Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices was 16.66 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica stood at 16.66 %.
The figure is down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica peaked at 20.9 % in 1998 and was at its lowest, 9.69 %, in 1982.
That places Costa Rica 164th out of 203 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 12.47 % | — |
| 1971 | 13.53 % | +8.5% |
| 1972 | 13.15 % | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 13.24 % | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 13.77 % | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 13.32 % | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 15.61 % | +17.2% |
| 1977 | 16.12 % | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 16.4 % | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 18.02 % | +9.9% |
| 1980 | 16.2 % | -10.1% |
| 1981 | 12.45 % | -23.2% |
| 1982 | 9.69 % | -22.2% |
| 1983 | 10.2 % | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 11.91 % | +16.8% |
| 1985 | 12.46 % | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 13.23 % | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 13.92 % | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 12.97 % | -6.8% |
| 1989 | 14.16 % | +9.2% |
| 1990 | 15.66 % | +10.5% |
| 1991 | 13.35 % | -14.7% |
| 1992 | 15.74 % | +17.9% |
| 1993 | 16.87 % | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 16.74 % | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 16.98 % | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 15.81 % | -6.9% |
| 1997 | 17.74 % | +12.2% |
| 1998 | 20.9 % | +17.8% |
| 1999 | 19.69 % | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 18.09 % | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 17.97 % | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 18.25 % | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 18.44 % | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 17.85 % | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 17.95 % | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 18.01 % | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 19.8 % | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 20.74 % | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 18.28 % | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 18.09 % | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 17.89 % | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 18.52 % | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 18.95 % | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 19.01 % | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 18.99 % | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 19.32 % | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 18.56 % | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 18.38 % | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 16.48 % | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 16.63 % | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 16.62 % | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 16.13 % | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 16.67 % | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 16.66 % | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.56 % | 12.47 % | 18.02 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.72 % | 9.69 % | 16.2 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.95 % | 13.35 % | 20.9 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.54 % | 17.85 % | 20.74 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.42 % | 16.48 % | 19.32 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.54 % | 16.13 % | 16.67 % | 5 |
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- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate 7.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 195.61 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU), per capita 3.91 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 8.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.3216 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per capita 6,423 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 6.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross fixed capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1625 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica?
- Gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica was 16.66 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$, 2015 prices recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 20.9 % in 1998.
- What is the lowest gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$, 2015 prices recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.69 % in 1982.
- How does Costa Rica rank for gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$, 2015 prices?
- Costa Rica ranks 164th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross fixed capital formation — share of gdp us$, 2015 prices rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices. 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).