Economic Policy & Debt · Costa Rica
Yearly data from 1960 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Costa Rica's gross fixed capital formation (current US$) was US$16.73 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 56.06% from US$10.72 billion in 2015 (4.55% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$16.73 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$10.21 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$10.72 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$16.73 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$81.68 million | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | US$12.49 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$81.68 million | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 63.88% from US$10.21 billion in 2020 (10.38% a year on average, compounded). Since 1960 it is up 20,377% from US$81.68 million in 1960 (8.53% a year on average, compounded).
In 2025, Costa Rica's gross fixed capital formation (current US$) rose 6.1% on 2024 (from US$15.76 billion to US$16.73 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +7.4% and a typical year strayed about 9.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 35.4% in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 45.3% in 1981. 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 US$640.33 million a year. A straight line explains 70% 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.
In 2025, Costa Rica had the 68th highest value of the 126 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 | US$16.73 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$28.61 trillion | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$1.38 trillion | 2025 |
| High income | US$16.03 trillion | 2024 |
Gross fixed capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during the accounting period, including certain specified expenditures on services that add to the value of non-produced assets. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
| Year | Gross fixed capital formation (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,726,415,669 |
| 2024 | 15,760,984,826 |
| 2023 | 14,564,587,994 |
| 2022 | 12,297,481,887 |
| 2021 | 11,196,950,853 |
| 2020 | 10,206,805,391 |
| 2019 | 10,664,276,060 |
| 2018 | 11,443,975,733 |
| 2017 | 11,000,461,857 |
| 2016 | 11,077,682,587 |
| 2015 | 10,717,714,679 |
| 2014 | 10,320,029,324 |
| 2013 | 10,095,987,702 |
| 2012 | 9,459,960,170 |
| 2011 | 8,309,851,612 |
| 2010 | 7,327,014,593 |
| 2009 | 6,457,695,395 |
| 2008 | 7,313,865,695 |
| 2007 | 6,012,763,152 |
| 2006 | 4,609,679,804 |
| 2005 | 3,998,469,490 |
| 2004 | 3,699,443,062 |
| 2003 | 3,418,111,674 |
| 2002 | 3,279,953,310 |
| 2001 | 3,168,844,832 |
| 2000 | 2,956,120,899 |
| 1999 | 3,005,924,811 |
| 1998 | 3,026,689,996 |
| 1997 | 2,430,788,478 |
| 1996 | 2,096,548,072 |
| 1995 | 2,291,579,358 |
| 1994 | 2,096,526,557 |
| 1993 | 1,950,542,685 |
| 1992 | 1,662,011,023 |
| 1991 | 1,227,040,950 |
| 1990 | 1,278,902,119 |
| 1989 | 1,075,377,882 |
| 1988 | 873,609,975 |
| 1987 | 897,133,981 |
| 1986 | 824,786,738 |
| 1985 | 757,223,762 |
| 1984 | 733,811,614 |
| 1983 | 566,248,246 |
| 1982 | 529,544,640 |
| 1981 | 631,222,249 |
| 1980 | 1,154,550,758 |
| 1979 | 1,055,997,666 |
| 1978 | 811,248,541 |
| 1977 | 687,141,190 |
| 1976 | 565,460,910 |
| 1975 | 431,131,855 |
| 1974 | 400,353,090 |
| 1973 | 338,751,614 |
| 1972 | 271,318,764 |
| 1971 | 238,234,196 |
| 1970 | 191,667,925 |
| 1969 | 154,490,566 |
| 1968 | 133,147,170 |
| 1967 | 125,886,792 |
| 1966 | 111,079,245 |
| 1965 | 110,128,302 |
| 1964 | 88,855,807 |
| 1963 | 93,351,980 |
| 1962 | 88,840,769 |
| 1961 | 84,412,976 |
| 1960 | 81,684,793 |
Every indicator for Costa Rica is on the Costa Rica data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.FTOT.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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