Costa Rica vs Mexico: Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Value

Costa Rica
2.31 million National currency
in 2022
Mexico
1.41 million National currency
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
4th
Mexico rank
5th

Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Value over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Mexico
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M200020122024

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 2.31 million National currency against 1.41 million National currency in Mexico, a difference of 906,250 National currency.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.6 times Mexico's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 4th and Mexico ranks 5th of 29 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Mexico Difference Ahead
2000s 629,403 National currency 370,096 National currency 259,307 National currency Costa Rica
2010s 1.28 million National currency 731,397 National currency 553,261 National currency Costa Rica
2020s 1.99 million National currency 1.11 million National currency 880,735 National currency Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — value, Costa Rica or Mexico?
Costa Rica, at 2.31 million National currency against 1.41 million National currency in Mexico as of 2022.
What is the difference in annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — value between Costa Rica and Mexico?
906,250 National currency, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Mexico?
20 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and Mexico rank globally for annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — value?
Costa Rica ranks 4th and Mexico ranks 5th of 29 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Value added type taxes. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Value added type taxes
Unit
National currency
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
40 places, 1,199 data points, 1975–2025
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This table presents taxes and social contribution receipts for General Government and its sub-sectors: central, local and state (regional) government and social security, as well as for institutions of the European Union. Total tax receipts comprise taxes on production and imports, current taxes on income wealth etc. and capital taxes. Social contribution receipts comprise actual and imputed social contributions. The presentation is on a country-by-country basis. Users are recommended to select one country (or area) at a time in the ‘Reference area’ filter. Data is presented for each country in national currency as well as in euros for the European Union and the euro area. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE10 dataset. See ANA Changes for information on changes in methodology: ANA Changes Explore also the Government Finances and Public Sector Debt webpage: Government Finances and Public Sector Debt webpage OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org