Costa Rica vs India: Goods and services expense

Costa Rica
1.66 trillion current LCU
in 2024
India
2.33 trillion current LCU
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
24th
India rank
23rd

Goods and services expense over time

  • Costa Rica
  • India
01.0T2.0T3.0T197319982024

How they compare

India currently reports 2.33 trillion current LCU against 1.66 trillion current LCU in Costa Rica, a difference of 669.79 billion current LCU.

That makes India's figure about 1.4 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 46 shared years of data; in 1974 it was India ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 24th and India ranks 23rd of 155 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and India in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica India Difference Ahead
1970s 523.33 million current LCU 17.79 billion current LCU 17.27 billion current LCU India
1980s 5.45 billion current LCU 64.62 billion current LCU 59.17 billion current LCU India
1990s 54.58 billion current LCU 222.15 billion current LCU 167.57 billion current LCU India
2000s 261.02 billion current LCU 649.56 billion current LCU 388.54 billion current LCU India
2010s 761.32 billion current LCU 1.63 trillion current LCU 867.60 billion current LCU India
2020s 2.81 trillion current LCU 2.33 trillion current LCU 484.83 billion current LCU Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher goods and services expense, Costa Rica or India?
India, at 2.33 trillion current LCU against 1.66 trillion current LCU in Costa Rica as of 2022.
What is the difference in goods and services expense between Costa Rica and India?
669.79 billion current LCU, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and India?
46 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and India rank globally for goods and services expense?
Costa Rica ranks 24th and India ranks 23rd of 155 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Goods and services expense (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Goods and services expense (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
155 places, 4,479 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Use of goods and services for account capital formation is excluded. 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.