Social Protection & Labor · Costa Rica
Yearly data from 1991 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Costa Rica's GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) was 64,823 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 35.84% from 47,719 in 2015 (3.11% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 64,823 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 55,698 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 47,719 | 2015 |
| Highest | 64,823 | 2025 |
| Lowest | 31,858 | 1991 |
| Average since 2016 | 56,906 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 31,858 | 1991 |
Over five years it is up 16.38% from 55,698 in 2020 (3.08% a year on average, compounded). Since 1991 it is up 103.48% from 31,858 in 1991 (2.11% a year on average, compounded).
In 2025, Costa Rica's GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) rose 2,141 on 2024 (from 62,682 to 64,823).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +932.68 and a typical year strayed about 1,389 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations above 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 4,903 in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 1,551 in 2012. 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 upward, about 1,621 a year. A straight line explains 93% 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.
Extending that straight line gives about 69,243 for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 2,539, against 5,563 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
In 2025, Costa Rica had the 62nd highest value of the 168 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 64,823 | 2025 |
| World | 50,672 | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 43,303 | 2025 |
| High income | 120,960 | 2025 |
GDP per person employed is gross domestic product (GDP) divided by total employment in the economy. Purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP is GDP converted to 2021 constant international dollars using PPP rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP that a U.S. dollar has in the United States.
Limitations: For comparability of individual sectors labor productivity is estimated according to national accounts conventions. However, there are still significant limitations on the availability of reliable data. Information on consistent series of output in both national currencies and purchasing power parity dollars is not easily available, especially in developing countries, because the definition, coverage, and methodology are not always consistent across countries. For example, countries employ different methodologies for estimating the missing values for the nonmarket service sectors and use different definitions of the informal sector.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
| Year | GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64,823 |
| 2024 | 62,682 |
| 2023 | 62,763 |
| 2022 | 57,860 |
| 2021 | 57,648 |
| 2020 | 55,698 |
| 2019 | 51,976 |
| 2018 | 51,883 |
| 2017 | 52,384 |
| 2016 | 51,343 |
| 2015 | 47,719 |
| 2014 | 45,828 |
| 2013 | 45,241 |
| 2012 | 44,871 |
| 2011 | 46,422 |
| 2010 | 45,197 |
| 2009 | 43,126 |
| 2008 | 42,751 |
| 2007 | 41,171 |
| 2006 | 39,962 |
| 2005 | 38,014 |
| 2004 | 38,863 |
| 2003 | 37,477 |
| 2002 | 36,920 |
| 2001 | 36,234 |
| 2000 | 36,441 |
| 1999 | 35,945 |
| 1998 | 35,350 |
| 1997 | 35,087 |
| 1996 | 35,829 |
| 1995 | 34,823 |
| 1994 | 34,701 |
| 1993 | 34,511 |
| 1992 | 33,751 |
| 1991 | 31,858 |
Every indicator for Costa Rica is on the Costa Rica data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.GDP.PCAP.EM.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Estimates are based on employment, population, GDP, and PPP data obtained from International Labour Organization, United Nations Population Division, Eurostat, OECD, and World Bank., type: estimates based on external database; International Labour Organization… 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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