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Government expense to GDP in Costa Rica

Latest: 28.6%
Previous: 28.0%
Change: +0.52 (+1.9%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2023
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Government expense to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank

Observations for Government expense to GDP in Costa Rica
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	15.5%
Dec 31, 1974	15.1%
Dec 31, 1975	16.3%
Dec 31, 1976	16.3%
Dec 31, 1977	16.1%
Dec 31, 1978	20.5%
Dec 31, 1979	21.3%
Dec 31, 1980	21.6%
Dec 31, 1981	18.1%
Dec 31, 1982	16.6%
Dec 31, 1983	21.0%
Dec 31, 1984	20.0%
Dec 31, 1985	19.5%
Dec 31, 1986	24.3%
Dec 31, 1987	25.6%
Dec 31, 1988	23.2%
Dec 31, 1989	24.4%
Dec 31, 1990	24.2%
Dec 31, 1991	18.4%
Dec 31, 1992	17.8%
Dec 31, 1993	19.4%
Dec 31, 1994	23.0%
Dec 31, 1995	21.5%
Dec 31, 1996	22.5%
Dec 31, 1997	21.4%
Dec 31, 1998	21.1%
Dec 31, 1999	22.1%
Dec 31, 2000	22.0%
Dec 31, 2001	22.8%
Dec 31, 2002	24.6%
Dec 31, 2003	23.6%
Dec 31, 2004	22.5%
Dec 31, 2005	22.6%
Dec 31, 2006	21.6%
Dec 31, 2007	21.2%
Dec 31, 2008	21.7%
Dec 31, 2009	24.7%
Dec 31, 2010	25.6%
Dec 31, 2011	25.4%
Dec 31, 2012	25.9%
Dec 31, 2013	26.5%
Dec 31, 2014	26.7%
Dec 31, 2015	28.6%
Dec 31, 2016	27.1%
Dec 31, 2017	25.4%
Dec 31, 2018	28.9%
Dec 31, 2019	29.3%
Dec 31, 2020	31.7%
Dec 31, 2021	30.5%
Dec 31, 2022	28.0%
Dec 31, 2023	28.6%
Dec 31, 2024	—
Dec 31, 2025	—

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