 812.989 | 31 374 632 680.512 |
Goods and services trade, volume in USD | US Dollar, 2015 | | 15 363 891 646.710 | 15 745 840 138.478 | 16 533 996 115.508 | 17 145 261 034.243 | 18 718 312 490.308 | 19 836 484 945.785 | 20 604 602 570.131 | 20 812 757 701.914 | 18 370 605 173.329 | 21 585 562 584.294 | 23 691 895 089.470 | 25 637 543 978.773 | 26 995 724 546.905 | 28 636 213 550.354 |
Imports of goods and services, volume in USD (national accounts basis) | US Dollar, 2015 | | 15 553 663 545.022 | 15 815 064 471.715 | 16 613 136 534.687 | 17 360 398 811.199 | 18 912 145 981.928 | 19 860 127 367.995 | 20 427 324 256.121 | 19 958 020 890.612 | 17 377 589 395.340 | 20 722 120 026.291 | 21 969 957 222.291 | 23 202 917 767.721 | 24 421 611 280.822 | 25 897 794 420.196 |
Expenditure and GDP | Change in inventories, contributions to changes in real GDP | Percentage, 2017 | | -0.006 | -0.007 | -0.007 | 0.001 | 0.002 | -0.004 | 0.003 | -0.003 | 0.002 | 0.015 | -0.009 | -0.018 | 0.005 | 0.000 |
Exports of goods and services, volume (national accounts basis) | Costa Rican Colon, 2017 | | 8 617 525 932 000.000 | 8 902 898 189 000.000 | 9 344 867 974 000.000 | 9 614 776 911 000.000 | 10 520 226 596 000.000 | 11 251 900 411 000.000 | 11 802 226 449 000.000 | 12 305 174 794 000.000 | 10 996 783 237 000.000 | 12 749 002 062 000.000 | 14 432 755 782 000.000 | 15 942 450 606 000.000 | 16 792 990 195 387.600 | 17 817 950 247 812.900 |
Government final consumption expenditure, volume | Costa Rican Colon, 2017 | | 4 941 540 770 000.000 | 5 107 966 530 000.000 | 5 258 268 990 000.000 | 5 383 672 020 000.000 | 5 509 811 840 000.000 | 5 617 993 850 000.000 | 5 649 560 990 000.000 | 5 982 683 350 000.000 | 6 033 068 310 000.000 | 6 135 307 600 000.000 | 6 281 646 250 000.000 | 6 287 669 240 000.000 | 6 301 388 278 034.200 | 6 332 013 426 041.960 |
Gross capital formation, total, volume | Costa Rican Colon, 2017 | | 5 628 551 776 000.000 | 5 684 225 705 000.000 | 5 689 815 679 000.000 | 5 916 377 875 000.000 | 6 322 290 202 000.000 | 6 204 136 731 000.000 | 6 401 602 087 000.000 | 5 761 823 163 999.990 | 5 629 489 591 999.990 | 6 595 456 107 000.000 | 6 344 876 756 000.000 | 6 185 524 612 000.000 | 6 727 656 065 372.660 | 7 277 581 965 990.110 |
Gross domestic product, nominal value, market prices | Costa Rican Colon | | 23 752 868 568 000.000 | 25 462 954 638 000.000 | 28 001 327 621 000.000 | 30 171 918 864 000.000 | 32 056 288 212 000.000 | 34 343 647 498 999.900 | 36 014 718 703 000.000 | 37 832 149 790 000.000 | 36 495 246 070 999.900 | 40 326 625 937 000.000 | 44 810 030 570 000.000 | 47 059 272 160 000.000 | 48 963 531 241 168.100 | 52 098 723 549 787.600 |
Gross domestic product, volume in USD, at constant purchasing power parities | US Dollar, 2015 | | 77 492 029 105.076 | 79 425 273 985.441 | 82 238 604 462.061 | 85 242 024 884.022 | 88 825 875 158.680 | 92 518 987 648.490 | 94 939 195 919.861 | 97 234 362 202.943 | 93 079 193 382.114 | 100 465 736 869.107 | 105 038 426 631.608 | 110 407 908 912.569 | 114 339 422 793.680 | 118 834 395 454.629 |
