Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency was 49.12 million million SLC in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency in Costa Rica, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 49.12 million million SLC for gross domestic product — value standard local currency in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 75.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value standard local currency in Costa Rica peaked at 49.12 million million SLC in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,330 million SLC, in 1970.
That places Costa Rica 35th out of 218 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8,330 million SLC | — |
| 1971 | 9,111 million SLC | +9.4% |
| 1972 | 10,488 million SLC | +15.1% |
| 1973 | 12,972 million SLC | +23.7% |
| 1974 | 16,871 million SLC | +30.1% |
| 1975 | 21,453 million SLC | +27.2% |
| 1976 | 26,394 million SLC | +23.0% |
| 1977 | 33,613 million SLC | +27.4% |
| 1978 | 38,545 million SLC | +14.7% |
| 1979 | 44,149 million SLC | +14.5% |
| 1980 | 52,858 million SLC | +19.7% |
| 1981 | 72,896 million SLC | +37.9% |
| 1982 | 124,472 million SLC | +70.8% |
| 1983 | 165,078 million SLC | +32.6% |
| 1984 | 208,094 million SLC | +26.1% |
| 1985 | 252,658 million SLC | +21.4% |
| 1986 | 314,774 million SLC | +24.6% |
| 1987 | 363,225 million SLC | +15.4% |
| 1988 | 446,470 million SLC | +22.9% |
| 1989 | 543,704 million SLC | +21.8% |
| 1990 | 667,450 million SLC | +22.8% |
| 1991 | 881,040 million SLC | +32.0% |
| 1992 | 1.15 million million SLC | +30.7% |
| 1993 | 1.36 million million SLC | +18.3% |
| 1994 | 1.65 million million SLC | +20.9% |
| 1995 | 2.08 million million SLC | +26.3% |
| 1996 | 2.43 million million SLC | +16.6% |
| 1997 | 2.93 million million SLC | +21.0% |
| 1998 | 3.52 million million SLC | +19.9% |
| 1999 | 4.07 million million SLC | +15.7% |
| 2000 | 4.63 million million SLC | +13.6% |
| 2001 | 5.25 million million SLC | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 5.97 million million SLC | +13.5% |
| 2003 | 6.89 million million SLC | +15.4% |
| 2004 | 8.15 million million SLC | +18.4% |
| 2005 | 9.58 million million SLC | +17.5% |
| 2006 | 11.61 million million SLC | +21.3% |
| 2007 | 13.89 million million SLC | +19.6% |
| 2008 | 16.21 million million SLC | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 17.63 million million SLC | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 19.80 million million SLC | +12.3% |
| 2011 | 21.62 million million SLC | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 23.75 million million SLC | +9.8% |
| 2013 | 25.46 million million SLC | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 28.00 million million SLC | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 30.17 million million SLC | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 32.06 million million SLC | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 34.34 million million SLC | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 36.01 million million SLC | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 37.83 million million SLC | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 36.50 million million SLC | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 40.33 million million SLC | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 44.81 million million SLC | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 47.06 million million SLC | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 49.12 million million SLC | +4.4% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 49.12 million million SLC is above the median for high income countries, which is 257,567 million SLC, 190.7× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 49.12 million million SLC is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 147,748 million SLC, 332.4× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22,193 million SLC | 8,330 million SLC | 44,149 million SLC | 10 |
| 1980s | 254,423 million SLC | 52,858 million SLC | 543,704 million SLC | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.07 million million SLC | 667,450 million SLC | 4.07 million million SLC | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.98 million million SLC | 4.63 million million SLC | 17.63 million million SLC | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.91 million million SLC | 19.80 million million SLC | 37.83 million million SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.56 million million SLC | 36.50 million million SLC | 49.12 million million SLC | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More economy & growth data for Costa Rica
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.74 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 466.29 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0045 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 90.49 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 5.59 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 3.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0543 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,084 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 20.52 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value standard local currency in Costa Rica?
- Gross domestic product — value standard local currency in Costa Rica was 49.12 million million SLC in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value standard local currency recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 49.12 million million SLC in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value standard local currency recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,330 million SLC in 1970.
- How does Costa Rica rank for gross domestic product — value standard local currency?
- Costa Rica ranks 35th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value standard local currency rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).