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Costa Rica: Expense (% of GDP)

28.57percent · 2023+7.8% since 2013

Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Costa Rica from 1973 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202328.574
202228.05
202130.529
202031.681
201929.304
201828.851
201725.397
201627.147
201528.555
201426.736
201326.518
201225.945
201125.379
201025.614
200924.745
200821.669
200721.161
200621.601
200522.646
200422.525
200323.622
200224.595
200122.759
200022.034
199922.124
199821.062
199721.395
199622.491
199521.541
199423.002
199319.363
199217.782
199118.418
199024.25
198924.36
198823.214
198725.561
198624.256
198519.508
198420.023
198320.972
198216.625
198118.09
198021.591
197921.281
197820.534
197716.141
197616.348
197516.305
197415.058
197315.548

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, World Bank, OECD. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Expense (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expense-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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