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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Costa Rica 2020

Costa Rica national debt goes up

In 2020 Costa Rica public debt was 36,573 million euros41,740 million dollars, has increased 4,1115,395 million since 2019.

This amount means that the debt in 2020 reached 67.17% of Costa Rica GDP, a 10.74 percentage point rise from 2019, when it was 56.43% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Costa Rica debt. It has risen since 2010 in global debt terms, when it was 7,972 million euros 10,577 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 28.09%.

According to the last data point published, Costa Rica per capita debt in 2020 was 7,132 euros8,140 dollars per inhabitant. In 2019 it was 6,397 euros 7,162 dollars, afterwards rising by 735 euros978 dollars, and if we again check 2010 we can see that then the debt per person was 1,751 euros2,323 dollars .

The position of Costa Rica, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2020 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
202036,57341,74067.17%€7,132$8,140
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