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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Costa Rica 2018

Public debt went up in Costa Rica

In 2018 Costa Rica public debt was 27,388 million euros32,359 million dollars, has increased 2,1673,877 million since 2017.

This amount means that the debt in 2018 reached 51.84% of Costa Rica GDP, a 4.78 percentage point rise from 2017, when it was 47.06% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Costa Rica debt. It has risen since 2008 in global debt terms, when it was 5,028 million euros 7,395 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 24.01%.

According to the last data point published, Costa Rica per capita debt in 2018 was 5,454 euros6,443 dollars per inhabitant. In 2017 it was 5,079 euros 5,735 dollars, afterwards rising by 375 euros708 dollars, and if we again check 2008 we can see that then the debt per person was 1,142 euros1,679 dollars .

The position of Costa Rica, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2018 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 105 in the list of debt to GDP and 132 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
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