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GDP growth in Costa Rica

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Costa Rica's gdp growth is 4.56 % — #28 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

4.56%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Costa Rica over time

8.22 %2.04 %-4.14 %8.22 % · 2021-4.14 % · 20202000: 3.80 %2001: 3.49 %2002: 3.42 %2003: 4.32 %2004: 4.42 %2005: 3.98 %2006: 7.33 %2007: 8.22 %2008: 4.74 %2009: -0.87 %2010: 5.36 %2011: 4.40 %2012: 4.88 %2013: 2.49 %2014: 3.54 %2015: 3.65 %2016: 4.20 %2017: 4.16 %2018: 2.85 %2019: 2.71 %2020: -4.14 %2021: 8.22 %2022: 5.46 %2023: 4.79 %2024: 4.08 %2025: 4.56 %2000201220254.56 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#28 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
78 %
99 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.48 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.66 pp
peak 8.22 % in 2021
Full series
▲ 0.76 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #3 of 27vs median 2.90 %: +1.66 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Costa Rica: ahead of 78 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthCosta Rica 4.56 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Costa Rica is ahead of 78 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Costa Rica
26 Kenya4.63 %+0.07 pp
27 Morocco4.60 %+0.03 pp
28 Costa Rica4.56 %—
29 Saudi Arabia4.50 %−0.06 pp
30 Nepal4.43 %−0.13 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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