Costa Rica's merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) was 0.89% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.7 percentage points from 0.19% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.89% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 0.44% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.19% | 2013 |
| Highest | 0.89% | 2009 |
| Lowest | 0.0035% | 1984 |
| Average since 2014 | 0.31% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 0.05% | 1968 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Costa Rica's merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) rose 0.42 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.47% to 0.89%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.21 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 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 0.85 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.48 percentage points 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 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.06 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 54% 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 2023, Costa Rica had the 125th highest value of the 191 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 | 0.89% | 2023 |
| World | 5.46% | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 1.3% | 2023 |
| High income | 4.1% | 2023 |
Closest to Costa Rica in the 2023 ranking
- North Macedonia — 121st of 191: 0.94%
- Canada — 122nd of 191: 0.93%
- Uzbekistan — 123rd of 191: 0.92%
- Sweden — 125th of 191: 0.83%
- Ireland — 126th of 191: 0.82%
- Nicaragua — 127th of 191: 0.74%
What this measures
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 56 values
| Year | Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.8904 |
| 2022 | 0.4661 |
| 2021 | 0.3038 |
| 2020 | 0.1648 |
| 2019 | 0.2385 |
| 2018 | 0.435 |
| 2017 | 0.1948 |
| 2016 | 0.1598 |
| 2015 | 0.1545 |
| 2014 | 0.14 |
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 0.35% (2023)
- Argentina — 2.09% (2023)
- Aruba — 0.3% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 0.00832% (2023)
- Barbados — 0.07% (2023)
- Belize — 0.36% (2023)
- Bolivia — 0.52% (2023)
- Brazil
More private sector & trade data for Costa Rica
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 52.39% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$27.48 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$26.43 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 61.44% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 20.08% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) — 18.45% (2023)
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.03% (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Costa Rica's merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)?
- 0.89% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1968?
- It is up 0.84 percentage points from 0.05% in 1968. The highest value was 0.89% in 2009 and the lowest 0.0035% in 1984.
- How does Costa Rica rank?
- 125th highest of 191 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) unusual for Costa Rica?
- In 2023, Costa Rica's merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) rose 0.42 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.47% to 0.89%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +0.02 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.21 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 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 TM.VAL.MRCH.AL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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