Costa Rica's stocks traded, total value (current US$) was US$43.71 million in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 30.09% from US$33.6 million in 2012 (2.67% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$43.71 million | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | US$55.37 million | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | US$33.6 million | 2012 |
| Highest | US$208.32 million | 1999 |
| Lowest | US$11 million | 1993 |
| Average since 2013 | US$52.01 million | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | US$11 million |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Costa Rica's stocks traded, total value (current US$) rose 35.3% on 2021 (from US$32.31 million to US$43.71 million).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2021), the average change was +35.4% and a typical year strayed about 123.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 543.8% in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 67.3% in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$5.71 million a year. A straight line explains 41% 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
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | US$43.71 million | 2022 |
| World | US$149.98 trillion | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$1.23 trillion | 2025 |
| High income | US$84.45 trillion | 2025 |
Closest to Costa Rica in the 2022 ranking
- Lebanon — 2nd of 2: US$14.11 million
What this measures
The value of shares traded is the total number of shares traded, both domestic and foreign, multiplied by their respective matching prices. Figures are single counted (only one side of the transaction is considered). Companies admitted to listing and admitted to trading are included in the data. Data are end of year values converted to U.S. dollars using corresponding year-end foreign exchange rates.
Limitations: Data cover measures of size (market capitalization, number of listed domestic companies) and liquidity (value of shares traded as a percentage of gross domestic product, value of shares traded as a percentage of market capitalization). The comparability of such data across countries may be limited by conceptual and statistical weaknesses, such as inaccurate reporting and differences in accounting standards. Only EOB trades are included in the total value of shares traded.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 27 values
| Year | Stocks traded, total value (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 43,710,000 |
| 2021 | 32,310,000 |
| 2020 | 30,280,000 |
| 2019 | 36,600,000 |
| 2018 | 46,230,000 |
| 2017 | 55,370,000 |
| 2016 | 35,960,000 |
| 2015 | 51,860,000 |
| 2014 | 121,660,000 |
| 2013 | 66,100,000 |
| 2012 |
Stocks traded, total value (current US$) in nearby economies
- Argentina — US$1.16 billion (2023)
- Barbados — US$220,000 (2021)
- Brazil — US$1.03 trillion (2025)
- Cayman Islands — US$1.3 million (2020)
- Chile — US$55.07 billion (2025)
- Colombia — US$9.49 billion (2025)
- Jamaica — US$422.26 million (2025)
- Mexico — US$127.06 billion (2025)
- Panama — US$532.01 million (2025)
- Peru — US$1.33 billion (2025)
More financial sector data for Costa Rica
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 50.04% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 29.82 trillion (2025)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 8.46 trillion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 50.04% (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 26.03 trillion (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 50.23% (2025)
- Broad money to total reserves ratio — 3.03 (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 143 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — -0.07% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Costa Rica's stocks traded, total value (current US$)?
- US$43.71 million in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1993?
- It is up 297.36% from US$11 million in 1993 (4.87% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$208.32 million in 1999 and the lowest US$11 million in 1993.
- Is the latest change in stocks traded, total value (current US$) unusual for Costa Rica?
- In 2022, Costa Rica's stocks traded, total value (current US$) rose 35.3% on 2021 (from US$32.31 million to US$43.71 million). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2021), the average change was +35.4% and a typical year strayed about 123.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Federation of Exchanges database, World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator CM.MKT.TRAD.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Federation of Exchanges database, World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) 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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