Costa Rica's claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP) was 53.22% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 3.36 percentage points from 56.58% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 53.22% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 62.1% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 56.58% | 2015 |
| Highest | 62.1% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 36.57% | 2005 |
| Average since 2016 | 57.52% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 36.57% | 2005 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Costa Rica's claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP) fell 0.42 percentage points on 2024 (from 53.64% to 53.22%).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was +0.9 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.12 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.78 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.9 percentage points in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.04 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 71% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Costa Rica had the 21st highest value of the 37 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Costa Rica in the 2025 ranking
- North Macedonia — 17th of 37: 57.24%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 18th of 37: 53.76%
- Colombia — 19th of 37: 53.53%
- Türkiye — 21st of 37: 47.32%
- Maldives — 22nd of 37: 43.55%
- Brunei Darussalam — 23rd of 37: 43.06%
What this measures
Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy include gross credit from the financial system to households, nonprofit institutions serving households, nonfinancial corporations, state and local governments, and social security funds. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 21 values
| Year | Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.22 |
| 2024 | 53.64 |
| 2023 | 53.08 |
| 2022 | 53.86 |
| 2021 | 58.76 |
| 2020 | 62.1 |
| 2019 | 57.75 |
| 2018 | 61.53 |
| 2017 | 61.1 |
| 2016 | 60.13 |
| 2015 |
Claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Bolivia — 71.88% (2019)
- Chile — 102.91% (2025)
- Colombia — 53.53% (2025)
- Dominican Republic — 32.91% (2025)
- Ecuador — 60.15% (2025)
- El Salvador — 65.75% (2025)
- Guatemala — 37.28% (2025)
- Guyana — 15.96% (2025)
- Honduras — 81.8% (2024)
More financial sector data for Costa Rica
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 50.04% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 29.82 trillion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 8.46 trillion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 50.04% (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 26.03 trillion (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 50.23% (2025)
- Broad money to total reserves ratio — 3.03 (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 143 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — -0.07% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Costa Rica's claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP)?
- 53.22% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is up 16.65 percentage points from 36.57% in 2005. The highest value was 62.1% in 2020 and the lowest 36.57% in 2005.
- How does Costa Rica rank?
- 21st highest of 37 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP) unusual for Costa Rica?
- In 2025, Costa Rica's claims on other sectors of the domestic economy (% of GDP) fell 0.42 percentage points on 2024 (from 53.64% to 53.22%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was +0.9 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.12 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FS.AST.DOMO.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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