NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Costa Rica 2023

Costa Rica national debt goes up

In 2023 Costa Rica public debt was 48,886 million euros52,874 million dollars, has increased 7,5089,266 million since 2022.

This amount means that the debt in 2023 reached 61.12% of Costa Rica GDP, a 1.87 percentage point fall from 2022, when it was 62.99% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Costa Rica debt. It has risen since 2013 in global debt terms, when it was 13,456 million euros 17,871 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 35.08%.

According to the last data point published, Costa Rica per capita debt in 2023 was 9,262 euros10,018 dollars per inhabitant. In 2022 it was 7,913 euros 8,340 dollars, afterwards rising by 1,349 euros1,678 dollars, and if we again check 2013 we can see that then the debt per person was 2,843 euros3,776 dollars .

The position of Costa Rica, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2023 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 112 in the list of debt to GDP and 135 in debt per capita, out of the 191 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
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