Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ was 13.62 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ in Costa Rica, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Costa Rica is 13.62 %, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Costa Rica peaked at 23.21 % in 1984 and was at its lowest, 11.61 %, in 2016.
Costa Rica ranks 67th of 203 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$ in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 18.94 % | — |
| 1971 | 19.52 % | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 19.76 % | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 20.8 % | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 21.47 % | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 21.02 % | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 20.34 % | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 19.59 % | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 19.33 % | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 18.89 % | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 19.19 % | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 19.55 % | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 20.98 % | +7.3% |
| 1983 | 22.55 % | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 23.21 % | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 22.79 % | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 22 % | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 22.01 % | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 21.95 % | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 21 % | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 19.99 % | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 20.57 % | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 20.7 % | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 19.72 % | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 19.07 % | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 19.01 % | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 19.14 % | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 19.46 % | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 18.95 % | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 18.68 % | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 18.32 % | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 17.43 % | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 17.39 % | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 17.1 % | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 16.89 % | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 16.87 % | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 16.49 % | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 16.13 % | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 15.13 % | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 14.15 % | -6.5% |
| 2010 | 14.58 % | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 14.3 % | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 13.88 % | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 12.84 % | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 12.29 % | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 11.61 % | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 11.61 % | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 11.73 % | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 11.92 % | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 12.05 % | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 12.79 % | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 13.73 % | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 14.08 % | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 13.62 % | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19.97 % | 18.89 % | 21.47 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 21.52 % | 19.19 % | 23.21 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.53 % | 18.68 % | 20.7 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.59 % | 14.15 % | 18.32 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.68 % | 11.61 % | 14.58 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.56 % | 12.79 % | 14.08 % | 4 |
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)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 3.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.1312 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 2,620 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 7.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3264 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 6,519 current US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), annual growth rate 5.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU), per unit of GDP 164.35 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Costa Rica?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ in Costa Rica was 13.62 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 23.21 % in 1984.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.61 % in 2016.
- How does Costa Rica rank for value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$?
- Costa Rica ranks 67th out of 203 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — share of gdp us$ rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Share of GDP US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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).