Economy & Growth in Costa Rica 1,130 indicators covering economy & growth for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by 11.04 % 2025 down 38.1% 36th ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment-to-population ratio by 11.02 % 2025 down 37.9% 35th Implied tax subsidy rates on R&D expenditures -0.02 Index 2025 unchanged 41st Palm kernels — Producer Price Index 117.86 2025 up 17.9% 15th Oil palm fruit — Producer Price Index 123.42 2025 up 26.4% 15th Social expenditure as percentage of gdp 0.062 2022 down 17.3% 41st ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment 594.41 1000 No 2025 up 6.5% 53rd ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment 400.93 1000 No 2025 up 5.6% 49th ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment 193.47 1000 No 2025 up 8.3% 58th ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment 388.42 1000 No 2025 up 17.9% 49th ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment 250.16 1000 No 2025 up 11.1% 49th ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of 100 % 2025 unchanged 1st ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of 65.3 % 2025 up 10.7% 41st ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment 138.26 1000 No 2025 up 32.5% 54th ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment 205.99 1000 No 2025 down 9.9% 43rd ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of 34.7 % 2025 down 15.4% 29th Yams — Producer Price Index 431.63 2025 up 242.0% 4th ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment 150.78 1000 No 2025 down 2.3% 41st ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment 55.21 1000 No 2025 down 25.6% 47th Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Total tax 11.61 million National currency 2022 up 105.1% 5th Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Excise 113,437 National currency 2022 up 4.2% 3rd Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP 0.3% 2023 down 37.8% 66th Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Value 2.31 million National currency 2022 up 106.1% 4th Sweet potatoes — Producer Price 350,000 SLC 2016 down 7.4% 10th Palm oil — Producer Price Index 119.12 2025 up 19.1% 23rd 15.4.2 Mountain area: Montane — Value 2,476 km2 2021 unchanged 66th Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Taxes and 1.02 million National currency 2022 up 45.5% 2nd Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 2.04 million National currency 2021 up 81.3% 4th Revenue from corporate income taxes gdp 2.86 2017 up 2.0% 66th Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Other 170,931 National currency 2022 up 89.9% 2nd Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Taxes on 235,836 National currency 2022 up 157.5% 3rd Asset-backed pensions - main database — Investment 13.14 Percentage change 2024 down 14.3% 30th Sweet potatoes — Producer Price 642.5 USD 2016 down 10.6% 28th Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective average 24.22 Percentage of taxable income 2025 down 70.7% 48th Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Business 123,128 National currency 2022 up 89.3% 2nd Effective tax rates - Corporate tax statistics — Effective marginal 26.01 Percentage of taxable income 2025 down 84.1% 55th Cassava, fresh — Producer Price 395,370 SLC 2024 up 197.2% 11th Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Taxes on 69,978 National currency 2022 up 39.7% 2nd Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Taxes on 0 National currency 2016 — 23rd Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Taxes on 0 National currency 2016 — 23rd Annual government expenditure by function (COFOG) — Intermediate 1.48 million National currency 2022 up 95.5% 6th Pineapples — Producer Price 233,333 LCU 2024 down 41.7% 11th Employment by main economic activity - Regions 2.18 million Persons 2025 up 10.0% 32nd Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean - Comparative 24.84 Percentage of GDP 2024 up 9.9% 7th Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Other 17,432 National currency 2022 up 200.1% 4th Cassava, fresh — Producer Price 767.5 USD 2024 up 210.6% 15th Government debt by instrument coverage — Debt securities and loans 61.3 Percentage of GDP 2026 up 48.7% 15th Annual non-financial accounts by institutional sector (Revenue) 56,845 National currency 2021 down 22.1% 5th Share of people who used the internet in the previous three months 84.92 % 2023 up 74.8% 63rd Share of people who used the internet in the previous three months 85.82 % 2023 up 84.7% 56th Gender gap in the share of people who used the internet in the -0.91 % 2023 down 143.1% 67th Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Total 655,428 National currency 2022 up 86.7% 1st Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Taxes on 44,662 National currency 2022 up 150.7% 2nd External debt as a share of gni 48.49 2023 up 38.9% 55th Consumer price indices (CPIs), exchange, API only,COICOP 1999 101.02 Index 2021 up 25.9% 35th Tourism gdp proportion of total gdp 2.72 2021 down 38.3% 51st Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in 69.42 % 2025 down 0.8% 27th Share of Employees in [industry] out of total employment in 77.82 % 2025 up 4.1% 25th Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment -8.4 % 2025 down 77.6% 54th Share of Self-employed people in [industry] out of total employment 30.58 % 2025 up 1.9% 39th ← Previous Page 16 of 19 Next →