Costa Rica vs Philippines: Net foreign assets

Costa Rica
8.46 trillion current LCU
in 2025
Philippines
7.36 trillion current LCU
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
32nd
Philippines rank
33rd

Net foreign assets over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Philippines
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 8.46 trillion current LCU against 7.36 trillion current LCU in Philippines, a difference of 1.10 trillion current LCU.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Philippines's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Philippines ahead.

Globally, Costa Rica ranks 32nd and Philippines ranks 33rd of 186 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Net foreign assets (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
186 places, 9,009 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.