Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita was 15,770 USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita in Costa Rica, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 15,770 USD for gross national income — value us$ per capita in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
The figure is up 24.6% on the previous year and up 51.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross national income — value us$ per capita in Costa Rica peaked at 15,770 USD in 2023 and was at its lowest, 678.48 USD, in 1970.
Costa Rica ranks 79th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross National Income — Value US$ per capita in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 678.48 USD | — |
| 1971 | 721.96 USD | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 794.87 USD | +10.1% |
| 1973 | 959.79 USD | +20.7% |
| 1974 | 1,025 USD | +6.8% |
| 1975 | 1,166 USD | +13.7% |
| 1976 | 1,401 USD | +20.1% |
| 1977 | 1,747 USD | +24.7% |
| 1978 | 1,940 USD | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 2,146 USD | +10.6% |
| 1980 | 2,471 USD | +15.2% |
| 1981 | 1,217 USD | -50.7% |
| 1982 | 1,107 USD | -9.0% |
| 1983 | 1,393 USD | +25.8% |
| 1984 | 1,613 USD | +15.8% |
| 1985 | 1,707 USD | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 1,885 USD | +10.5% |
| 1987 | 1,881 USD | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 1,850 USD | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 2,046 USD | +10.6% |
| 1990 | 2,253 USD | +10.1% |
| 1991 | 2,190 USD | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 2,547 USD | +16.3% |
| 1993 | 2,785 USD | +9.3% |
| 1994 | 3,012 USD | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 3,231 USD | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 3,200 USD | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 3,376 USD | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 3,547 USD | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 3,556 USD | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 3,638 USD | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 3,802 USD | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 3,881 USD | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 3,981 USD | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 4,244 USD | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 4,527 USD | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 5,103 USD | +12.7% |
| 2007 | 5,979 USD | +17.2% |
| 2008 | 6,803 USD | +13.8% |
| 2009 | 6,607 USD | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 8,001 USD | +21.1% |
| 2011 | 8,964 USD | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 9,810 USD | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 10,410 USD | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 10,461 USD | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 11,214 USD | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 11,581 USD | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 11,673 USD | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 11,909 USD | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 12,116 USD | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 11,676 USD | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 12,013 USD | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 12,652 USD | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 15,770 USD | +24.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,258 USD | 678.48 USD | 2,146 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,717 USD | 1,107 USD | 2,471 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,970 USD | 2,190 USD | 3,556 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,857 USD | 3,638 USD | 6,803 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,614 USD | 8,001 USD | 12,116 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,028 USD | 11,676 USD | 15,770 USD | 4 |
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- Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU), per capita 1.60 million constant LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), annual 7.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.1988 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 3,970 current US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), annual 5.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 100.1 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current LCU), per 2.00 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 8.07 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross national income — value us$ per capita in Costa Rica?
- Gross national income — value us$ per capita in Costa Rica was 15,770 USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross national income — value us$ per capita recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 15,770 USD in 2023.
- What is the lowest gross national income — value us$ per capita recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 678.48 USD in 1970.
- How does Costa Rica rank for gross national income — value us$ per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 79th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gross national income — value us$ per capita rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.5%. 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 National Income — Value US$ per capita. 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).