Gross domestic product, volume in USD, constant exchange rates | US Dollar, 2015 | | 51 310 126 864.352 | 52 590 194 520.561 | 54 452 996 996.297 | 56 441 664 536.139 | 58 814 654 563.361 | 61 259 990 845.878 | 62 862 493 643.602 | 64 382 201 857.721 | 61 630 922 251.267 | 66 521 805 710.942 | 69 549 540 234.542 | 73 104 858 377.759 | 75 708 048 387.602 | 78 684 323 756.161 |
Gross domestic product, volume, market prices | Costa Rican Colon, 2017 | | 28 765 543 151 000.000 | 29 483 176 173 000.000 | 30 527 502 669 000.000 | 31 642 391 784 000.000 | 32 972 740 220 000.000 | 34 343 647 498 000.000 | 35 242 044 485 000.000 | 36 094 025 076 000.000 | 34 551 599 495 000.000 | 37 293 532 283 000.000 | 38 990 944 342 000.000 | 40 984 130 944 999.900 | 42 443 534 363 673.100 | 44 112 097 331 171.900 |
Gross fixed capital formation, total, volume | Costa Rican Colon, 2017 | | 5 218 324 705 000.000 | 5 470 783 569 000.000 | 5 683 736 107 000.000 | 5 884 977 183 000.000 | 6 238 009 112 000.000 | 6 242 906 055 000.000 | 6 343 562 443 000.000 | 5 825 607 190 000.000 | 5 629 270 927 000.000 | 6 070 278 754 000.000 | 6 158 686 219 000.000 | 6 690 799 694 000.000 | 7 024 948 876 855.120 | 7 574 874 777 472.570 |
Imports of goods and services, volume (national accounts basis) | Costa Rican Colon, 2017 | | 8 690 089 359 000.000 | 8 836 138 385 000.000 | 9 282 034 461 000.000 | 9 699 542 268 000.000 | 10 566 529 106 000.000 | 11 096 182 003 000.000 | 11 413 084 296 000.000 | 11 150 876 735 000.000 | 9 709 146 932 000.000 | 11 577 791 574 000.000 | 12 274 978 877 000.000 | 12 963 854 349 000.000 | 13 644 758 593 805.900 | 14 469 526 556 303.800 |
Net exports, contributions to changes in real GDP | Percentage, 2017 | | -0.010 | 0.005 | -0.002 | -0.005 | 0.001 | 0.006 | 0.007 | 0.022 | 0.004 | -0.003 | 0.026 | 0.021 | 0.004 | 0.005 |
Private final consumption expenditure, volume | Costa Rican Colon, 2017 | | 18 264 512 638 000.000 | 18 612 827 133 000.000 | 19 510 053 466 000.000 | 20 422 262 553 000.000 | 21 188 840 475 000.000 | 22 365 798 519 000.000 | 22 801 739 264 000.000 | 23 187 411 033 000.000 | 21 578 917 214 000.000 | 23 379 677 141 000.000 | 24 180 669 583 000.000 | 25 487 973 161 000.000 | 26 384 327 007 638.500 | 27 324 464 818 352.200 |
Selected variables: ready-made growth rates | Core inflation | Percentage, 2017 | | 4.814 | 4.971 | 4.966 | 2.314 | 0.561 | 1.479 | 1.892 | 2.742 | 1.310 | 0.884 | 4.208 | 1.039 | 0.680 | 2.160 |
Exports of goods and services, volume, growth (national accounts basis) | Percentage, 2017 | | 5.564 | 3.312 | 4.964 | 2.888 | 9.417 | 6.955 | 4.891 | 4.261 | -10.633 | 15.934 | 13.207 | 10.460 | 5.335 | 6.103 |
Government final consumption expenditure, volume, growth | Percentage, 2017 | | 1.122 | 3.368 | 2.943 | 2.385 | 2.343 | 1.963 | 0.562 | 5.896 | 0.842 | 1.695 | 2.385 | 0.096 | 0.218 | 0.486 |
Gross domestic product, market prices, deflator, growth | Percentage, 2012 | | 4.734 | 4.590 | 6.207 | 3.955 | 1.959 | 2.859 | 2.192 | 2.567 | 0.773 | 2.374 | 6.280 | -0.088 | 0.469 | 2.378 |
