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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Costa Rica 2019

Costa Rica national debt goes up

In 2019 Costa Rica public debt was 32,462 million euros36,345 million dollars, has increased 5,0743,986 million since 2018.

This amount means that the debt in 2019 reached 56.43% of Costa Rica GDP, a 4.59 percentage point rise from 2018, when it was 51.84% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Costa Rica debt. It has risen since 2009 in global debt terms, when it was 5,743 million euros 8,002 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 26.03%.

According to the last data point published, Costa Rica per capita debt in 2019 was 6,397 euros7,162 dollars per inhabitant. In 2018 it was 5,454 euros 6,443 dollars, afterwards rising by 943 euros719 dollars, and if we again check 2009 we can see that then the debt per person was 1,285 euros1,791 dollars .

The position of Costa Rica, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2019 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 114 in the list of debt to GDP and 136 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
201932,46236,34556.43%€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