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 | -1.228 | -1.069 | -3.321 | -4.405 | -3.812 | -2.672 |
Exports of goods and services, volume in USD (national accounts basis) | US Dollar, 2015 |  | 15 174 102 205.908 | 15 676 597 683.646 | 16 454 836 673.356 | 16 930 103 686.684 | 18 524 457 581.544 | 19 812 819 620.654 | 20 781 856 862.807 | 21 667 469 468.145 | 19 363 598 569.440 | 22 438 400 352.248 | 25 174 022 392.425 | 27 401 823 946.234 | 29 891 937 811.715 |
Goods and services trade, volume in USD | US Dollar, 2015 |  | 15 363 869 342.969 | 15 745 817 318.647 | 16 533 972 151.518 | 17 145 236 144.491 | 18 718 285 326.291 | 19 836 456 214.085 | 20 604 572 785.735 | 20 812 727 813.967 | 18 370 578 862.088 | 21 376 785 567.187 | 23 298 769 890.450 | 25 327 513 244.172 | 27 445 750 320.083 |
Imports of goods and services, volume in USD (national accounts basis) | US Dollar, 2015 |  | 15 553 636 480.030 | 15 815 036 953.647 | 16 613 107 629.681 | 17 360 368 602.299 | 18 912 113 071.037 | 19 860 092 807.517 | 20 427 288 708.662 | 19 957 986 159.790 | 17 377 559 154.737 | 20 315 170 782.126 | 21 423 517 388.474 | 23 253 202 542.110 | 24 999 562 828.451 |
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 | 0.011 | -0.008 | 0.006 | 0.000 |
Exports of goods and services, volume (national accounts basis) | Costa Rican Colon, 2017 |  | 8 617 525 931 000.000 | 8 902 898 189 000.000 | 9 344 867 973 000.000 | 9 614 776 911 000.000 | 10 520 226 594 000.000 | 11 251 900 411 000.000 | 11 802 226 450 000.000 | 12 305 174 795 000.000 | 10 996 783 238 000.000 | 12 742 994 232 000.000 | 14 296 581 623 777.500 | 15 561 772 631 361.100 | 16 975 933 450 613.400 |
Government final consumption expenditure, volume | Costa Rican Colon, 2017 |  | 4 941 540 770 000.000 | 5 107 966 530 000.000 | 5 258 269 000 000.000 | 5 383 672 020 000.000 | 5 509 811 840 000.000 | 5 617 993 840 000.000 | 5 649 560 990 000.000 | 5 982 683 350 000.000 | 6 033 068 320 000.000 | 6 132 927 660 000.000 | 6 261 731 674 964.960 | 6 266 950 126 236.040 | 6 317 692 242 543.600 |
Gross capital formation, total, volume | Costa Rican Colon, 2017 |  | 5 628 551 776 000.000 | 5 684 225 706 000.000 | 5 689 815 680 000.000 | 5 916 377 875 000.000 | 6 322 290 202 000.000 | 6 204 136 731 000.000 | 6 401 602 088 000.000 | 5 761 823 164 000.010 | 5 629 489 593 000.000 | 6 622 718 554 000.000 | 6 421 879 212 509.850 | 6 619 984 953 096.030 | 6 970 483 924 825.790 |
Gross domestic product, nominal value, market prices | Costa Rican Colon |  | 23 752 868 568 000.000 | 25 462 954 638 000.000 | 28 001 327 619 000.000 | 30 171 918 864 000.000 | 32 056 288 212 000.000 | 34 343 647 502 000.000 | 36 014 718 712 000.000 | 37 832 149 780 000.000 | 36 495 246 083 000.000 | 40 112 924 785 000.000 | 45 089 993 948 047.400 | 49 076 327 009 952.900 | 53 046 586 203 881.500 |
Gross domestic product, volume in USD, at constant purchasing power parities | US Dollar, 2015 |  | 77 491 889 117.813 | 79 425 130 505.823 | 82 238 455 900.238 | 85 241 870 899.294 | 88 825 714 694.436 | 92 518 820 515.432 | 94 939 024 414.761 | 97 234 186 548.994 | 93 079 025 237.059 | 100 321 315 768.451 | 104 614 769 416.207 | 106 972 849 419.077 | 110 920 665 413.689 |
Gross domestic product, volume in USD, constant exchange rates | US Dollar, 2015 |  | 51 310 034 173.991 | 52 590 099 517.791 | 54 452 898 628.425 | 56 441 562 577.577 | 58 814 548 314.489 | 61 259 880 181.355 | 62 862 380 084.201 | 64 382 085 551.224 | 61 630 810 916.666 | 66 426 179 553.231 | 69 269 022 280.369 | 70 830 387 823.392 | 73 444 372 020.992 |
