Costa Rica's net foreign assets (current LCU) was 8.46 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 364.46% from 1.82 trillion in 2015 (16.6% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 8.46 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 3.75 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.82 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 8.46 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | -118.36 billion | 1987 |
| Average since 2016 | 4.21 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 40.7 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Costa Rica's net foreign assets (current LCU) rose 1.85 trillion on 2024 (from 6.61 trillion to 8.46 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +222.25 billion and a typical year strayed about 502.82 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.98 trillion in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 414.63 billion in 2011. 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 748.4 billion a year. A straight line explains 94% 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 19th highest value of the 106 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
- Thailand — 16th of 106: 9.51 trillion
- Algeria — 17th of 106: 9.11 trillion
- Côte d'Ivoire — 18th of 106: 8.73 trillion
- Philippines — 20th of 106: 7.36 trillion
- Mexico — 21st of 106: 4.77 trillion
- Rwanda — 22nd of 106: 4.18 trillion
What this measures
Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. 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 foreign assets (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,463,151,414,364 |
| 2024 | 6,614,076,227,437 |
| 2023 | 6,473,363,640,565 |
| 2022 | 4,493,908,724,721 |
| 2021 | 3,943,964,201,199 |
| 2020 | 3,753,294,725,286 |
| 2019 | 3,353,900,112,412 |
| 2018 | 1,750,066,144,101 |
| 2017 | 1,673,322,142,199 |
| 2016 | 1,610,586,341,050 |
Net foreign assets (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 2.72 billion (2025)
- Argentina — 28.45 trillion (2025)
- Aruba — 3.06 billion (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 2.97 billion (2024)
- Barbados — 2.26 billion (2023)
- Belize — 1.64 billion (2025)
- Bolivia — 25.97 billion (2025)
- Brazil — 1.26 trillion (2025)
- Chile — 29.13 trillion (2025)
- Colombia — 241.28 trillion (2025)
- Dominica — 1.05 billion (2025)
More financial sector data for Costa Rica
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 50.04% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 29.82 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 foreign assets (current LCU)?
- 8.46 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 20.79 million% from 40.7 million in 1960 (20.73% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 8.46 trillion in 2025 and the lowest -118.36 billion in 1987.
- How does Costa Rica rank?
- 19th highest of 106 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in net foreign assets (current LCU) unusual for Costa Rica?
- In 2025, Costa Rica's net foreign assets (current LCU) rose 1.85 trillion on 2024 (from 6.61 trillion to 8.46 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +222.25 billion and a typical year strayed about 502.82 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.AST.NFRG.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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