NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Costa Rica 2024

The national debt increased in Costa Rica

In 2024 Costa Rica public debt was 52,663 million euros56,984 million dollars, has increased 3,7774,110 million since 2023.

This amount means that the debt in 2024 reached 59.75% of Costa Rica GDP, a 1.37 percentage point fall from 2023, when it was 61.12% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Costa Rica debt. It has risen since 2014 in global debt terms, when it was 14,654 million euros 19,473 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 37.44%.

According to the last data point published, Costa Rica per capita debt in 2024 was 9,890 euros10,701 dollars per inhabitant. In 2023 it was 9,262 euros 10,018 dollars, afterwards rising by 628 euros683 dollars, and if we again check 2014 we can see that then the debt per person was 3,057 euros4,063 dollars .

The position of Costa Rica, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2024 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 110 in the list of debt to GDP and 137 in debt per capita, out of the 192 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Costa Rica. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Costa Rica in economy of Costa Rica.

Costa Rica: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
202452,66356,98459.75%€9,890$10,701
202348,88652,87461.12%€9,262$10,018
202241,37843,60862.99%€7,913$8,340
202137,11543,92767.63%€7,165$8,480
202036,57441,74166.91%€7,132$8,140
201932,46536,34856.43%€6,397$7,162
201827,38832,35951.84%€5,454$6,443
201725,22128,48247.06%€5,079$5,735
201623,42825,92544.06%€4,772$5,281
201520,23722,45639.79%€4,172$4,629
201414,65419,47337.44%€3,057$4,063
201313,45617,87135.08%€2,843$3,776
201212,39615,93633.74%€2,653$3,410
20119,06812,62029.51%€1,966$2,736
20107,97210,57728.09%€1,751$2,323
20095,7438,00226.03%€1,285$1,791
20085,0287,39524.01%€1,142$1,679
20075,2917,25226.98%€1,219$1,671
20065,9777,50533.04%€1,397$1,754
20056,0117,48237.32%€1,426$1,775
20046,1397,63241.00%€1,478$1,838
20036,1977,00940.57%€1,517$1,715
20027,2736,87241.44%€1,808$1,709
20017,0736,33539.64%€1,789$1,603
20006,3135,83438.85%€1,657$1,531
19995,2105,55938.98%€1,358$1,448
19985,57040.69%$1,486
19973,85630.56%$1,054
19963,93533.69%$1,104
Costa Rica: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Costa Rica: Evolution of debt in millions