Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on was 0.9995 in 2014. ▲ Rising
Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica, 2002–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica is 0.9995, measured in 2014. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 29.2% on the previous year and up 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica peaked at 0.9995 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.7127, in 2006.
That places Costa Rica 7th out of 78 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.7224 | — |
| 2003 | 0.8498 | +17.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8001 | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 0.7638 | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7127 | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 0.7994 | +12.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8542 | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 0.7305 | -14.5% |
| 2010 | 0.7795 | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8083 | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 0.7996 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.7734 | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9995 | +29.2% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.9995 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.5506, 1.8× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.9995 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.6074, 1.6× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7791 | 0.7127 | 0.8542 | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.8321 | 0.7734 | 0.9995 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More public sector data for Costa Rica
- Arms imports 8.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.6 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 8.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 0 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 0 current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 156.68 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2019)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 0 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
- Tax revenue 13.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica?
- Capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica was 0.9995 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9995 in 2014.
- What is the lowest capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7127 in 2006.
- How does Costa Rica rank for capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th out of 78 countries with data for 2014.
- Is capital spending, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.