Broad money in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Broad money was 26.21 trillion current LCU in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Broad money in Costa Rica, 1960–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for broad money in Costa Rica is 26.21 trillion current LCU, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.6% on the previous year and up 71.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad money in Costa Rica peaked at 26.21 trillion current LCU in 2025 and was at its lowest, 545.90 million current LCU, in 1961.
Costa Rica ranks 31st of 166 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 806.88 million current LCU | 545.90 million current LCU | 1.20 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.75 billion current LCU | 1.28 billion current LCU | 14.95 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 1980s | 81.87 billion current LCU | 17.37 billion current LCU | 175.74 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 1990s | 485.42 billion current LCU | 223.90 billion current LCU | 806.33 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.08 trillion current LCU | 853.91 billion current LCU | 10.02 trillion current LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.04 trillion current LCU | 10.12 trillion current LCU | 17.00 trillion current LCU | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.74 trillion current LCU | 20.02 trillion current LCU | 26.21 trillion current LCU | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 28 Algeria 26.53 trillion current LCU compare
- 29 Bangladesh 26.39 trillion current LCU compare
- 30 Thailand 26.34 trillion current LCU compare
- 32 Democratic Republic of Congo 25.34 trillion current LCU compare
- 33 Cote d'Ivoire 24.53 trillion current LCU compare
- 34 Madagascar 21.72 trillion current LCU compare
More financial sector data for Costa Rica
- Domestic credit to private sector 51.0% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 20.2% (2025)
- Broad money 50.6% (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 50.0% (2025)
- Net foreign assets 8.46 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net domestic credit 29.82 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 4.65 (2025)
- Net migration 1,000 (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 50.0% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 503.5 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is broad money in Costa Rica?
- Broad money in Costa Rica was 26.21 trillion current LCU in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest broad money recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 26.21 trillion current LCU in 2025.
- What is the lowest broad money recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 545.90 million current LCU in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank for broad money?
- Costa Rica ranks 31st out of 166 countries with data for 2025.
- Is broad money rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Broad money (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 66 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. 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.