Interest payments in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Interest payments was 16.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Interest payments in Costa Rica, 1973–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
In 2024, interest payments in Costa Rica stood at 16.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 53.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Costa Rica peaked at 22.6% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 1976.
Costa Rica ranks 26th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Interest payments in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 8.6% | — |
| 1974 | 6.9% | -19.7% |
| 1975 | 6.6% | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 6.3% | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 7.3% | +15.7% |
| 1978 | 7.8% | +7.4% |
| 1979 | 9.8% | +25.4% |
| 1980 | 12.2% | +24.3% |
| 1981 | 8.9% | -26.8% |
| 1982 | 9.4% | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 8.8% | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 9.7% | +10.6% |
| 1985 | 8.9% | -7.5% |
| 1986 | 10.7% | +19.4% |
| 1987 | 9.2% | -13.6% |
| 1988 | 9.8% | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 10.3% | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 13.4% | +30.4% |
| 1991 | 17.0% | +26.9% |
| 1992 | 14.7% | -13.8% |
| 1993 | 12.1% | -17.9% |
| 1994 | 16.2% | +34.4% |
| 1995 | 21.4% | +31.8% |
| 1996 | 22.6% | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 18.5% | -18.2% |
| 1998 | 15.7% | -15.3% |
| 1999 | 18.2% | +15.9% |
| 2000 | 17.1% | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 17.8% | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 19.0% | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 18.9% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 18.3% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 18.0% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 15.9% | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 12.6% | -21.2% |
| 2008 | 8.6% | -31.2% |
| 2009 | 8.8% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 9.0% | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 9.0% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 8.6% | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 10.6% | +23.0% |
| 2014 | 10.8% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 11.0% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 11.0% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 11.0% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 13.5% | +22.2% |
| 2019 | 14.1% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 16.5% | +16.6% |
| 2021 | 16.1% | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 15.3% | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 15.9% | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 16.6% | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.6% | 6.3% | 9.8% | 7 |
| 1980s | 9.8% | 8.8% | 12.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.0% | 12.1% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.5% | 8.6% | 19.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 8.6% | 14.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.1% | 15.3% | 16.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 23 South Africa 18.2% compare
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 18.0% compare
- 25 Philippines 17.3% compare
- 27 Malaysia 15.6% compare
- 28 Mozambique 15.1% compare
- 29 Iceland 14.9% compare
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 payments in Costa Rica?
- Interest payments in Costa Rica was 16.6% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 22.6% in 1996.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 1976.
- How does Costa Rica rank for interest payments?
- Costa Rica ranks 26th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.