Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices was 3,343 million USD in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
In 2023, total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica stood at 3,343 million USD.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica peaked at 3,379 million USD in 2008 and was at its lowest, 419.95 million USD, in 1990.
Costa Rica ranks 49th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Total FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 419.95 million USD | — |
| 1991 | 477.8 million USD | +13.8% |
| 1992 | 555.4 million USD | +16.2% |
| 1993 | 580.26 million USD | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 668.56 million USD | +15.2% |
| 1995 | 714.35 million USD | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 909.18 million USD | +27.3% |
| 1997 | 846.08 million USD | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 1,257 million USD | +48.5% |
| 1999 | 1,273 million USD | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 1,466 million USD | +15.2% |
| 2001 | 1,226 million USD | -16.4% |
| 2002 | 1,420 million USD | +15.9% |
| 2003 | 1,523 million USD | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 2,066 million USD | +35.6% |
| 2005 | 2,510 million USD | +21.5% |
| 2006 | 2,967 million USD | +18.2% |
| 2007 | 3,328 million USD | +12.2% |
| 2008 | 3,379 million USD | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 2,088 million USD | -38.2% |
| 2010 | 2,095 million USD | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,816 million USD | +34.4% |
| 2012 | 2,453 million USD | -12.9% |
| 2013 | 2,829 million USD | +15.3% |
| 2014 | 3,064 million USD | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 2,752 million USD | -10.2% |
| 2016 | 2,203 million USD | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 2,812 million USD | +27.7% |
| 2018 | 2,505 million USD | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 2,811 million USD | +12.2% |
| 2020 | 1,741 million USD | -38.1% |
| 2021 | 3,322 million USD | +90.8% |
| 2022 | 3,206 million USD | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 3,343 million USD | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 770.11 million USD | 419.95 million USD | 1,273 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,197 million USD | 1,226 million USD | 3,379 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,634 million USD | 2,095 million USD | 3,064 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,903 million USD | 1,741 million USD | 3,343 million USD | 4 |
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- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 6.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (current US$), per capita 19,970 current US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (current LCU), annual growth rate 4 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (current LCU), per unit of GDP 503.5 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (current LCU), per capita 10.05 million current LCU per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.7846 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per capita 15,669 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica?
- Total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices in Costa Rica was 3,343 million USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,379 million USD in 2008.
- What is the lowest total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 419.95 million USD in 1990.
- How does Costa Rica rank for total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices?
- Costa Rica ranks 49th out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total fdi inflows — value us$, 2015 prices rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. 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 FDI inflows — Value US$, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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FDI is an investment which aims to acquire a lasting management influence (10 percent or more of the voting stock) in an enterprise operating in a foreign economy. FDI may be undertaken by individuals, as well as business entities. The foreign direct investor most often is aiming to gain access to natural resources, to markets, to labour supply, to technology, to ensure security of supplies or to control the quality of a certain product. FDI can be decomposed into two types of investments: mergers and acquisitions (MA) and greenfield investments. The latter type results in the creation of new entities and the setting up of offices, buildings, plants or factories from scratch in a foreign economy. FDI is the sum of equity capital, reinvested earnings and other FDI capital. Equity capital comprises equity in branches, all shares in subsidiaries and associates (except non-participating, preferred shares that are treated as debt securities and are included under other FDI capital) and other contributions such as the provision of machinery. Reinvested earnings consist of the direct investor's share (in proportion to equity participation) of earnings not distributed by the direct investment enterprise. Other FDI capital (loans) includes the borrowing and lending of funds, including debt securities and trade credits between direct investors and direct investment enterprises. FDI inflows and outflows are important for tracking the direct investment conditions each year. Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows record the value of cross-border direct investment transactions from the reporting economy during a year. It represents transactions affecting the investment in enterprises resident abroad. Whereas, Inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows record the value of cross-border direct investment transactions received by the reporting economy during a year. It represents transactions affecting the investment in enterprises of a specific industry resident in the reporting economy.