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 | 31 642 391 785 000.000 | 32 972 740 219 000.000 | 34 343 647 498 000.000 | 35 242 044 485 000.000 | 36 094 025 075 000.000 | 34 551 599 495 000.000 | 37 239 989 508 000.000 | 38 833 750 191 567.700 | 39 709 086 344 141.500 | 41 174 543 860 250.800 |
Gross fixed capital formation, total, volume | Costa Rican Colon, 2017 |  | 5 218 324 706 000.000 | 5 470 783 569 000.000 | 5 683 736 107 000.000 | 5 884 977 183 000.000 | 6 238 009 111 000.000 | 6 242 906 054 000.000 | 6 343 562 443 000.000 | 5 825 607 190 000.000 | 5 629 270 927 000.000 | 6 245 927 139 000.000 | 6 347 793 523 298.930 | 6 316 029 566 986.260 | 6 666 528 538 716.020 |
Imports of goods and services, volume (national accounts basis) | Costa Rican Colon, 2017 |  | 8 690 089 359 000.000 | 8 836 138 386 000.000 | 9 282 034 463 000.000 | 9 699 542 268 000.000 | 10 566 529 105 000.000 | 11 096 182 002 000.000 | 11 413 084 295 000.000 | 11 150 876 734 000.000 | 9 709 146 931 000.000 | 11 350 442 044 000.000 | 11 969 694 722 450.400 | 12 991 971 892 445.200 | 13 967 693 998 384.800 |
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 | 0.025 | 0.006 | 0.011 |
Private final consumption expenditure, volume | Costa Rican Colon, 2017 |  | 18 264 512 639 000.000 | 18 612 827 134 000.000 | 19 510 053 467 000.000 | 20 422 262 553 000.000 | 21 188 840 474 000.000 | 22 365 798 520 000.000 | 22 801 739 265 000.000 | 23 187 411 034 000.000 | 21 578 917 215 000.000 | 23 079 123 725 000.000 | 23 909 705 888 909.500 | 24 461 213 229 703.500 | 25 128 885 127 007.900 |
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 | 4.491 | 5.829 | 4.245 |
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 | 15.879 | 12.192 | 8.850 | 9.087 |
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 | 1.655 | 2.100 | 0.083 | 0.810 |
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 | 1.978 | 7.794 | 6.442 | 4.243 |
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 | 9.913 | 12.408 | 8.841 | 8.090 |
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 | 7.781 | 4.280 | 2.254 | 3.690 |
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 | 10.954 | 1.631 | -0.500 | 5.549 |
Headline inflation | Percentage, 2017 |  | 4.496 | 5.231 | 4.519 | 0.802 | -0.017 | 1.626 | 2.221 | 2.096 | 0.725 | 1.727 | 8.837 | 6.892 | 4.245 |
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 | 16.905 | 5.456 | 8.541 | 7.510 |
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 | 6.952 | 3.599 | 2.307 | 2.730 |
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 | 1.164 | 1.244 | 1.297 |
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 | 1.118 | 1.183 | 1.233 |
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 | 1.157 | 1.298 | 1.349 | 1.374 |
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 | 1.077 | 1.161 | 1.236 | 1.288 |
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 | 1.241 | 1.496 | 1.570 | 1.603 |
Purchasing power parity, national currency per USD | Costa Rican Colon |  | 343.877 | 347.807 | 353.244 | 353.964 | 343.014 | 340.992 | 337.902 | 331.168 | 320.850 | 332.027 | 335.307 | 335.311 | 335.311 |
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 | 2 461 753.284 | 2 506 675.279 | 2 531 836.189 |
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 | 2 160 692.855 | 2 221 446.173 | 2 251 020.133 |
Unemployment rate | Percentage |  | 10.172 | 9.381 | 9.620 | 9.613 | 9.538 | 9.070 | 10.281 | 11.759 | 19.462 | 16.427 | 12.230 | 11.379 | 11.091 |
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 | 5.440 | 8.875 | 7.625 |