Costa Rica's net domestic credit (current LCU) was 29.82 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 58.5% from 18.82 trillion in 2015 (4.71% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 29.82 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 26.12 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 18.82 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 29.82 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 842.1 million | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 26.25 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 842.1 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Costa Rica's net domestic credit (current LCU) rose 0.4% on 2024 (from 29.71 trillion to 29.82 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +17.3% and a typical year strayed about 16.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below 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 83.7% in 1996 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.7% in 2019. 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 966.72 billion a year. A straight line explains 92% 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 104 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
- Uganda — 14th of 104: 50.23 trillion
- United States — 15th of 104: 32.37 trillion
- Türkiye — 16th of 104: 31.33 trillion
- Bangladesh — 18th of 104: 28.53 trillion
- Algeria — 19th of 104: 28.47 trillion
- Thailand — 20th of 104: 27.91 trillion
What this measures
Net domestic credit is the sum of net claims on the central government and claims on other sectors of the domestic economy. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | Net domestic credit (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 29,824,885,819,254 |
| 2024 | 29,705,643,987,031 |
| 2023 | 28,018,092,134,304 |
| 2022 | 28,223,952,872,796 |
| 2021 | 28,484,431,653,510 |
| 2020 | 26,115,950,393,300 |
| 2019 | 23,658,600,934,006 |
| 2018 | 24,327,209,852,163 |
| 2017 | 23,123,535,273,485 |
| 2016 | 21,056,540,482,159 |
Net domestic credit (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 2.98 billion (2025)
- Argentina — 331.64 trillion (2025)
- Aruba — 4.03 billion (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 10.95 billion (2024)
- Barbados — 12.13 billion (2023)
- Belize — 4.15 billion (2025)
- Bolivia — 414.59 billion (2025)
- Brazil — 17.82 trillion (2025)
- Chile — 279.46 trillion (2025)
- Colombia — 970.94 trillion (2025)
- Dominica
More financial sector data for Costa Rica
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 50.04% (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) — 20.2% (2025)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Costa Rica's net domestic credit (current LCU)?
- 29.82 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 3.54 million% from 842.1 million in 1960 (17.49% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 29.82 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 842.1 million in 1960.
- How does Costa Rica rank?
- 18th highest of 104 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in net domestic credit (current LCU) unusual for Costa Rica?
- In 2025, Costa Rica's net domestic credit (current LCU) rose 0.4% on 2024 (from 29.71 trillion to 29.82 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +17.3% and a typical year strayed about 16.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below 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 FM.AST.DOMS.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics 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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