Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ was 11,780 million USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ in Costa Rica, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 11,780 million USD for value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ in 2023. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.8% on the previous year and up 80.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ in Costa Rica peaked at 11,780 million USD in 2023 and was at its lowest, 238.11 million USD, in 1970.
That places Costa Rica 82nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 238.11 million USD | — |
| 1971 | 268.41 million USD | +12.7% |
| 1972 | 312.38 million USD | +16.4% |
| 1973 | 405.96 million USD | +30.0% |
| 1974 | 456.77 million USD | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 526.26 million USD | +15.2% |
| 1976 | 626.29 million USD | +19.0% |
| 1977 | 768.42 million USD | +22.7% |
| 1978 | 869.54 million USD | +13.2% |
| 1979 | 973.13 million USD | +11.9% |
| 1980 | 1,184 million USD | +21.6% |
| 1981 | 654.68 million USD | -44.7% |
| 1982 | 698.14 million USD | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 905.83 million USD | +29.7% |
| 1984 | 1,084 million USD | +19.7% |
| 1985 | 1,141 million USD | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 1,237 million USD | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 1,273 million USD | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 1,293 million USD | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 1,401 million USD | +8.3% |
| 1990 | 1,457 million USD | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 1,480 million USD | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 1,773 million USD | +19.8% |
| 1993 | 1,889 million USD | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 2,000 million USD | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 2,200 million USD | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 2,236 million USD | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 2,455 million USD | +9.8% |
| 1998 | 2,593 million USD | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 2,662 million USD | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 2,750 million USD | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 2,784 million USD | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 2,884 million USD | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 2,954 million USD | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 3,143 million USD | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 3,381 million USD | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 3,744 million USD | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 4,337 million USD | +15.8% |
| 2008 | 4,662 million USD | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 4,351 million USD | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 5,489 million USD | +26.1% |
| 2011 | 6,113 million USD | +11.4% |
| 2012 | 6,555 million USD | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 6,543 million USD | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 6,392 million USD | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 6,551 million USD | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 6,829 million USD | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 7,101 million USD | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 7,443 million USD | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 7,760 million USD | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 7,981 million USD | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 8,921 million USD | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 9,750 million USD | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 11,780 million USD | +20.8% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 11,780 million USD is above the median for high income countries, which is 11,780 million USD, 1.0× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 11,780 million USD is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,043 million USD, 3.9× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | -44.7% | 1,184 million USD | 654.68 million USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 544.53 million USD | 238.11 million USD | 973.13 million USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,087 million USD | 654.68 million USD | 1,401 million USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,074 million USD | 1,457 million USD | 2,662 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,499 million USD | 2,750 million USD | 4,662 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,678 million USD | 5,489 million USD | 7,760 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,608 million USD | 7,981 million USD | 11,780 million USD | 4 |
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More economy & growth data for Costa Rica
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 11.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0058 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 115.71 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0042 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 84.49 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ in Costa Rica?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ in Costa Rica was 11,780 million USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 11,780 million USD in 2023.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 238.11 million USD in 1970.
- How does Costa Rica rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value us$?
- Costa Rica ranks 82nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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) — Value US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).