Gross domestic product, nominal value, growth | Percentage | | 9.847 | 7.199 | 9.969 | 7.752 | 6.245 | 7.135 | 4.866 | 5.046 | -3.534 | 10.498 | 11.118 | 5.020 | 4.047 | 6.403 |
Gross domestic product, volume, growth | Percentage, 2017 | | 4.883 | 2.495 | 3.542 | 3.652 | 4.204 | 4.158 | 2.616 | 2.418 | -4.273 | 7.936 | 4.551 | 5.112 | 3.561 | 3.931 |
Gross fixed capital formation, total, volume, growth | Percentage, 2017 | | 8.585 | 4.838 | 3.893 | 3.541 | 5.999 | 0.079 | 1.612 | -8.165 | -3.370 | 7.834 | 1.456 | 8.640 | 4.994 | 7.828 |
Headline inflation | Percentage, 2017 | | 4.496 | 5.231 | 4.519 | 0.802 | -0.017 | 1.626 | 2.221 | 2.096 | 0.725 | 1.727 | 8.275 | 0.525 | 0.394 | 2.160 |
Imports of goods and services, volume, growth (national accounts basis) | Percentage, 2017 | | 7.825 | 1.681 | 5.046 | 4.498 | 8.938 | 5.013 | 2.856 | -2.297 | -12.929 | 19.246 | 6.022 | 5.612 | 5.252 | 6.045 |
Private final consumption expenditure, volume, growth | Percentage, 2017 | | 7.255 | 1.907 | 4.820 | 4.676 | 3.754 | 5.555 | 1.949 | 1.691 | -6.937 | 8.345 | 3.426 | 5.406 | 3.517 | 3.563 |
Prices and deflators | Consumer price index | Index, 2017 | | 0.888 | 0.934 | 0.976 | 0.984 | 0.984 | 1.000 | 1.022 | 1.044 | 1.051 | 1.069 | 1.158 | 1.164 | 1.169 | 1.194 |
Core inflation index | Index, 2017 | | 0.869 | 0.912 | 0.958 | 0.980 | 0.985 | 1.000 | 1.019 | 1.047 | 1.061 | 1.070 | 1.115 | 1.127 | 1.134 | 1.159 |
Exports of goods and services, deflator (national accounts basis) | Index, 2017 | | 0.872 | 0.875 | 0.940 | 0.941 | 0.953 | 1.000 | 1.030 | 1.055 | 1.059 | 1.144 | 1.259 | 1.101 | 1.107 | 1.123 |
Gross domestic product, market prices, deflator | Index, 2012 | | 0.826 | 0.864 | 0.917 | 0.954 | 0.972 | 1.000 | 1.022 | 1.048 | 1.056 | 1.081 | 1.149 | 1.148 | 1.154 | 1.181 |
Imports of goods and services, deflator (national accounts basis) | Index, 2017 | | 0.968 | 0.965 | 1.021 | 0.957 | 0.938 | 1.000 | 1.048 | 1.067 | 1.061 | 1.205 | 1.427 | 1.198 | 1.223 | 1.261 |
Purchasing power parity, national currency per USD | Costa Rican Colon | | 343.877 | 347.807 | 353.244 | 353.964 | 343.014 | 340.992 | 337.902 | 324.217 | 328.024 | 330.139 | 330.360 | 317.696 | 308.194 | 307.771 |
Labour markets | Labour force | Persons | | 2 214 074.750 | 2 235 769.500 | 2 284 141.500 | 2 276 103.500 | 2 206 179.000 | 2 255 847.000 | 2 359 643.750 | 2 464 956.000 | 2 406 532.500 | 2 440 770.500 | 2 454 023.000 | 2 299 896.500 | 2 264 517.393 | 2 301 663.009 |
Total employment (labour force survey basis) | Persons | | 1 988 855.750 | 2 026 027.500 | 2 064 405.500 | 2 057 301.500 | 1 995 747.750 | 2 051 236.750 | 2 117 052.500 | 2 175 098.000 | 1 938 173.000 | 2 039 832.000 | 2 154 252.250 | 2 094 838.500 | 2 101 703.592 | 2 139 692.934 |
Unemployment rate | Percentage | | 10.172 | 9.381 | 9.620 | 9.613 | 9.538 | 9.070 | 10.281 | 11.759 | 19.462 | 16.427 | 12.215 | 8.916 | 7.190 | 7.037 |
Monetary data | Short-term interest rate | Percentage | | 4.995 | 4.353 | 4.804 | 3.211 | 1.658 | 3.839 | 5.080 | 4.445 | 1.163 | 0.768 | 5.386 | 7.325 | 4.808 | 4.063 |