Price level index in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Price level index was 59.06 GDP in 2025. ▲ Rising
Price level index in Costa Rica, 1990–2025
Source: World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB). Measured in GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for price level index in Costa Rica is 59.06 GDP, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, price level index in Costa Rica peaked at 70.92 GDP in 2013 and was at its lowest, 36.37 GDP, in 1990.
Costa Rica ranks 66th of 203 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Price level index in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 36.37 GDP | — |
| 1991 | 43.46 GDP | +19.5% |
| 1992 | 46.27 GDP | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 47.05 GDP | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 48.34 GDP | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 50.17 GDP | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 49.03 GDP | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 49.36 GDP | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 49.45 GDP | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 48.77 GDP | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 48.39 GDP | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 48.66 GDP | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 48.08 GDP | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 47.09 GDP | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 47.31 GDP | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 47.51 GDP | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 48.67 GDP | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 51.83 GDP | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 55.62 GDP | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 55.67 GDP | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 63.94 GDP | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 68.14 GDP | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 70.02 GDP | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 70.92 GDP | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 66.56 GDP | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 66.85 GDP | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 62.97 GDP | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 60.09 GDP | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 58.56 GDP | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 55.21 GDP | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 56.08 GDP | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 53.82 GDP | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 51.96 GDP | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 58.61 GDP | +12.8% |
| 2024 | 59.75 GDP | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 59.06 GDP | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.83 GDP | 36.37 GDP | 50.17 GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.88 GDP | 47.09 GDP | 55.67 GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.32 GDP | 55.21 GDP | 70.92 GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.55 GDP | 51.96 GDP | 59.75 GDP | 6 |
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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)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) (current LCU), annual -15.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), annual growth rate 1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0753 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$), per capita 1,504 current US$ per person (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), annual growth rate -0.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per unit of GDP 37.92 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU), per capita 757,287 current LCU per person (2025)
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0015 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is price level index in Costa Rica?
- Price level index in Costa Rica was 59.06 GDP in 2025, according to World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest price level index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 70.92 GDP in 2013.
- What is the lowest price level index recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.37 GDP in 1990.
- How does Costa Rica rank for price level index?
- Costa Rica ranks 66th out of 203 countries with data for 2025.
- Is price level index rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB), published as part of Price level index (GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The price level index (PLI) is the ratio of a purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor to the corresponding market exchange rate between two countries, expressed relative to a base country that is set equal to 100. For this series the base country is the United States. It provides a measure of the differences in price level between the country and the United States by indicating the number of units of the common currency (US dollars) needed to buy the same volume of the aggregation level in each country. At the level of GDP, the price level ratio provides a measure of the differences in the general price levels of countries.