Costa Rica's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) was 3.97 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 34.41% from 2.96 trillion in 2015 (3% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.97 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 2.86 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.96 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 3.97 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 892.89 billion | 1991 |
| Average since 2016 | 3.42 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 892.89 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Costa Rica's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) rose 2% on 2024 (from 3.9 trillion to 3.97 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.9% and a typical year strayed about 5.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 17.7% in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.2% in 2020. 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 98.88 billion a year. A straight line explains 69% 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 152 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
- Nigeria — 15th of 152: 4.97 trillion
- Mongolia — 16th of 152: 4.38 trillion
- Guinea — 17th of 152: 4.14 trillion
- Côte d'Ivoire — 19th of 152: 3.9 trillion
- Madagascar — 20th of 152: 2.77 trillion
- Pakistan — 21st of 152: 2.62 trillion
What this measures
Taxes less subsidies on products are taxes payable per unit of a good or service. 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 35 values
| Year | Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,974,270,400,000 |
| 2024 | 3,898,195,500,000 |
| 2023 | 3,728,376,500,000 |
| 2022 | 3,573,872,500,000 |
| 2021 | 3,351,684,400,000 |
| 2020 | 2,860,986,900,000 |
| 2019 | 3,223,190,600,000 |
| 2018 | 3,208,984,200,000 |
| 2017 | 3,219,703,500,000 |
| 2016 | 3,149,064,600,000 |
Taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 563.21 million (2025)
- Argentina — 131.42 billion (2025)
- Aruba — 1.02 billion (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 1.49 billion (2024)
- Barbados — 1.6 billion (2025)
- Belize — 687.41 million (2025)
- Bolivia — 30.68 billion (2024)
- Brazil — 722.57 billion (2025)
- Cayman Islands — 272.9 million (2024)
- Chile
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$11.4 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 7 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 14.01% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$)
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Questions people ask
- What is Costa Rica's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU)?
- 3.97 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1991?
- It is up 345.1% from 892.89 billion in 1991 (4.49% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 3.97 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 892.89 billion in 1991.
- How does Costa Rica rank?
- 18th highest of 152 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) unusual for Costa Rica?
- In 2025, Costa Rica's taxes less subsidies on products (constant LCU) rose 2% on 2024 (from 3.9 trillion to 3.97 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.9% and a typical year strayed about 5.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.TAX.NIND.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); 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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