Services, value added in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Services, value added was 69.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Costa Rica, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 69.2% for services, value added in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Costa Rica peaked at 69.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 49.3%, in 1984.
That places Costa Rica 38th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Services, value added in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 53.5% | — |
| 1961 | 53.8% | +0.5% |
| 1962 | 53.8% | -0.0% |
| 1963 | 54.2% | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 53.7% | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 53.4% | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 54.0% | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 53.7% | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 52.7% | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 52.9% | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 53.3% | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 54.1% | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 53.8% | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 53.1% | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 53.0% | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 52.3% | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 52.2% | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 52.0% | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 53.5% | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 55.0% | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 55.2% | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 50.4% | -8.8% |
| 1982 | 49.8% | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 49.4% | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 49.3% | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 52.3% | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 51.5% | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 54.4% | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 54.8% | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 55.9% | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 58.5% | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 53.2% | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 51.8% | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 53.2% | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 53.3% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 52.6% | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 53.3% | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 53.0% | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 53.2% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 54.4% | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 56.1% | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 57.0% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 57.7% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 58.0% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 57.5% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 58.0% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 58.4% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 58.2% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 59.6% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 61.3% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 62.1% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 63.4% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 64.5% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 65.8% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 66.6% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 67.5% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 67.6% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 68.4% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 68.8% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 69.3% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 68.4% | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 67.2% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 67.5% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 68.1% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 69.0% | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 69.2% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53.6% | 52.7% | 54.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 53.2% | 52.0% | 55.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 52.3% | 49.3% | 55.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 53.6% | 51.8% | 58.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.2% | 56.1% | 61.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.4% | 62.1% | 69.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.3% | 67.2% | 69.2% | 6 |
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)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1358 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per capita 2,711 current US$ per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per unit of GDP 68.36 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU), per capita 1.37 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.1187 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 2,371 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Costa Rica?
- Services, value added in Costa Rica was 69.2% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 69.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.3% in 1984.
- How does Costa Rica rank for services, value added?
- Costa Rica ranks 38th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.