Costa Rica vs Turkey: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- Costa Rica
- Turkey
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.66 trillion current LCU against 1.24 trillion current LCU in Turkey, a difference of 420.41 billion current LCU.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Turkey's.
Across all 42 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 24th and Turkey ranks 27th of 155 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 472.86 million current LCU | 21,771 current LCU | 472.84 million current LCU | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 5.84 billion current LCU | 1.23 million current LCU | 5.84 billion current LCU | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 49.27 billion current LCU | 295.41 million current LCU | 48.98 billion current LCU | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 451.92 billion current LCU | 29.01 billion current LCU | 422.91 billion current LCU | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 939.94 billion current LCU | 80.48 billion current LCU | 859.46 billion current LCU | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 2.54 trillion current LCU | 566.28 billion current LCU | 1.98 trillion 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 Turkey?
- Costa Rica, at 1.66 trillion current LCU against 1.24 trillion current LCU in Turkey as of 2024.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Costa Rica and Turkey?
- 420.41 billion current LCU, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Turkey?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Turkey rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Costa Rica ranks 24th and Turkey ranks 27th 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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About this data
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.