Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 1.08 million SLC per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Costa Rica, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per person.
Analysis
In 2023, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Costa Rica stood at 1.08 million SLC per person. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Costa Rica peaked at 1.08 million SLC per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4214 million SLC per person, in 1970.
Costa Rica ranks 8th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4214 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.4436 million SLC per person | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 0.4778 million SLC per person | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 0.5135 million SLC per person | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 0.5641 million SLC per person | +9.8% |
| 1975 | 0.5673 million SLC per person | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.5848 million SLC per person | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 0.6422 million SLC per person | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 0.6765 million SLC per person | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 0.6759 million SLC per person | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 0.6634 million SLC per person | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.6422 million SLC per person | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 0.5538 million SLC per person | -13.8% |
| 1983 | 0.5483 million SLC per person | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5889 million SLC per person | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 0.5844 million SLC per person | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.6104 million SLC per person | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 0.6272 million SLC per person | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 0.6246 million SLC per person | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.6296 million SLC per person | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.6303 million SLC per person | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.6275 million SLC per person | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.6725 million SLC per person | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 0.6894 million SLC per person | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 0.6852 million SLC per person | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.6923 million SLC per person | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.6726 million SLC per person | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 0.7071 million SLC per person | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 0.7327 million SLC per person | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 0.7331 million SLC per person | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.7419 million SLC per person | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7246 million SLC per person | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.7375 million SLC per person | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.7362 million SLC per person | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.7546 million SLC per person | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.7705 million SLC per person | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7906 million SLC per person | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.802 million SLC per person | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.7731 million SLC per person | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 0.7019 million SLC per person | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7407 million SLC per person | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 0.7595 million SLC per person | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.7815 million SLC per person | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.7724 million SLC per person | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.766 million SLC per person | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.7269 million SLC per person | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7501 million SLC per person | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7725 million SLC per person | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7977 million SLC per person | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8149 million SLC per person | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8266 million SLC per person | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9708 million SLC per person | +17.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9995 million SLC per person | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 1.08 million SLC per person | +7.9% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 1.08 million SLC per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0052 million SLC per person, 207.0× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 1.08 million SLC per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0025 million SLC per person, 433.4× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5567 million SLC per person | 0.4214 million SLC per person | 0.6765 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6073 million SLC per person | 0.5483 million SLC per person | 0.6634 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6843 million SLC per person | 0.6275 million SLC per person | 0.7331 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7533 million SLC per person | 0.7019 million SLC per person | 0.802 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7682 million SLC per person | 0.7269 million SLC per person | 0.8149 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9688 million SLC per person | 0.8266 million SLC per person | 1.08 million SLC per person | 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)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 466.29 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0045 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 90.49 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 5.59 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 3.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0543 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,084 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 20.52 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Costa Rica?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Costa Rica was 1.08 million SLC per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 million SLC per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4214 million SLC per person in 1970.
- How does Costa Rica rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Costa Rica ranks 8th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.