Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on was 0.9893 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica, 2002–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica is 0.9893, measured in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica peaked at 1.23 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.9861, in 2019.
Costa Rica ranks 34th of 80 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.9924 | — |
| 2003 | 0.994 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9952 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.9945 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.9948 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9947 | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9928 | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9888 | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.9914 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9931 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.989 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9927 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.993 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9932 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.23 | +24.3% |
| 2017 | 1.18 | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 1.14 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9861 | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9893 | +0.3% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.9893 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9354, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.9893 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9886, 1.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9934 | 0.9888 | 0.9952 | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.05 | 0.9861 | 1.23 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9893 | 0.9893 | 0.9893 | 1 |
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 interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica?
- Interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Costa Rica was 0.9893 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.23 in 2016.
- What is the lowest interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9861 in 2019.
- How does Costa Rica rank for interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
- Costa Rica ranks 34th out of 80 countries with data for 2020.
- Is interest, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. 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 Interest, payable, 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.