Costa Rica vs Panama: Merchandise imports

Costa Rica
27.48 billion current US$
in 2025
Panama
25.76 billion current US$
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
77th
Panama rank
79th

Merchandise imports over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Panama
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 27.48 billion current US$ against 25.76 billion current US$ in Panama, a difference of 1.72 billion current US$.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Panama ahead.

Globally, Costa Rica ranks 77th and Panama ranks 79th of 206 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Merchandise imports (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
253 places, 14,842 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Merchandise imports includes goods whose economic ownership is changed from a non-resident to a resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.