Costa Rica recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 1.90 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Government Budget in Costa Rica averaged -3.37 percent of GDP from 1991 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 0.60 percent of GDP in 2007 and a record low of -7.30 percent of GDP in 2020. source: Banco Central de Costa Rica

Government Budget in Costa Rica is expected to reach -1.80 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Costa Rica Government Budget is projected to trend around -1.50 percent of GDP in 2026 and -1.20 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.



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Credit Rating 43.00 Feb 2026
Fiscal Expenditure 7416594.32 6684504.81 CRC Million Oct 2025
Government Budget -1.90 -1.50 percent of GDP Dec 2024
Government Budget Value -1342134.10 -1104319.29 CRC Million Oct 2025
Government Debt to GDP 74.18 77.67 percent of GDP Dec 2024
Government Revenues 6074460.22 5580185.53 CRC Million Oct 2025
Government Spending 1767976.00 1756659.00 CRC Million Dec 2025
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Costa Rica Government Budget
The Government Budget to GDP ratio is an itemized accounting of the payments received by the government (taxes and other fees) and the payments made by the government (purchases and transfer payments) relative to GDP. A budget deficit occurs when a government spends more money than it takes in. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-1.90 -1.50 0.60 -7.30 1991 - 2024 percent of GDP Yearly