Costa Rica's manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) was 8.27 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 89.3% from 4.37 trillion in 2015 (6.59% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 8.27 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 5.28 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.37 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 8.27 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 375.25 billion | 1961 |
| Average since 2016 | 6.03 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 395.87 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Costa Rica's manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) rose 10.9% on 2024 (from 7.46 trillion to 8.27 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.3% and a typical year strayed about 4.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 20.3% in 1965 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.4% in 1982. 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 410.17 billion a year. A straight line explains 95% 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 18th highest value of the 136 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
- Russian Federation — 14th of 136: 14.11 trillion
- Bangladesh — 15th of 136: 8.43 trillion
- Hungary — 16th of 136: 8.43 trillion
- Côte d'Ivoire — 18th of 136: 6.21 trillion
- Iraq — 19th of 136: 5.3 trillion
- Mexico — 20th of 136: 5.19 trillion
What this measures
Manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) major division C and is defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or components into new products. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,266,505,700,000 |
| 2024 | 7,455,859,200,000 |
| 2023 | 7,106,747,000,000 |
| 2022 | 6,493,981,900,000 |
| 2021 | 6,244,750,800,000 |
| 2020 | 5,276,472,700,000 |
| 2019 | 5,159,963,700,000 |
| 2018 | 4,997,087,500,000 |
| 2017 | 4,782,188,300,000 |
| 2016 | 4,550,482,000,000 |
Manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 111.72 million (2025)
- Argentina — 109.24 billion (2025)
- Aruba — 170.56 million (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 36.9 million (2024)
- Barbados — 747.19 million (2024)
- Belize — 355.76 million (2025)
- Bolivia — 41.1 billion (2024)
- Brazil — 439.4 billion (2025)
- Cayman Islands — 37.2 million (2024)
- Chile — 19.65 trillion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Costa Rica
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$17.09 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$17.09 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$14.42 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 7.26 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$11.4 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 7 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 14.01% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Costa Rica's manufacturing, value added (constant LCU)?
- 8.27 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 1,988% from 395.87 billion in 1960 (4.79% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 8.27 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 375.25 billion in 1961.
- How does Costa Rica rank?
- 18th highest of 136 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) unusual for Costa Rica?
- In 2025, Costa Rica's manufacturing, value added (constant LCU) rose 10.9% on 2024 (from 7.46 trillion to 8.27 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.3% and a typical year strayed about 4.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.IND.MANF.KN, 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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