Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$, 2015 prices was 22,501 million USD in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
22,501 million USD
Change on year
up 6.0%
World rank
60th
of 114 countries
All-time high
22,501 million USD
in 2024
All-time low
8,572 million USD
in 2003
Years of data
23
2002–2024

Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica, 2002–2024

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k2002201320242002: 8.8k million USD2003: 8.6k million USD2004: 8.6k million USD2005: 9.0k million USD2006: 9.0k million USD2007: 9.6k million USD2008: 11.7k million USD2009: 12.3k million USD2010: 16.1k million USD2011: 16.4k million USD2012: 14.5k million USD2013: 15.5k million USD2014: 15.9k million USD2015: 16.8k million USD2016: 17.7k million USD2017: 17.3k million USD2018: 19.3k million USD2019: 20.5k million USD2020: 20.6k million USD2021: 21.2k million USD2022: 20.3k million USD2023: 21.2k million USD2024: 22.5k million USD

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 22,501 million USD for total expenditure (general government) — value us$, 2015 prices in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 41.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total expenditure (general government) — value us$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica peaked at 22,501 million USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,572 million USD, in 2003.

Costa Rica ranks 60th of 114 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica, 2002 to 2024.
Year million USD Change
2002 8,832 million USD
2003 8,572 million USD -2.9%
2004 8,632 million USD +0.7%
2005 8,982 million USD +4.1%
2006 9,018 million USD +0.4%
2007 9,616 million USD +6.6%
2008 11,667 million USD +21.3%
2009 12,279 million USD +5.2%
2010 16,088 million USD +31.0%
2011 16,356 million USD +1.7%
2012 14,471 million USD -11.5%
2013 15,527 million USD +7.3%
2014 15,933 million USD +2.6%
2015 16,756 million USD +5.2%
2016 17,697 million USD +5.6%
2017 17,278 million USD -2.4%
2018 19,317 million USD +11.8%
2019 20,483 million USD +6.0%
2020 20,648 million USD +0.8%
2021 21,181 million USD +2.6%
2022 20,312 million USD -4.1%
2023 21,231 million USD +4.5%
2024 22,501 million USD +6.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 9,700 million USD 8,572 million USD 12,279 million USD 8
2010s 16,991 million USD 14,471 million USD 20,483 million USD 10
2020s 21,174 million USD 20,312 million USD 22,501 million USD 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is total expenditure (general government) — value us$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica?
Total expenditure (general government) — value us$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica was 22,501 million USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest total expenditure (general government) — value us$, 2015 prices recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 22,501 million USD in 2024.
What is the lowest total expenditure (general government) — value us$, 2015 prices recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 8,572 million USD in 2003.
How does Costa Rica rank for total expenditure (general government) — value us$, 2015 prices?
Costa Rica ranks 60th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
Is total expenditure (general government) — value us$, 2015 prices rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 41.2%. 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 Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$, 2015 prices
Unit
million USD
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
123 places, 2,235 data points, 2001–2024
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The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.